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Virginia Blanch Fowler

Virginia Blanch Fowler Virginia Blanch Fowler, 94, of Kirkland passed away peacefully Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Life…

Geneva Hutchison

Obituaries

Geneva Hutchison

Geneva Hutchison Geneva Hutchison, 94, passed away on May 28, 2014 surrounded by 3 generations of family. Geneva…

WGU Washington Chancellor Jean Floten addresses the Class of '14 at the May 17 commencement ceremony at McCaw Hall in Seattle. The three-year-old university awarded more than 1

Opinion

WGU emerges as an unconventional success story | Brunell

Imagine 350 college grads walking across the stage to receive their degrees in a ceremony with no valedictorian…

King County Executive Dow Constantine signs an executive order directing the King County Department of Transportation to work in concert with Sound Transit on joint planning of bus service and full integration of buses and rail.

News

King County executive acts to increase integration, efficiencies across Sound Transit and Metro

King County Executive and Sound Transit Board Chair Dow Constantine acted to change the way local and regional…

Kirkland Girl Scout Brownie Troop 44305 chose to donate $250 from cookie sales to Heartbeat for Wounded Warriors

News

Kirkland Brownies donate cookie revenue to Heartbeat for Wounded Warriors

A Kirkland Girl Scout troop chose to donate $250 from cookie sales to Heartbeat for Wounded Warriors, a…

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Planning commission is not informing neighborhoods of potential changes | Letter

While at the 2035 review last week at Lake Washington High School, I had a conversation with one…

Dogs like Chops will be available for adoption at an event being held at Denny's Pet World in Kirkland at the end of the month.

Life

Denny’s Pet World in Kirkland to host pet adoption event at the end of June

Pawsitive Alliance will hots a large-scale pet adoption event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 29…

Business

Kirkland residents at Weber Nagan Group in Bellevue host shredding event

With summer almost here and most people's cleaning nearly done, the Weber Nagan Group at Morgan Stanley would…

Rep. Larry Springer

News

Kirkland Rep. Springer wins Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s award for hunger advocacy

Last week, at the 2014 Hunger Summit State Rep. Larry Springer was awarded the “End Hunger Award” for…

Kirkland Kiwanis

Opinion

Thanks for Kirkland for making Kiwanis pancake breakfast a big success

It was Memorial Day Saturday, May 24. The Kiwanis Club of Kirkland sponsored their Annual Pancake Breakfast at…

Otak

Business

Otak, Inc. hires two new staff in Kirkland office

Otak, Inc., an award-winning engineering, urban design, architecture and planning firm, announced recently that Francesca White and Matt…

Kirkland Summerfest

Life

Kirkland Summerfest Young Artsists Exhibition seeking entries

The Young Artists Exhibition is a two-day show that takes place Aug. 9-10 during the third annual downtown…

Lake Washington School District

News

New services for kindergarten and first grade highly capable students

Kindergarten and first grade students identified as highly capable will be eligible for services during the 2014-15 school…

News

King County Realtors push levy swap for ed funding

Washington Realtors are backing a proposal by Rep. Ross Hunter (D-Medina) to boost statewide funding of basic education…

Northwest University’s Michael Greene of Bellingham

Sports

Northwest University’s Greene named CCC Scholar Athlete of the Year

Northwest University’s Michael Greene of Bellingham, Wash., has been named the Cascade Collegiate Conference’s Scholar Athlete of the…

Opinion

Work toward your own financial independence day | Financial

It’s almost the Fourth of July, the day when we celebrate our independence as a nation and the…

News

Ramps to I-405 in Kirkland’s Totem Lake neighborhood to close July 12-13

Crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation on the I-405 Bellevue to Lynnwood Widening and Express…

Kirkland Summerfest

News

Get ready for Kirkland Summerfest | VIDEO

Kirkland Summerfest organizers have released a fun video to get residents excited for the 2014 event.

King County

News

King County Council approves transit service reductions for September

The Metropolitan King County Council approved a reduction of Metro Transit service starting this September. But as it…

News

Overlake announces Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship winner from Kirkland

The Overlake Alumnae Panhellenic (OAPH) has announced 12 recipients of this year's scholarship fund, including Kristina (Tina) Spohnholtz…