Between Wednesday, Aug. 13 and Tuesday, Aug. 19, the Kirkland Police Department reported 274 traffic violations, 26 noise complaints, 23 thefts, 20 car accidents, 20 alarm calls, 16 vehicle prowls and 14 assaults. At least 58 people were arrested.
Kirkland firefighters hit the streets in full force recently to collect $10,000 in donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Slowed by the summer rain, afternoon traffic in Juanita also had to contend with a water main break Aug. 25 that shut down part of 98th Avenue.
While national and state mean scores for college-bound seniors dipped in 2007, Lake Washington School District (LWSD) seniors scored higher on all three tests on the SAT college prep test. The percent of students in the district taking the test dropped slightly, from 72 percent to 71 percent. District students continue to score well above state and national averages.
For nearly a year, developers working on a plan for the corner of South Lake Street and Kirkland Avenue have gathered local input and gone through the local process for a new building there.
The city of Kirkland is hosting two budget open houses to share the city’s current and future financial condition, explain the challenges it faces for the upcoming biennium budget, and discuss the proposed strategies that, if implemented, will balance the 2009-2010 budget.
Tired of archaic policies and the government’s inability to change them, U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee decided years ago that it is time for a clean energy revolution.
Jamshid Khajavi doesn’t own a TV. He goes to bed every night at 8 p.m. and doesn’t have an alarm to wake him up; his roosters that roam the front yard of his Kirkland home do.
Increasing rate of motorcyclist fatalities has authorities concerned
Financial Condition, Strategies to Balance Budget to be Presented
Local celebrity Jason Mesnick will have a second chance at on-air love and stardom on the next season of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”
It was big news on June 1, 1888 — for the nation, Seattle, and the approximately 200 inhabitants of the Houghton/Kirkland area. The Morning Oregonian was one of many newspapers to spread the word. Seattle was to have a $2 million iron and steel works at its back door.
Joe Taylor will become a “Chief for a Day” thanks to the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) and the Kirkland Police Department.
A long history of frequent beach closures has prompted one of the most intensive sampling efforts now underway along Juanita Creek.
Is state Rep. Roger Goodman deliberately trying to throw his re-election effort? Judged by a review of his campaign website and brochure, you have to ask the question given the ethical concerns they raise.
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Forty emerging Eastside community leaders have been accepted to Leadership Eastside’s (LE) community leader development program.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler R. Erickson, son of Steve Erickson of Kirkland and Linda Molemaar of Bellevue recently completed the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).
Between Wednesday, Aug. 6 and Tuesday, Aug. 12, the Kirkland Police Department reported 338 traffic violations, 22 thefts, 22 alarm calls, 21 car accidents, 18 vehicle prowls, 15 noise complaints and 12 assaults (four domestic violence). At least 56 people were arrested.
There are still more than 60,000 votes to be counted in King County primary election, but if preliminary numbers from the Secretary of State’s Office are any indication, most of Kirkland’s elected representatives will return to Olympia in November.
