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1800s coverlet creates mystery for Eastside Thrift Shop volunteers in Kirkland

The fabric simply appeared in a donation one day, about in June, and now the Eastside Community Aid…

Opinion

The true value of journalism | Peyton Whitely

It seems like just a few weeks ago that I walked into an office in Kirkland and began…

Jill Elaine Lane

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Trial for alleged squatter of Kirkland mansion set for December

The next step in legal actions involving a trespassing charge brought against a woman accused of illegally occupying…

Lovada Lambright tends to her giant pumpkin at the Gardens at Juanita Bay retirement community on Tuesday. The pumpkin has helped Lambright

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‘Magic seed’ grows into giant pumpkin, new outlook on life for Kirkland woman

Depending on your age, you may not realize, or be able to accept, that eventually life will come…

Crews contain a small petroleum spill that caused a sheen on Lake Washington Sunday.

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Crews contain diesel spill that caused sheen on Lake Washington

Investigators still are trying to determine the source of a small petroleum spill that caused a sheen on…

A Potala Village development by Lobsang Dargey

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Tibetan-themed development stirs disharmony amongst Kirkland residents

As Kirkland struggles with another controversial development proposal, it finds itself essentially grappling with the ideas of one…

The Northshore Utility District offices in Kenmore display murals by an artist

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City, utility officials and Kirkland residents at odds over utility hike

Or maybe it's because when Kirkland annexed some parts of what had been unincorporated King County last summer,…

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No charges filed against Kenmore driver who killed Kirkland bicyclist

No charges will be brought against a driver who struck a bicyclist on Juanita Drive in July, an…

Signs denoting toll testing in progress over the westbound lanes of the SR 520 floating bridge in Medina on Sept. 23. Tolling is set to start in December

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520 tolls: Good to go?

When — or if — cashless tolling starts on the 520 Bridge in December, it will be one…

Dozens of Postal Service workers rallied at Congressman Dave Reichert's office on Mercer Island Tuesday to urge him to support legislation resolving post office financial problems.

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Postal Service supporters rally to save beleaguered agency

Now Postal Service employees, including some from Kirkland, are trying to rally support for measures that would preserve…

A new video produced by the City of Kirkland takes on a somewhat flat subject - street paving - to make an interesting 7-minute-plus presentation about road repairs.

Life

Road repairs, street preservation make cinematic debut in Kirkland

Considering the topic, the treatment is pretty clever. The subject is streets.

News

Three Seattle men indicted on charges of burglarizing multiple Eastside businesses

A prosecution of an electronic theft ring that sometimes used a technique called "war-driving" to commit crimes on…

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Skimming ring accused of stealing $1 million centered in Kirkland

A money-skimming crime group that federal investigators say took in more than $1 million was centered in Kirkland,…

Andy Wappler delivers a gloomy weather forecast - and some jokes - to the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at The Woodmark Hotel.

Business

Weatherman Wappler urges Kirkland residents, businesses to prepare now for La Niña winter

That's the outlook for the weather season ahead delivered to the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce from someone who…

Marc Patrick O'Leary

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Alleged serial rapist charged in 2008 attack of Kirkland woman

A Washington State driver's license shown in photos of a woman being sexually assaulted played a crucial role…

Jill Lane and her attorney

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Alleged squatter of Kirkland mansion pleads not guilty to trespassing

A woman accused of trespassing at a luxury home in Kirkland's West-of-Market neighborhood last summer entered a plea…

A Bellevue woman arrested in the summer of 2010 for allegedly squatting in this $3.2 million Kirkland mansion was charged with criminal trespassing on Aug. 23.

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Alleged squatter of Kirkland mansion charged with criminal trespassing

A woman who was arrested at a luxury waterfront home in Kirkland's West-of-Market neighborhood in the summer of…

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Kirkland stockbroker swindles clients of millions, feds say | Update

The operator of a former Kirkland securities-brokerage firm was charged in both civil and criminal lawsuits Thursday with…

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Juanita Beach Park project faces $850,000 funding woes

Kirkland is in another fiscal fight about Juanita Beach Park, this time over the possible need for as…

A view of the 520 bridge.

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Lawsuit adds another hurdle to 520 bridge construction

Thousands of drivers from Kirkland and other Eastside locations could be affected by a lawsuit filed in federal…