Kingsgate is a finalist in a contest about which not many people will be proud: Kingsgate is a likely home of the County's newest jail. The deal is not sealed as Kingsgate is one of only six sites ...

One would have hoped for a rest from politics now that the election is over. The constant onslaught of negative ads has taken its toll. But politics do not rest. The next election is less than a year away and whispers of who ...

Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer writer, Todd Bishop has posted an interesting article on his new Microsoft Blog at Techflash.com about Bill Gates' new company, bgC3, located at Carillon Point: Bill Gates' mysterious new ...

Here is one of those stories about bad stuff that happens elsewhere. Not here in our town. I didn't ever expect to read about prostitution in Kirkland. Thank you to the King County Sheriff's Office for getting this scum ...

According to an article by Kevin Ervin of The Seattle Times, King County Executive Ron Sims has called for a cut in funds set aside as incentives to cities to annex urban unincorporated areas. Instead, the money will be ...

Your editorial on Kirkland's six-month moratorium on high-rise construction downtown ("Kirkland takes a breath," April 19) raises troublesome questions about such actions beyond protecting a "treasured sense of scale," which most of us value. All those who have a stake in the integrity of the public...

It looks like the Seahawks have found a solution for those wishing to travel to home games by bus. Steve Shinstrom sent in this update to his Letter to the Editor about the Seahawks game day bus service (the Seattle Times also has an article on the renewed service)...

"Though many Kirkland residents see the two as irreconcilable, most agree that change as a result of growth is inevitable. But the definition of that change is what's critical. Most residents can't imagine giving up the city's small-town allure for...

A new development in Seattle has much from which we in Kirkland could learn, and much with which to be leery. Rather than oppose the building of a Target store in Seattle's Little Saigon district, the local community worked with the developer to craft a plan for the benefit of ...

The Kirkland Reporter has posted an advertisement for a new position: Editor. Sound Publishing, publisher of the Kirkland Reporter, posted this job listing on JournalismJobs.com which states, "The Kirkland Reporter (WA) is looking for an energetic editor to oversee their newsroom...

Everyone knows that neither public transportation infrastructure or traffic congestion mitigation are core competencies of the Puget Sound region. Whether you ride the bus or drive a car, you know you spend far too much time in traffic. In fact, Seattle area drivers spend about 45 hours in traffic delays - equivalent to more than a week of vacation! The transportation system as a whole is a mess. An article in the Seattle P-I dated May 22 titled, "We're stuck with nation's worst road funding gap" noted that "by 2040, the population of the Seattle area is projected to grow by 1.7 million new people, with 1.2 million new jobs... that's like dropping the population of greater metropolitan Portland into the Puget Sound area." Scary stuff. The article goes on to say that "the Seattle-Puget Sound area has the largest gap between transportation infrastructure needs and secured funding of any metropolitan area in the country." The shortfall amounts to nearly $800 per person.