Ooooohh! How scary! You have no idea … Election day nears
Legislature 2012: A new class of lawmakers in Olympia
The Reporter published a story last week regarding a new midwifery group that has emerged at EvergreenHealth.
Two years after Kirkland’s Mayor hosted the first Totem Lake Symposium, city officials, residential and commercial property owners, financial, development and design professionals, and local businesses are gathering again to celebrate the private and public achievements that came about from ideas generated at the 2010 Symposium.
Fortunately, random shootings could never happen …
Could I see your license, insurance and proof of pigmentation?
Kirkland residents will receive their ballots in the mail next week for the Nov. 6 general election and will be faced with several important races and measures.
Safer burgers are fine, but it’s about time for some political beef irradiation
You’ve got two choices: put your garbage out or don’t.
As they enter retirement age, baby boomers are once again at the center of the attention of marketers and industry. I speak from experience. Hardly a day passes by on which I don’t receive a letter, brochure or magazine in the mail, inviting me to go on a trip to far-flung places, continue my adult education, or join a community of like-minded, active seniors. Aging has never been so much fun and so full of promise, it seems.
Cartoon for the week of Sept. 28 – What everyone else sees: Obamney
The newspaper business—both small and large papers—has sounded full-throated opposition this past month about a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to purposely entice advertising out of the newspaper so ads can be placed instead with USPS favored stakeholder Valassis Inc., which bought direct mail company ADVO in 2006.
Couples who eat and exercise together have a better chance to manage their weight and stay fit, according to a study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. What matters most is good communication and a shared commitment to a health-promoting lifestyle.
Two weeks ago the Kirkland Reporter ran a column from Andrew Villeneuve in the editorial slot of the opinion page. Villeneuve is a regular columnist in our other papers, such as the Redmond Reporter.
This past week, Democrats from all 50 states and several territories gathered in Charlotte, N.C., for the 46th Democratic National Convention (DNC). There, delegates unanimously voted to renominate Barack Obama and Joe Biden for a second term, and approved a platform outlining the party’s beliefs. I traveled to Charlotte last Saturday to represent our state as a delegate, and have greatly enjoyed being in the middle of all of the action.
As a parent with a child entering kindergarten this year I asked myself the same question. There are many things we can do as our child’s first and most important teacher to ease this back-to-school transition and set them up for school success. Below are some tips that I have recommended to parents of my students in the past and that I am already implementing in my own home with my son.
My neighbor said her child was going to a “choice school” this coming year. What does that mean and is it still a public school? If so, how is it different?
Cartoon by Jeff Johnson for the week of Sept. 14: Pulled around
This is about freedom of speech, and how anyone can become a target of the hate mongers.
In the fall of 2008, the cyclone fence down by the park-n-ride lot on NE 70th was covered with signs for candidates from both parties, but there were none for Barack Obama.
Charter schools, cartoon for the week of Sept. 7.