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The Emerald Building sits behind a one-story building on the 1.7 acre MRM site. The latter building is currently leased to Microsoft until 2015. The council will vote later this year on a rezone request that would allow the site to construct an eight-story apartment complex with retail base.

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City to study rezone of Kirkland’s ’employment center’ this year

After years of Planning Commission-related delays, the Kirkland City Council voted last week that 2013 will be the…

Former Lake Washington High School boys basketball head coach Barry Johnson in 2010 just after the new gym opened. A jury trial on Friday found Johnson not guilty of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.

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Jury finds former Kirkland basketball coach not guilty of sexual communications with student | Update

A former Lake Washington High School basketball coach was found not guilty Friday of charges filed last year…

Kirkland resident Midge Markey and her son Wyatt

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Kirkland woman’s little free library unites community after being stolen

In an area of the Finn Hill neighborhood, neighbors and children can walk through the residential streets and…

Joie Hartley

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Kirkland community celebrates little boy’s life with Pinwheel Day

If on Tuesday you noticed a brightly colored sign above Kirkland’s I-405 bridge that read “In Loving Memory…

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Elderly drunk man arrested for exposing himself at Taco Time | Kirkland Police Blotter

Between March 8-14, the Kirkland Police Department reported 460 traffic violations (nine DUIs), 21 school zone traffic violations,…

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Kite boarder rescued at Kirkland Marina Park

Kirkland firefighters responded to a water rescue at Kirkland Marina Park Sunday at around 4:45 p.m.

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Firefighters respond to two fires in Kirkland neighborhoods

Kirkland firefighters responded to two fires Thursday night within 14 minutes of each other.

Jennifer and Tom Lehr sit with their 2.5 year old boy Quinten. The Lehrs used In Vitro Fertilization to create their family after finding out they were infertile in 2009. Now

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New infertility clinic in Kirkland offers hope for families at lower cost

Two-and-a-half year old Quinten is enamored with his mother’s smartphone.

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Police find Colorado man hiding in bushes, arrest him for scaling backyard fences | Kirkland Police Blotter

Between March 1-7, the Kirkland Police Department reported 709 traffic violations (four DUIs), 20 school zone traffic violations,…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks about Google's plans to double its Kirkland office during an event at the Kirkland campus Tuesday.

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Google announces plans to double Kirkland campus

Gov. Jay Inslee, Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride, and officials from Google and SRM Development announced Tuesday evening plans…

Steve Conover retired Friday

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Longtime Kirkland mail carrier retires, neighbors celebrate his 36 years | SLIDESHOW

On any regular day, children and dogs can be seen waiting for Steve Conover to pull up in…

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Woodinville airplane crash causes oil spill, one death

The Kirkland Fire Department is reporting an airplane crash at the 23000 block of N.E. 144th St. at…

Firefighters exit a house in the Norkirk neighborhood of Kirkland after extinguishing a single-structure fire two blocks from Peter Kirk Elementary School.

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Nearby workers rescue dog inside burning Kirkland home | SLIDESHOW

Kirkland firefighters responded to a house fire near Peter Kirk Elementary this afternoon.

24 Hour Fitness relocated from Parkplace to the Totem Lake neighborhood in Kirkland on Jan. 26.

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Kirkland woman outraged that 24 Hour Fitness cut classes geared towards elderly, disabled

After years of battling a common foot disability, planters fasciitis, a Kirkland woman became motivated to join the…

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Father is punched after refusing to drive son to visit his cat | Kirkland Police Blotter

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up…

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Wife claims Rep. Goodman drove high with kids in the car, he denies allegations | Update

State House Rep. Roger Goodman of Kirkland was accused of driving under the influence of marijuana by his…

Kathy Weber and Bill Shain in front of their mobile chicken coop in the backyard of their Norkirk neighborhood home.

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Backyard chicken enthusiasts to give tips on how to succeed

Founders of the Kirkland Coalition for Backyard Agriculture, a Kirkland couple who lives in the Norkirk neighborhood, were…

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Kirkland woman dead after jumping into Oregon traffic

A Kirkland woman died Wednesday afternoon after reportedly jumping into traffic on U.S. Highway 101 at Arch Cape,…

The Kirkland segment of the Eastside Rail Corridor.

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City officials take issue with businessman’s vision of tasting train through Kirkland

The City of Kirkland plans to move forward with the Cross Kirkland Corridor’s rail removal as early as…

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Mother arrested after allegedly striking son with hanger | Kirkland Police Blotter

Between Feb. 15-21, the Kirkland Police Department reported 637 traffic violations (four DUIs), 19 school zone traffic violations,…