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Articles by Kevin Opsahl
Murder victim’s family speaks as jury weighs death penalty in Schierman case
Murder victim’s family speaks as jury weighs death...
By Kevin Opsahl • April 20, 2010 6:13 pm

Relatives of the slain Milkin family recalled a happy, vibrant, beautiful pair of boys and two women during the opening of the penalty phase for Conner Schierman.

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Jury finds former Bellevue resident Conner Schierman guilty of quadruple homicide of Kirkland family.
GUILTY: Schierman faces death penalty in killings of...
By Kevin Opsahl • April 12, 2010 3:01 pm

In a packed, emotional courtroom Monday morning, a jury found Conner Schierman guilty of stabbing a Kirkland family to death four years ago and burning down their home to hide the crime.

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Bellevue native Conner Schierman
Attorneys make closing arguments in Schierman murder case,...
By Kevin Opsahl • April 8, 2010 9:00 pm

The Deputy King County prosecutor who has been trying for more than two months to convict Conner Schierman of brutally murdering a Kirkland family said Thursday that the 28-year-old is “guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.”

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Conner Schierman consults with his attorney during court proceedings.
Neighbor had no intent to murder Kirkland family,...
By Kevin Opsahl • April 5, 2010 10:49 pm

Conner Schierman was having a blast playing video games with his friends and drinking the bottles of Ketel One Vodka that he had brought home from work.

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Seattle filmmaker John de Graaf will screen his documentary
Local filmmaker presents vision of better economy in...
By Kevin Opsahl • March 19, 2010 6:14 pm

Ding! Ding! Ding! The Dow Jones Industrial just closed. Stocks are up. America is headed for recovery. Not so fast,…

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Conner Schierman
Defense begins case in Kirkland quadruple-murder trial
By Kevin Opsahl • March 16, 2010 8:37 pm

Attorneys for Conner Schierman, accused of slaying four Kirkland family members, launched their defense Tuesday afternoon to convince jurors that he was blackout drunk the night he woke up covered in his neighbors’ blood in July 2006.
Defense attorneys James Conroy and Peter Connick declined to give an opening statement, but did call their first defense witnesses to the stand.

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Kirkland resident Antoinette Brewster is the president of the Mentee Educational Foundation.
Kirkland-based Mentee Educational Foundation strives to build school...
By Kevin Opsahl • March 8, 2010 10:34 pm

Kirkland resident Antoinette Brewster can vividly recall walking through her childhood neighborhood to see her parent’s home in Liberia, West Africa after two civil wars rocked the country in the early 1980’s and into the 2000’s.
The violence had left Mary Sieanyeneh and Samuel Joseph Mentee’s home completely destroyed. The home that was once a beautiful gated stone residence was missing its doors and roof. Homeless people and wanderers used mats to make shelter of what was left.

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Evergreen Hospital nurse Amanda Cox (left) works to help save a young child during the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.
Local nurse helps in race to save Haiti
By Kevin Opsahl • March 2, 2010 9:25 pm

Even though Amanda Cox heard earthquake aftershocks every 48 hours while she was in Haiti, the Evergreen Medical Center Emergency…

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The Lake Washington High School Lyrica Chamber Singers practice on Friday morning at the school. The group will perform during the upcoming 'Songfeast Jazz!' fund raising event for the Kirkland Choral Society.
Lake Washington Lyrica Chamber Singers to perform at...
By Kevin Opsahl • March 1, 2010 11:43 pm

Lake Washington High School Music Director Jim Peterson believes practice will make perfect, even if it’s only for a few…

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Kirkland Arts Center's new exhibit
Kirkland Arts Center ‘Off the Map’ with new...
By Kevin Opsahl • February 16, 2010 12:50 am

The Kirkland Arts center (KAC) kicked off a new exhibit last week that fuses academics with artistic expression. “Off the…

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Lincoln and Virginia Kaiser in their Kirkland home. The couple recently celebrated a marriage milestone with their children and grandchildren.
Valentine’s Day Special | Cold start thaws into...
By Kevin Opsahl • February 9, 2010 9:37 pm

As Valentine’s Day comes around the corner, Lincoln and Virginia Kaiser look back on the time of their wedding 60…

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Mukesh and Sonia Kakar (with children Megha
Kirkland’s Raga Cuisine of India is surviving through...
By Kevin Opsahl • February 9, 2010 9:00 pm

It’s 6 p.m. on a Friday night at Raga Cuisine of India and Mukesh Kakar is doing what he loves: attending to customers and making suggestions from the menu.
Mukesh, 47, is the owner of Raga on 212 Central Way in Kirkland. The small restaurant serves traditional Indian food, offering a lunch buffet and dinner menu. Kakar explained the philosophy behind Raga, which is Indian for music, that the music (notes) are the spices, flavors and traditions from all reaches of the Asian country.

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Update | Lowell Johnson named Evergreen Hospital Interim CEO
Update | Lowell Johnson named Evergreen Hospital Interim...
By Kevin Opsahl • February 4, 2010 6:05 pm

The Evergreen Medical Center in Kirkland announced their interim chief executive officer on Feb 4. According to a press release,…

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Robert 'Bob' Lehan is greeted by an old friend during an event to welcome him back to Red Apple Market in Bridle Trails
Retired man receives friends at Red Apple Market...
By Kevin Opsahl • February 2, 2010 8:13 pm

For Robert “Bob” Lehan, 67, coming back to Bridle Trails Red Apple Market in Kirkland is a homecoming.

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City looks for options to transition Kirkland Teen Union Building
City looks for options to transition Kirkland Teen...
By Kevin Opsahl • January 26, 2010 8:05 pm

A Redmond non-profit group that provides outreach to young people will terminate their agreement with the City of Kirkland to…

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