It all started with a shopping spree.
The sun was bright and the smells from the market reminded Afshan Abbas why she had crossed an ocean to visit her hometown of Karachi in Pakistan.
It all started with a shopping spree.
The sun was bright and the smells from the market reminded Afshan Abbas why she had crossed an ocean to visit her hometown of Karachi in Pakistan.
Commuters should expect traffic delays due to the Mother’s Day Half Marathon and 5K event to be held at Juanita Beach Park on May 10. A course map is posted online at www.kirklandwa.gov/specialevents.
The Kirkland Senior Council will present the seventh annual Senior Art Show in the lobby at Merrill Gardens at Kirkland, May 28 through June 12. Titled “Creativity is Ageless,” the art show will feature painting, sculpture, photography, quilting, and other media by local senior artists.
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today announced that Matt Isenhower will join her staff as District Director. Isenhower unsuccessfully ran against 45th District Sen. Andy Hill last fall.
Together Center has received a pledge of $3,000 from Safeco Insurance as part of its “Make More Happen” award. Safeco is celebrating the volunteerism of 33 insurance agencies nationwide with an award to each of the nonprofit organizations that the winning agencies volunteer.
In preparation for the re-landscaping of the Market Street Corridor, Kirkland maintenance crews will start to remove non-native vegetation, weeds, litter, and abandoned irrigation risers.
An independent consulting firm has published a report that supports Puget Sound Energy’s claims — and the method used to reach its conclusion — that population growth and energy consumption will likely cause capacity issues for the power company in the near future and winter outages for customers as soon as winter 2017.
A runaway horse was struck by a car on the 5000 block of 132nd Avenue Northeast around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday and had to be euthanized.
Gov. Inslee signed House Bill 1223, sponsored by Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, that will increase affordable housing near transit in King County.
John Muir Elementary families participated in a cultural celebration, sharing their heritages and traditions at the PTSA’s “Passport to Muir” event. Displays were set up around the school representing different countries, and students received a special passport book that was stamped at each country they visited.
Bryce Kasota had to duck out early from King County Executive Dow Constantine’s state of the county address on Monday.
King County Elections celebrates the Governor Jay Inslee’s signing of House Bill (HB) 1919 today.
The Kirkland Park Board invites citizens to submit suggestions for the naming of a public open space tract in the North Juanita neighborhood.
Lake Avenue West is one of a handful of public streets in the city that require a permit to park, but this may change as the city looks to address parking problems in downtown Kirkland.
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.
The city of Kirkland is moving forward with the possibility of placing a measure on the November ballot to create a Metropolitan Park District (MPD) as a way of funding the construction of the Aquatic and Recreation Community (ARC) Center.
Village at Totem Lake LLC has announced its completed purchase of the Totem Lake Malls in Kirkland, with the intention of redeveloping the 40-year-old center to give it a village-style feel.
Helen Keller fifth grader Thomas Tusty high-fives Blitz, the Seattle Seahawks mascot, as former Hawks’ quarterback and NFL hall of fame player Warren Moon calls the action in the background during the school’s Walk-a-Thon on April 24. The event raised approximately $16,000 for the Helen Keller PTA and school activities.
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) introduced bipartisan legislation today to help college students save money on textbooks by encouraging the use of low-cost or free digital course materials in higher education.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that Hannah Brown of Kirkland, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, has been awarded the university’s Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize.