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Articles by Carrie Rodriguez
More than 100 shivering swimmers plunged into Lake Washington to ring in the new year during Kirkland's unofficial Polar Bear Plunge event at Marina Park on Sunday afternoon.
More than 100 plunge into chilly Lake Washington...
By Carrie Rodriguez • January 1, 2012 6:31 pm

The King may have been the only one who did not get his hair wet on Sunday afternoon.

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Jessica Lund (left)
Lake Washington High School students collect food for...
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 30, 2011 5:21 pm

The Loyalty Club at Lake Washington High School recently collected several thousand pounds of food and household items for Hopelink as part of its annual Holiday Baskets, a school-wide effort to help those in need.

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New public tennis facility underway in Kirkland
New public tennis facility underway in Kirkland
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 29, 2011 11:47 am

After years of struggling to find space to offer youth tennis programs, Tennis Outreach Programs (TOPs) will soon have a home of its own.
The Redmond-based nonprofit, which offers low-cost tennis classes to under-served and at-risk Eastside youth, secured $1 million in funding to renovate a 58,000-square-foot facility in Kirkland. Construction is underway on the vacant warehouse in Kirkland’s Totem Lake neighborhood and is set for completion by the end of January.

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Kirkland Police Department
Pickpocket robs women at Kirkland Library | Kirkland...
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 21, 2011 7:20 pm

The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.

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Scarlett Paxton
Soldier charged with murder in Kirkland woman’s slaying;...
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 15, 2011 6:42 pm

The King County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) soldier with first-degree murder in the Nov. 30 slaying of a Kirkland woman.

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Les Utley
Heathman Hotel in Kirkland raises $8,000 to benefit...
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 15, 2011 5:10 pm

The Heathman Hotel raised nearly $8,000 to benefit the Puget Sound Susan G. Komen for breast cancer awareness.

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The City of Kirkland voted to purchase the old BNSF corridor seen here during the Connect Kirkland Treasure Hunt/Walk May 22.
Eastside Rail Corridor purchase the right decision for...
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 14, 2011 3:00 pm

Kirkland will soon own nearly 5.5 miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor that city officials hope to turn into a biking and hiking trail with views of Lake Washington.

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Scarlett Paxton
Person of interest in Juanita woman’s death is...
By Carrie Rodriguez • December 13, 2011 2:14 pm

A 19-year-old soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a person of interest in the murder of a Juanita woman.
Scarlett Paxton, 19, was found stabbed to death Nov. 30. by her boyfriend at the Hidden Firs apartment complex behind the Albertson’s Juanita.

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Kirkland Police Department
Lake Washington High School student arrested for marijuana...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 29, 2011 9:53 pm

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers.

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Star of the hit TV show and movies 'Jackass
‘Jackass’ star Steve-O bringing stunts to the stage...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 29, 2011 9:47 pm

Standing on the edge of a glider with no parachute, Stephen Glover jumped into the ocean nearly 50 feet below.

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Kirkland photographer Aaron Baggenstos will launch his new book Dec. 1 that features Lake Washington wildlife photos.
Kirkland photographer captures Lake Washington wildlife in new...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 28, 2011 4:16 pm

A self-taught photographer, Aaron Baggenstos was surprised to find poisonous amphibians, vibrant orange and yellow western painted turtles, dragonflies and over 200 bird species right in his Kirkland backyard.

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Redmond resident Julia Biryukova and her 2-year-old son
Bellevue police gather a dozen new tips in...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 13, 2011 4:09 pm

A week after 2-year-old Sky Metalwala reportedly disappeared from his mother’s car in Bellevue, police received a dozen new tips from people at a Bellevue command post Sunday morning.

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Kirkland Police Department
Minivan rear-ends Juanita High School bus in Kirkland,...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 9, 2011 6:10 pm

A Juanita High School school bus carrying 40 students was rear-ended by a minivan on N.E. 132nd Ave. on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Kirkland Police Department.

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Bothell resident Oesa Hauch and daughter
Outraged families to rally, urge Evergreen Hospital to...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 8, 2011 3:31 pm

A group of families, mothers and midwives outraged by recent drastic cuts that were made to the midwifery program at Evergreen Hospital plan to rally in front of the Evergreen Family Maternity Center on Nov. 15.

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Kirkland veterinarian Cathy A. Johnson-Delaney has practiced avian and exotic companion animal medicine in the greater Puget Sound area for more than 25 years.
Kirkland veterinarian’s license reinstated following drug abuse charges
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 3, 2011 6:47 pm

A Kirkland veterinarian’s license has been reinstated after it was suspended due to drug abuse allegations in August.

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Kirkland Police Department
Students in possession of knives arrested at school...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 2, 2011 6:52 pm

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers.

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Motorcyclist injured in three-vehicle collision on I-405 in Kirkland
Motorcyclist injured in three-vehicle collision on I-405 in...
By Carrie Rodriguez • November 2, 2011 2:54 pm

A motorcyclist is recovering from minor injuries after he was thrown from his motorcycle in a three-vehicle collision on northbound I-405 in Kirkland on Tuesday night.

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About 11
11,000 Eastside voters did not receive general election...
By Carrie Rodriguez • October 28, 2011 8:04 pm

The Elections Department has identified about 11,000 Eastside voters whose ballots were not sent out among the 1.1 million general election ballots mailed on Nov. 19.

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Ruth Hamby listens as the City of Earlington
Kirkland woman gets hometown surprise for 105th birthday...
By Carrie Rodriguez • October 27, 2011 2:15 pm

That’s probably what Ruth Hamby would have told the crowd of 50 that was gathered at Emeritus at Kirkland on Oct. 20 to celebrate her 105th birthday.

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Heathman Hotel General Manager Les Utley and Brandie Hyder
Heathman Hotel hopes to help breast cancer cause...
By Carrie Rodriguez • October 19, 2011 4:21 pm

When a pink ribbon tied around the entire Heathman Hotel facility was a bit too much to pull off, Les Utley thought about what else the business could do to help fight breast cancer.

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