One of my favorite memories from childhood is coming home from my grandparents’ home on Christmas Eve.
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.
New information from the public has led Bellevue police to expand the search for 2-year-old Sky Metalwala.
On Saturday, Kirkland Police closed Watershed Park so investigators could search the grounds. As of Monday morning there was no word on whether the search turned up any credible evidence in the case.
The owner and one of the cooks for the Kirkland restaurant Amici have been charged with raping a woman at the business, located at 7 Lake Shore Plaza, the morning of Aug. 7.
For those who pushed for the annexation of the Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kingsgate neighborhoods into Kirkland, the fight was about unity. The annexation brought an area where neighbors already felt it was a part of Kirkland into the city.
Sitting at home or in a restaurant many people hear the sounds of their community outside the front door.
With a La Niña winter approaching, the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says that the Puget Sound area will experience a wetter and colder winter than average. And while youngsters will be happy to hear that news, most people who drive will not be so merry.
The Kirkland City Council voted 5-1, with one absent, Tuesday night during its regular meeting to place an emergency 60-day moratorium on both of the BN-zoned properties in the city. The issue with BN-zoned properties is that they are zoned to have unlimited density.
The race for Kirkland City Council Position No. 4 is all but over, thanks to results released Monday.
The race for Kirkland City Council Position No. 4 narrowed a little more with the third day of voting results on Thursday. But former State Rep. Toby Nixon is still in the lead and the narrowing margin has slowed.
The King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating why a group of Juanita High School girls volleyball players found a video camera in a bathroom of a warehouse where the team was having a sleepover in Woodinville on Saturday.
One of the Kirkland City Council races may come down to every last vote with the second release of voting results from the King County Elections Office showing the race narrowing.
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.
For many, one of the biggest draws for the 2011 general election was the initiatives on the ballot. From privatizing the sale of hard alcohol, to managing taxes for road construction projects, the initiatives on the ballot generated a record for money spent but could not get the majority of voters to cast a ballot.
The 2011 election season was marked by three contentious races for Kirkland voters to sort through. Preliminary results Tuesday night show only one challenger in the lead, with Toby Nixon ahead of incumbent Jessica Greenway. King County Elections has counted 28 percent of the possible 17,000 ballots sent out to registered voters.
Many people complain about seeing holiday lights for sale before the first day of school or seeing Christmas commercials on TV before they’ve picked out their Halloween costume.
Pants from designer True Religion can go for hundreds of dollars. Lululemon Athletica’s yoga outfits are also top-of-the-line garments. Juicy Couture’s designer sweats and t-shirts are sought after by many women.
A 26-year-old Kirkland man was arrested early Monday in Seattle for fourth-degree assault after he punched a cab driver.
The race between King County Councilwoman Jane Hague and Mercer Island resident Richard Mitchell to represent District No. 6 is one of the most hotly contested races in the Puget Sound area. But for residents of Finn Hill, their vote may not matter to them in the end.
The proposed Potala Village mixed-use apartment complex along the Kirkland waterfront is making neighbors and the Kirkland City Council see red.
