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Growth in Kirkland through annexation means Woodinville will need to adjust staffing of its fire department. Kirkland annexation will result in the closure of Woodinville Fire Station #34 in the Kingsgate area, set to close on May 31, 2011. According to The Woodinville Weekly, annexation will reduce revenues to the district by nearly 10 percent [...]
KIROTV.com is reporting that early on Friday morning a 38-year-old Bothell woman was arrested for investigation of DUI after her car rammed a motorcycle from behind on southbound Interstate 405. Washington State Patrol said the crash happened shortly after midnight.
The impact ejected the motorcyclist as the rear half of the bike became wedged under the [...]
Budget requires postponing the camp
Kirkland Fire Department’s 2010 Fire Camp for junior high and middle schools students, has been cancelled.
Fire Camp was funded primarily by participating families’ registration fees. Kirkland Firefighters Benevolent Association (KFFBA) contributed enough scholarship assistance to allow approximately half a dozen youths to attend, who would otherwise not be able to [...]
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center has received the Get with the Guidelines for Stroke Silver Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association-American Stroke Association. The award recognizes the hospital’s successful commitment to ensure that each stroke patient receives the Associations’ recommended treatments aimed at improving outcomes and reducing deaths and disabilities. The Get with [...]
CITY-HOSPITAL PARTNERS ENHANCE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SKILLS
Five City of Kirkland employees joined Evergreen Hospital Medical Center staff, at the hospital’s invitation, in attending a four day disaster preparedness training program held at the unique Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Alabama. All expenses for hospital and City staff were paid for with Homeland Security funding.
The [...]
On Tuesday August 3rd, the Kirkland Police Department is asking neighborhoods, businesses, and apartment complexes to participate in the 27th Annual National Night Out Against Crime.
The Kirkland Police is asking citizens of Kirkland to turn their porch lights on and come outside to take a stand against crime with your neighbors. This is the first step [...]
An independent study issued today by HealthGrades ranks Evergreen Hospital Medical Center among the top five percent in the nation for maternity care. Evergreen is only one of two hospitals in Washington and King County to be ranked in the top five percent and receive the 2010/2011 HealthGrades Maternity Care Excellence Award™.
HealthGrades noted that if [...]
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Kirkland Police News Release:
The Kirkland Police Department investigation of a complaint about the ownership of a house in the 400 block of 8th Avenue West has led to the arrest of a 30-year-old female who took up residence in recent days. The occupant alleged to the Police and neighbors that she owned the [...]
A 31-year-old Kirkland man who lapsed into a coma last month after he was beaten by two men who believed he had raped the wife of one has been charged with second-degree rape.
Steven McCanless was hospitalized with potentially life-threatening injuries after the men beat him with a brick and a rubber mallet at an Issaquah [...]
160 Citizens Prepared Through Public-Private Partnership
Photos: Left: workgroup at event, including Kirkland Fire Chief, Kevin Nalder and Kirkland Deputy Mayor, Penny Sweet. Right: event coordinator, Liv Grohn, presenting to all participants prior to neighborhood break-out sessions.
What: Map-Your-Neighborhood (MYN), a neighbor to neighbor disaster preparedness program created by Washington State, was recently implemented on a large scale [...]
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The Kirkland Police Department joins participating cities in the Washington State Patrol’s (WSP) new enforcement campaign – “Text, Talk, Ticket.” Starting June 10, police agencies across the state will begin enforcing the newly-revised law restricting the use of wireless devices by drivers. According to WSP, the revised law makes texting or improper cell phone [...]
The Kirkland City Council has approved a staff recommendation that the City proceed with plans to purchase real estate in Totem Lake for a public safety building to house the Kirkland Police Department, expanded jail and municipal court. The selected property is currently occupied by My Home Wholesale (the former location of Costco Home) and [...]
Ten Evergreen Hospital Medical Center nurses were honored Tuesday with Nursing Excellence Awards. The winners were selected from 71 nominations submitted by co-workers. The awards are presented annually as part of Evergreen’s National Nurses’ Week celebration.
Winners included Corinna Cunningham and Susan Hanser for Clinical Care, Diann Bagley for Innovation and Creativity, Lindsay Dulin for Patient [...]
New regional jail planning group would keep track of available bed space and manage jail populations
King County Executive Dow Constantine today proposed creating a regional jail planning group and providing cities with 150 beds in the King County Jail until 2020. This move, coupled with current and potential contracts that north/east King County cities have [...]
The Kirkland Police Department has been hard at work fighting crime and the results are in: In 2009, violent crime was down 39% and property crime dropped by 15%. The results are great news for everyone in Kirkland. Across the board, crime of all types diminished in 2009.
When comparing crime statistics between cities, one must [...]
King County Executive Dow Constantine has proposed an August ballot measure to preserve current levels of public health and safety. The proposed ordinance would put a two-tenths of one percent local option sales tax for criminal justice and related services before voters. Forty percent of the revenues would be distributed to local cities, with King [...]
“RADAR” initiative would develop strategies to track violent offenders
The King County Sheriff’s Office today received the unanimous support of the Metropolitan King County in its efforts to establish a task force to investigate threats against police and elected officials. The Council approved a motion calling for the creation of a Risk Assessment, Deterrence and Referral [...]
KOMONEWS.COM has posted this video online:
The emotional decision over the fate of Conner Schierman – death or life in prison – pitted father against stepfather in court on Tuesday.
One man described the terrible loss of a wife and children while the other tried to explain the pain that made his stepson a killer.
Leo Milkin told [...]
ROBERT MALTE NAMED CEO AT EVERGREEN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
Robert (Bob) Malte of Littleton, Colorado, has been named CEO at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland. A committee that included the hospital board, physicians, and community members picked Malte after extensive interviews. More than 125 people applied for the position. He will begin May 10.
Malte most [...]
Budget Committee briefed on potential cuts to criminal justice programs due to $60 million budget shortfall
The elected leaders of King County’s criminal justice system today warned the members of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee that the projected $60 million general fund deficit for 2011 will have a direct effect [...]
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The Seattle Times reports that the jury in the Schierman quadruple murder case has found the defendant guilty of four counts of aggravated murder.
A King County jury on Monday found Conner Schierman guilty of the July 2006 murders of four members of a Kirkland family.
Jurors had been deliberating since Friday morning before finding Schierman guilty [...]
Nibbles & Noshes
Chefs from the Heathman Hotel in Kirkland, Westin Hotel in Bellevue and Qwest Field will participate in Nibbles & Noshes, a taste and learn evening for patients and families with oral, head and neck cancer. Nibbles & Noshes will be held 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 27 at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland. [...]
The Seattle Times is reporting that Rhonda Breard, owner of a Kirkland-based Breard Associates and Wealth Management, has pleaded guilty to mail fraud.
Embattled Kirkland securities broker Rhonda Breard pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to mail fraud in connection with the theft of more than $9 million from her investment clients.
Breard agreed to surrender three homes [...]
The Seattle Times is continues to cover the quadruple-murder trial of Conner Schierman, Kirkland man who is charged with killing the Milkin family of Kirkland in 2006.
The defense team for Conner Schierman, the Kirkland man facing the death penalty for allegedly killing a family of four in 2006, called its last witness Monday after more [...]
FIRE CALL MADE JUST IN TIME TO SPARE BUILDING
What:
Kirkland Fire Department responded to a call this morning to the first floor unit of a Kirkland apartment building. Smoke had been seen coming from the unit and no one responded from inside. The first-in Fire crew, seeing extensive smoke, called for full response. Once [...]
