The weekly Police Blotter for the City of Kirkland
Well known the “Halo” video game franchise, game software developer Bungie LLC confirmed they were relocating their offices to Bellevue.
The City of Kirkland announced the March 31 hiring of J. Kevin Nalder as Director of the Fire and Building Department. Currently a Deputy Chief with the Salt Lake City Fire Department, he will replace current Director/Fire Chief Jeff Blake, who is retiring after 12 years at the helm on April 15.
Seventy million dollars in federal stimulus money is headed to the Eastside for transportation projects, Gov. Christine Gregoire announced Monday in Bellevue.
When the Washington Equal Suffrage Association published their Washington Women’s Cook Book in 1908 it was dedicated: “to the first woman who realized that half the human race were not getting a square deal, and who had the courage to voice a protest.”
The City of Kirkland will hold a public hearing on both a new court security program and applying for additional grant money for more police at a City Council meeting April 7, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The State Department of Ecology (WSDOE) and toxics cleanup engineers began cleaning up a former industrial site in Kirkland March 25, beginning a process that could resolve decades of work to remove contaminants from the soil.
Costco Wholesale Corporation announced plans April 2 to shut down its two Costco Home stores in Kirkland and Tempe, Arizona by July 3.
Washington’s House Democrats today elected Rep. Deb Eddy (D-Kirkland) to serve as its new caucus vice-chair.
Kirkland Junior High School students Connor Bergren, Matt Mihara and Jake Nathlich were selected out of thousands of applicants to represent Washington state in the American Choral Directors Association’s Junior high/Middle School Honor Choir in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The American Red Cross serving King and Kitsap counties honored Kirkland resident James Freeman March 26 at its 2009 “Everyday People, Everyday Heroes”
Elementary school teachers often rely on teacher’s aides – or instructional assistants as they’re called locally – to educate children.
Despite increasing demand, state legislators dealing with a projected $9 billion budget shortfall are poised to cut back on a critical program for early childhood education.
Thanks to a grant from the US Department of Justice, King County Detectives have formed a “Cold Case” squad to investigate the nearly 200 unsolved murder and missing person cases over a span of 67 years.
The FDA and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are investigating Salmonella contamination in pistachio products sold by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, Calif.
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Local business and community leaders found themselves “arrested” by Kirkland Firefighters March 26 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s (MDA) annual Lock-up fundraiser at Heritage Hall.
Traffic congestion relief is on its way to the intersection of NE 124th Street and 124th Avenue NE in the Totem Lake neighborhood. Three additional vehicular lanes, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks will be constructed in the coming months.
Storm water may not be on the minds of most Kirkland citizens but the City hopes residents and businesses will learn about proposed tasks to address water quality issues.
Banking, business, and government panelists will answer business-related questions at a free workshop, “Weathering the Storm: Small Business Survival Tools,” from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 31 at The Heathman Hotel, 220 Kirkland Avenue.
