Kirkland was hit hard by the snow storm that rolled through the area last week. The snow, ice and wind caused damage to trees and homes and resulted in many road closures and event cancelations.
Joint pain keeps many people from getting a good cardiovascular workout. For many, the answer is swimming or other low-impact ways of maintaining an elevated heart rate. But finding the facilities for such a workout can be difficult.
Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride recently told the Great Kirkland Chamber of Commerce that the proposed bill in Olympia to slash the Annexation Sales Tax Credit (ASTC) would devastate the city’s budget.
Officials with the Lake Washington School District have announced that due to the continued bad weather and related issues including power outages, all public schools in Kirkland will be closed Friday. All events for Thursday evening have been cancelled or postponed.
The winter storm that has entered the Puget Sound area has cancelled many events and meetings in Kirkland. The snow has also closed many popular roads and sidewalks.
The snow began to fall Saturday night and will continue off-and-on through Wednesday evening. Mother Nature is expected to bring the most snow late Tuesday night and most of the day Wednesday before finally beginning to warm up Wednesday night.
The Lake Washington School District has announced that school for Tuesday, Jan. 17 will start two-hours late, with morning kindergarten canceled. Snow routes for all buses will be in effect.
Kirkland police say that alcohol and icy roads combined for an accident on Sunday in the 7900 block of N.E. 122 Place on Finn Hill in Kirkland.
Two teens, who were walking on the side of the road, were struck by a pickup truck traveling west-bound around 5 p.m.
The snow began to fall Saturday night and will continue off-and-on through Wednesday evening. Mother Nature is expected to bring the most snow Tuesday night and most of the day Wednesday before finally beginning to warm up Wednesday night.
The husband of a Juanita High School volleyball coach has been charged with voyeurism in a case involving many of the coach’s players.
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.
On Friday morning at about 9 a.m., I was driving to my dental appointment in West Seattle. No cavities, thank you very much.
Kirkland City Mayor Joan McBride delivered the third “State of the City” address of her career to the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce Tuesday with the focus on achievements, the future and possible cuts to the Annexation Sales Tax Credit (ASTC).
Many theories have been floated on the whereabouts of 2-year-old Sky Metalwala.
Many cities have also felt the brunt of less assistance and it will get worse as the state looks to fill a $1.5 billion budget gap.
The newly elected members of the Kirkland City Council were sworn in Tuesday night at City Hall, with Toby Nixon becoming the first council member from the newly annexed neighborhood of Kingsgate. But the biggest surprise came as the members chose a new deputy mayor to help lead the council.
Members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission approved a plan to reconfigure the nine existing congressional districts in order to squeeze in a 10th district for Washington State.
It was a very difficult holiday season for one Kirkland family. Nabila Lacey’s husband, Steve, was killed by a drunk driver last summer, leaving her and her two young children without the father and partner they so dearly loved.
The 2011 year in news for Kirkland had everything from “A”nnexation to “Z”oning codes disputes. But some of the biggest stories were also some of the most tragic in the city’s history.
The Reporter began the year with its five-week long in-depth series on the Totem Lake Malls. We looked into the history, financial issues, ownership and future of the place that had been called everything from a “ghost town” to the “white elephant.” The series generated a nationwide response like any other we have ever received.
For most kids the last day of school is not a big deal – other than waiting for summer vacation. For Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset, the last day of seventh grade at Kirkland Junior High would change their lives and popular music.
“He was friends with some of my friends,” said Skjelset, about the day his friendship with Pecknold began. “We hung out over the summer. We both started playing guitar at the same time. But it took a year or two to find our musical connection.”
But that connection has taken the two friends around the world with their band the Fleet Foxes. Their second full-length album, “Helplessness Blues,” was recently nominated for a Grammy.
