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A Kirkland neighborhood taskforce is ready to present proposed safety improvements to Slater Avenue to residents who live…

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North Rose Hill votes in three improvements

The results are in for the latest neighborhoods improvement projects under Kirkland’s popular Neighborhood Connections program.

Sharon VonClasen poses behind a plastic-bars set up as a Muscular Dystrophy Association volunteer takes her picture after she was “arrested” and “served time” at a mock jail at the Wilde Rover last Thursday. Each participant made phone calls to raise money for their “bail.” The event raised over $26

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The Seattle Seahawks aren’t leaving Kirkland for Renton just yet. Team president Tim Ruskell said the Seahawks will…

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The new blotter: a primer

The Police Log is available to the public, free of charge, during Kirkland Police Department business hours Monday…

Steve Brustkern shows off his mason bees.

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Local man trying to take sting out of bee shortage

A disease that has killed off honeybees and devastated crop production along the West Coast has some Northwest…

“Citizens for One Kirkland” member Johanna Palmer led a discussion about annexation at Heritage Hall last Saturday.

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Annexation group makes PAA pitch

Annexation proponents “Citizens for One Kirkland” talked up reasons for the incorporation of their neighborhoods into the city…

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New York, Los Angeles … Kirkland?

Nearly 150 supporters of democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and a few curious onlookers gathered at an impromptu…

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City’s crime rate stayed low in 2007

Kirkland’s below average crime rate stayed low in 2007, according to statistics released by the Kirkland Police Department.

Lily Palido and her grandson Zane Anderson visited the Kent Animal Shelter last Wednesday to look for a dog to adopt. King County has come under fire for the management of its two shelters. Other than the Kent shelter

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County executive’s office calls shelter review ‘frustrating’

King County Executive Ron Sims plans to release a report this week to the County Council rebutting many…

Cindy Reynolds

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‘Pink hair for hope’… and fun

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Where’s global warming now?

Given the wretchedly cold, wet weather of late I must ask: global warming, where are you now that…

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Slow down, all you warming skeptics

So here we are in April, and we’re still shivering from a rare spring snow. And trust me,…

In “Corteo” four women

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Cirque du Soleil swings back through Eastside this month

The international sensation Cirque du Soleil returns to Redmond --- King County’s Marymoor Park, to be precise --…

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Hopelink makes school hunger summer effort

Hopelink, a north and east King County nonprofit organization, has launched its annual “End Summer Hunger” fund and…

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The Kirkland-based East Lake Washington Audubon Society (ELWAS) last week announced its new board of directors for 2008.…

Áegis of Kirkland resident Mike Davies (right) shares a baseball story with KOMO Radio’s Tracy Schakohl. Davies’ baseball memories will be featured on air throughout the Mariners’ season.

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Local baseball memories hitting Mariners airwaves

If you ask 77-year-old Mike Davies to reflect on his memories of baseball, he’ll gladly dip into a…

Karla Woodle helps her son Brendyn

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A little spring to start

Deepti Shankar sells eco-friendly toys out of her Houghton neighborhood home.

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Toys you can sink your teeth into

ome girls have all the luck. Kirkland’s Shankar family has two -- girls with all the good fortune,…