A Kirkland man and Iraqi citizen was recently removed to his native country for ties to an Al Qaeda leader after a federal immigration judge deemed him a national security risk, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Thursday.
Kirkland households received the 2010 Census questionnaire in March. To date, 73 percent of Kirkland homes that received the form have returned it to the U.S. Census Bureau.
A jury sentenced convicted quadruple murderer Conner Schierman to death by lethal injection Wednesday afternoon for killing a Kirkland family in 2006.
Schierman, who lived in Kirkland at the time and is originally from Bellevue, was convicted of the murderers of Olga Milkin, 28; her sons, Justin, 5 and Andrew, 3; and her sister, Lyubov Botvina, 24, who were killed nearly four years ago.
Lake Washington School District is growing, by the equivalent of one elementary school a year for the next five years. The district has looked at alternatives to house this boom in student population and made two decisions, effective with the 2012-13 school year,
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 800 per week
On April 16, eighteen enthusiastic 4th graders from Peter Kirk Elementary traveled to Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines for the Seattle region Math Is Cool competition for their first competition. Peter Kirk students took first place.
The Rotary Club of Kirkland, together with many other groups of citizens, participated in the Green Kirkland Partnership’s cleanup and restoration effort at Juanita Bay Park on April 24.
Commuters should expect traffic delays due to the Kirkland Half Marathon Run/Walk and Mother’s Day 5K run/walk event on Sunday, May 9.
Speaking slowly and dabbing his tears with a tissue, Kirkland resident Conner Schierman asked the jury Monday to spare his life for taking the lives of his four neighbors.
The 28 year-old took the stand at the end of a trial where the same jury will decide whether he gets life in prison with the possibility of parole or death by lethal injection.
Bakovich, who pled guilty last October to three counts of second-degree theft, has not yet been charged in the investigation, but investigators say he is using the same scam.
Bakovich, who works his scheme primarily on the Eastside including Kirkland,
Mark Conrad of Kirkland was named to Eastern Oregon University’s dean’s list for the 2009 fall term.
Lakeview Elementary is hosting a rummage sale May 1 to benefit the PTSA school fund. The event will have items for sale that have been donated, raffle drawing for prizes and arts and crafts sales.
Ten outstanding students from Lake Washington, BEST, Juanita and Redmond high schools gathered with family and friends at a reception at the Lake Washington School District Administration Building in Redmond April 15 to accept accolades from the Kirkland-Redmond Branch of AAUW.
Design-build teams interested in building transit and safety improvements for a key stretch of State Route 520 on the Eastside of Lake Washington are being asked to submit statements of qualification by May 20.
The Juanita Bay community celebrated Tibold’s 100th birthday with him April 12.
King County Animal Care and Control executed a search warrant and removed a nearly four foot long alligator named “Bruiser”…
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.
Feeling safe in the Holmes Point neighborhood for 15 years, Stacey Castleberry didn’t think twice about opening her front door when she heard a noise.
In the opening day of the penalty phase for convicted felon Conner Schierman,
Built by Kirkland’s founder, Peter Kirk, the Kirkland Arts Center has been named one of 25 historic places selected to participate in the Seattle-Puget Sound area Partners in Preservation initiative by The National Trust for Historic Preservation.
