At the November 13, 2008 meeting of the Kirkland Planning Commission, the majority voted to recommend to the City Council the approval of: Touchstone Parkplace Private Amendment Request (PAR) Costco Private Amendment Request (PAR) The first part of the meeting was a study session ...

Google Maps has been updated with a new feature called "Street View" which adds photographs to the mapping system and gives the viewer actual photographs of search results. Much of Kirkland, along with many parts of the Eastside, has ...

  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 ...

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 ...

  The world rejoices as America changes course. It is indeed, a new day. The Times BBC News International Herald ...

In today's Seattle Times, Keith Ervin has written an update on the BNSF rail sale to the Port of Seattle. Due to the lack of liquidity in the municipal-bond market, the ...

      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 ...

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 ...

    Vote Paves the Way for Competitive Choice for TV Service - Comcast No Longer The Only Game In Town Residents of Kirkland are a major step closer to having an innovative, reliable and competitive alternative for their television services, thanks to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The City of Kirkland has entered into a stay of 60 days in a good faith effort to settle the court case filed against the City by SRM Development over the process and outcome of their Bank of America / Merrill ...

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...

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...

Washington is only the second state to allow online voter registration. Our state has seen more than its share of controversial elections. Just two years ago, Sam Reed was quoted saying a voter fraud incident “was the worst case of election fraud in our state's history. It was an outrage”...

At the 9/16 Kirkland City Council meeting, the Council voted approve Ordinance No. 4139, "imposing a moratorium within Central Business District (CBD) Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 on the acceptance of applications for review and/or issuance of development permits...

The Transportation Commission needs your help to make sure they're on the right track with regard to the City of Kirkland's revised Non-Motorized Plan. The City has developed a draft list of projects for both pedestrians and cyclists along with corresponding maps...

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...