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Desperate call for volunteers to help with Saturday’s food drive in Kirkland

Volunteers are still needed to help collecting food at Kirkland grocery stores from 9:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.…

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Register for November election by Monday’s deadline

Monday, Oct. 10, is the deadline for citizens to register online or through the mail to vote in…

Letters to the Editor

Councilman Bob Sternoff is an asset to Kirkland community | LETTER

I write to endorse Councilman Bob Sternoff for reelection to the Kirkland City Council.

Letters to the Editor

Councilwoman Jessica Greenway has kept Kirkland on fiscal path | LETTER

I write to endorse Jessica Greenway for re-election to the Kirkland City Council.

No Compassion

Opinion

No compassion for medical marijuana needs | Cartoon

No compassion for medical marijuana needs

Opinion

Tackling King County budget realities

The King County Council has worked very hard over the last four years to keep the county’s financial…

Letters to the Editor

Kirkland Councilwoman Jessica Greenway supported property tax increase | LETTER

Councilwoman Jessica Greenway's campaign treasurer, Bea Nahon, recently denied that the 8.86 percent property tax increase Greenway supported…

Commuters should find alternative routes or expect long traffic delays due to paving along Lake Washington Boulevard from Lakeview Drive to the Kirkland/Bellevue city limits at SR 520.

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Expect long traffic delays during Lake Washington paving in Kirkland

Commuters should find alternative routes or expect long traffic delays due to paving along Lake Washington Boulevard from…

Letters to the Editor

Kirkland Council candidate Toby Nixon uses misleading tax statistics | LETTER

No one likes taxes. It’s worse when candidates misuse statistics about taxes in order to get your vote.

Letters to the Editor

Councilman Bob Sternoff is a committed public servant | LETTER

I want to strongly support Councilman Bob Sternoff for reelection to the Kirkland City Council.

About 600 Peter Kirk Elementary students run around the school's field during the annual Fun Run on Friday. The event raised more than $47

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Peter Kirk Elementary kids raise $47,239 during Fun Run

Wearing green "Peter Kirk Eagles" T-shirts, 600 elementary students ran around the play field while parents, teachers and…

Children's author Schamet Horsfield holds her son during the 2011 Northwest Bookfest on Sunday at Peter Kirk Park. The event drew thousands of literary enthusiasts to several venues in downtown Kirkland over the weekend.

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Northwest BookFest draws thousands of literary enthusiasts to downtown Kirkland | Slideshow

Thousands of literary enthusiasts flocked to downtown Kirkland over the weekend for the 2011 Northwest BookFest.

A documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise

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New documentary series on Prohibition features Kirkland bootlegger’s son

A new documentary series on the 1920s Prohibition era features a Kirkland man whose father was a bootlegger.

Lake Washington School District

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Admission to new STEM School will be by lottery for some Lake Washington students

Plans for Lake Washington School District’s new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School are beginning to take…

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Closure of northbound I-405 in Bellevue moving ahead this weekend

Drivers need to plan ahead to get through downtown Bellevue this weekend, as crews will be closing the…

Don McDaniel sits in the sun as he reads at Houghton Park in year's past.

Life

Northwest BookFest coming to Kirkland this weekend

The Northwest reading public is in for a literary deluge Oct. 1-2 when writers, editors, librarians, and booksellers…

Life

Kirkland Reporter announces 2011 Poetry Contest winners

The Kirkland Reporter recently launched its first-ever 2011 Poetry Contest with the theme "autumn." Thank you to the…

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Congress should take action now to keep Postal Service on track | Editorial

U.S. Postal Service workers nationwide are saying they don’t want a bailout – they just want to get…

Two Steps Back

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Two Steps Back | Cartoon

Two Steps Back

Letters to the Editor

Kirkland City Councilman Bob Sternoff did violate laws | LETTER

Council candidate Toby Nixon recently wrote a letter, stating that "the investigation determined that Bob Sternoff didn’t violate…