With the interim trail of the Cross Kirkland Corridor finished, the city has appropriated funds to help maintain it while the Kirkland Police Department has purchased UTVs to patrol it.
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
It’s the question every American kid gets asked at least once in their lifetime, if not more (sometimes it’s not phrased as a question but a command). For some reason adults love torturing kids with such existential issues to consider when they’re still too young to ride the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.
After 27 years with the Kirkland Police Department and eight years as police chief, Eric Olsen has announced he is retiring at the end of September.
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.
Italene Gaddis practices what she preaches when it comes to the songs she sings.
For the estimated 33,000 people who plan on attending the city’s Fourth of July celebration in downtown, the festivities will include a 150-person marching band, a tank, the Seafair Pirates, a flyover by a World II B-25 Mitchell bomber – and of course fireworks.
The recent spike in summer temperatures has brought with it a rise in the number of thefts and car prowls in Kirkland.
A statewide transportation package passed by the Senate Monday includes $75 million to construct interchange ramps at 132nd Ave Northeast in Kirkland’s Totem Lake neighborhood.
I have to be honest; my initial reaction when I heard about the concept behind You Kick Ass was, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
With the annual Kirkland Summerfest on Aug. 7 and 8 fast approaching, organizers have come up with creative fundraising efforts to cover the costs of the festival.
It’s every child’s dream to be an action figure. Now, thanks to You Kick Ass, that dream can now be a reality, not just for kids but adults as well.
Now that the city of Kirkland is trying to make better use of available parking downtown and giving residents access to the City Hall lot to meet demand, it is looking toward long-term solutions for increasing the supply.
The city of Kirkland is currently examining a church property in the Totem Lake neighborhood as a potential future location for the Aquatic, Recreation and Community (ARC) Center.
The vendor handling the tolling fees for the HOV lanes on Interstate 405 going through Kirkland starting this fall is the same vendor WSDOT has for the 520 bridge tolling.
Woodinville will join several other cities on the Eastside in having its court services handled through the Kirkland Justice Center under a new interlocal agreement approved by the City Council at their June 16 meeting.
Lakeview Elementary School will be getting a new synthetic turf field as part of the city of Kirkland’s joint use agreement with the Lake Washington School District.
Last weekend three Kirkland residents and former Kirkland Patch employees came together to showcase their creativity in wine making, publishing and painting – and celebrate their successes since parting from the national media company.
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.
A man in his 50s was killed early Tuesday morning when he drove a truck into four cars located at an apartment complex in the North Rose Hill neighborhood.
With preparations underway for a possible ballot measure for a Metropolitan Park District (MPD) to fund the Aquatic and Recreational Community (ARC) Center, the city of Kirkland is still on the hunt for an actual site.
