In July 2007 at age 28, Katy Rock was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors. Now in her 11th round of chemotherapy out of 12, she is doing well, but she wanted to help others.
In a photo caption and story and concerning AIDS charity Rosehedge Aug. 13, Planning Commission member Karen Tennyson was mistakenly identified as wife of Mayor James L. Lauinger. They are not married.
Kirkland property owners of septic tanks will soon receive a mailed notice seeking responses to a survey that will help identify signs of failure and explain how to cease the use of a septic system and connect to the city’s system.
Building heights in downtown Kirkland will soon get a closer look.
Carrie Wood is the new editor of the Kirkland Reporter.
The entire historic archive of the Kirkland Reporter will be made freely available online.
Kirkland sometimes may take the quiet, family-friendly town atmosphere for granted, but Kirkland Police Corporal Deb McGuire is keeping a close watch to make sure things stay that way.
I suppose this is coming a bit late in the game, but I don’t have much going on right now – so I have decided to run for president.
King County’s push to rid itself of unincorporated land could torpedo the efforts of a local group seeking annexation by the city of Bothell.
The Kirkland Concours d’Elegance returns to Carillon Point Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
If politics were boxing – and sometimes it certainly seems that way – then we have finished with the sparing and its now time for the main event. In other words, the general election will be nothing like the primary.
Election Day is still a couple months away, but I’m ready to make some predictions on how our state will vote. I think Washington will cast its votes for Democrat Barack Obama for president and Republican Dino Rossi for governor. Here’s why.
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Fifth grade students bound for Kamiakin Junior High School can sign up for beginning band Sept. 18. Registration will run 8:15 to 9 a.m. in the band room at Kamiakin, 14111 132nd Ave. N.E., Kirkland. The band is open to all fifth-graders who attend Frost, Keller, Muir and Franklin elementary schools, as well as to homeschoolers and Kamiakin-bound “Quest” students. Beginning sixth-graders at Kamiakin also are welcome to join. For more information, e-mail the band director at wbrannman@lwsd.org, or visit the Web site www.kamiakinband.org.
Hopelink’s Eastside Literacy and other programs need volunteers to help adults learn to read or earn a General Education Development (GED) diploma, assist non-native English speakers to improve their English and provide help to achieve many other tasks.
Dr. Jennifer J. Lee, a Kirkland ophthalmologist, received the 2007-2008 Outstanding Teacher Award for her clinical instruction in eye surgery during the University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology’s 34th annual Resident Alumni Day.
The Burnsteads, a local family of independent home building companies, will be conducting its annual Helping Hands Project on Sept. 6 for Friends of Youth’s New Ground Kirkland, a new transitional living program that will open in mid-October.
Kirkland will offer a month-long green learning opportunity to offer something for everyone.
