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Articles by Raechel Dawson
King County Public Health
Summer Crush Shave Ice in Kirkland closes due...
By Raechel Dawson • August 19, 2013 4:55 pm

A King County Public Health inspector closed the shaved ice store near Peter Kirk Pool the morning of Aug. 13 for being an imminent health hazard.

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Lukas Defiesta's friends and family placed flowers and candles along the Northeast 160th Street freeway overpass where the 16-year-old fell to his death.
Bothell boy killed on I-405 in Kirkland, hit...
By Raechel Dawson • August 19, 2013 2:24 pm

A 16-year-old Bothell boy was killed on Interstate 405 in Kirkland on Saturday morning.

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City of Kirkland
Kirkland Council votes to keep state marijuana business...
By Raechel Dawson • August 14, 2013 3:22 pm

While some cities, such as Kent, have voted to completely ban recreational marijuana businesses that sell, process or produce the drug, the Kirkland City Council voted Aug. 6 to keep with current city zones and comply with the rules under Initiative-502.

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State patrol seeks hit-and-run vehicle, witnesses to car crash that caused woman injuries in Kirkland
State patrol seeks hit-and-run vehicle, witnesses to car...
By Raechel Dawson • August 12, 2013 1:38 pm

The Washington State Patrol is investigating an I-405 hit-and-run that left one woman with non-life-threatening internal injuries on Sunday.

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Kirkland firefighters extinguished a house fire caused by a discarded cigarette in the Finn Hill neighborhood early this morning.
Kirkland firefighters douse Finn Hill attic fire caused...
By Raechel Dawson • August 9, 2013 1:11 pm

Kirkland firefighters extinguished a house fire caused by a discarded cigarette in the Finn Hill neighborhood early this morning.

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Kirkland Police Department
Driver injures woman in Kirkland crosswalk, suspected of...
By Raechel Dawson • August 8, 2013 2:36 pm

A man suspected of drunk driving was arrested for vehicular assault after hitting a woman in a Kirkland crosswalk Wednesday night.

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Kirkland Police Department
Man arrested for firing round of ammunition into...
By Raechel Dawson • August 8, 2013 1:03 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.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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The remains of a bike lay in the middle of the road at the intersection of 132nd Avenue Northeast and Northeast 124th Street in Kirkland after a Redmond man struck and killed a Kirkland bicyclist with his SUV in December 2011.
Redmond man pleads guilty to killing Kirkland bicyclist...
By Raechel Dawson • August 7, 2013 5:16 pm

A Redmond man pleaded guilty on Aug. 5 to vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment for killing a Kirkland bicyclist in December 2011.

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People wearing orange 'Save Juanita Pool' T-shirts packed the Lake Washington School District boardroom on Monday night to show support for a bond measure that would include the pool in Juanita High School's modernization. The school board unanimously passed the bond measure that will not include the pool.
Lake Washington School District board votes on bond...
By Raechel Dawson • August 6, 2013 6:39 pm

The Lake Washington School District School board unanimously passed all recommended levies and one controversial bond measure at an emotionally charged board meeting on Monday, which even led to one man’s outburst.

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What began as routine patrol for Kirkland police on July 10
Police arrest four men patronizing prostitutes at Kirkland’s...
By Raechel Dawson • August 5, 2013 5:33 pm

Kirkland police officers sat in an undercover vehicle, watching a motel room of a supposed prostitute the night of July 10.

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Kirkland Police Department
Man arrested for masturbating near children at Juanita...
By Raechel Dawson • August 2, 2013 1:32 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.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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The Cross Kirkland Corridor
Kirkland gets green light to remove tracks along...
By Raechel Dawson • August 1, 2013 8:06 pm

The federal Surface Transportation Board denied on Thursday the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company’s request to block rail removal along the Cross Kirkland Corridor.

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Katherine Stewart and husband Alan Stewart with Valdar
Father loses job, family evicted as premature infant...
By Raechel Dawson • July 31, 2013 2:11 pm

The Stewarts have had their fair share of strife after their baby was born three months early.

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A Seattle Synchro team swims in the Juanita High School pool. Seattle Synchro is one of several teams that uses the year-round pool.
Students, residents unite to save Juanita High School...
By Raechel Dawson • July 29, 2013 5:16 pm

More than 2,000 students, families and Kirkland residents disagree with the Lake Washington School District’s recommended bond option that seeks to add new schools and upgrade others,

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Loren and Jody (Joanne) Edwards mysteriously died aboard their Kirkland sailboat in the South Pacific Ocean in 1978.
Author reveals details in Kirkland parents’ 1978 death...
By Raechel Dawson • July 24, 2013 6:54 pm

Author Larry Edwards does not believe his parents died the way his brother said they did.

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Issaquah man pleads not guilty to robbing Kirkland Subway
Issaquah man pleads not guilty to robbing Kirkland...
By Raechel Dawson • July 24, 2013 6:06 pm

An Issaquah man charged with robbing a Subway store in Kirkland earlier this month pleaded not guilty in court this morning.

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Kirkland Police Department
Man arrested for indecent exposure at Juanita Beach...
By Raechel Dawson • July 23, 2013 4:56 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. 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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The Cross Kirkland Corridor
City urges Cross Kirkland Corridor injunction ruling before...
By Raechel Dawson • July 22, 2013 5:34 pm

As Aug. 1 looms, Kirkland city officials urged the Surface Transportation Board to make a decision on the pending Cross Kirkland Corridor suit before the city looses money and good

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Kirkland Police Department
Men arrested for patronizing prostitutes at Motel 6...
By Raechel Dawson • July 17, 2013 2:58 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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The Seattle Seafair Pirates fired cannons during the Celebrate Kirkland! annual Fourth of July parade in Kirkland.
Some shaken by Seafair Pirates presence at Kirkland...
By Raechel Dawson • July 16, 2013 2:11 pm

Several members of the community filed complaints about the Seattle Seafair Pirates’ loud cannon explosions that, they say, frightened children and dogs during the annual Fourth of July parade.

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