Thank you to Jonathan Michaels who has produced this short video of scenes from Kirkland's waterfront. Scenes of Kirkland - November 23, 2008

  Gallery Opening at Bellevue Place  The Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, after 17 years in Kirkland, has decided to move to a new and exciting location within the Bellevue Collection at Bellevue Place, located seconds away ...

      I was curious to see what  The Seattle Times (http://z5.thevoterguide.org/a-seattletimes/index.do)  Customized Voters' Ballot tools would produce for a person living at 123 5th Ave, in Kirkland (City Hall). I ...

Touchstone and Citizens for Responsible Development have submitted 200-word rebuttals to each other's arguments which have been amended to their respective Point and Counterpoints. You can read them here: Point/Counterpoint: Touchstone on Kirkland Parkplace Social and Economic Impact Point/Counterpoint: CRD on Kirkland Parkplace Social ...

A new feature called Forums has been added to Kirkland Views. There have been many requests for the posting of events on this site. The time requirements involved have been overwhelming so we have introduced the ...

New features have recently been added to KirklandViews.com and this has left readers with questions about how things work on this site. Here is a brief run-down of the recently added features: Features of this site...

Sustainable September is coming on strong this year with a calendar full of events. If green is your thing then Kirkland is the place to be this September. Visit www.sustainableseptember.org for a calendar of all of the events...

Concerned citizens gathered at City Hall to attend a special meeting of the Kirkland City Council. The atmosphere was congenial as people of many political stripes waited in council chambers for the meeting to begin. After a slight delay the Mayor opened...

Both Seattle and Kirkland have found themselves in difficult financial situations as the economy has slowed. Interestingly, the two cities plan to deal with their problems quite differently. Kirkland plans to both raise taxes and lower service levels...

Kirkland Views received a copy of the letter from the City Clerk's office on July 24th. We chose not to publish the letter because it was merely a series of accusations. Based upon the City Council's decision to schedule a special meeting...

More light has been shed on the events surrounding the Bank of America Appeal. It appears that both SRM and CiViK agreed to a series of Question and Answer rounds following the July 11 quasi-judicial hearing. Kirkland Views has obtained additional...

A series of questions were posed to SRM Development during the July 11 hearing before the Kirkland City Council in the CiViK appeal of the Bank of America project. Kirkland Views has obtained a copy of SRM Development's response to these questions....

The City of Kirkland is facing a $13.8 million deficit for its 2009-2010 budget. In the language of financial analysts, this is known as a doozie. The City is conducting a massive communications effort to inform the people of Kirkland of the looming budget shortfall...

WSDOT is widening I-405 between 112th Ave. SE and SE 8th Street as a part of the I-405 widening project. For three weekends in August, I-405 southbound will be closed as crews remove the Wilburton Tunnel. Until recently, the tunnel allowed trains to pass overhead on what is the BNSF ...

"Mr. Hodgson's waiver of the City's attoney-clinet privilege was unliateral, unauthorized and not an effective waiver. It was clear at the time Mr. Hodgson provided you with the Memo that his attempted waiver was opposed by a majority of the Kirkland City Council.."

We all know that parking in downtown Kirkland can be a royal pain. If you happen to arrive at the wrong time, you are hard-pressed to find anything available. The recent influx of downtown residents has only exasperated the parking issue...

This cartoon entitled, "Trail" has been submitted by Anthony Cresci with the following explanation: "The enclosed attachment is my view of why the BNSF right-of-way should be used as a trail and not as a commuter rail line. It is a view shared by a great many Eastside residents aware of ...

The following email was received in response to our request for copies of the documents passed from Councilmember Hodgson to CiViK attorney Richard Aramburu at the July 1 Kirkland City Council Meeting:...

A recap of the events happening in Kirkland for our 9th annual 4th of July celebration with a parade, community picnic and of course, fireworks! Schedules for events, parking information and more. Happy Independence Day!

Councilmember Dave Asher moved to have the police secure the documents from the appellant, but in all of the confusion, the motion was not seconded as the Mayor looked to the City Attorney for legal guidance.