The University of Washington Bothell School of Business has given its 2013 Icons of Retail Award to Kemper Freeman, Jr., CEO and Principal Owner of Kemper Development Company for his lifetime contributions to the retail sector.
The owners of a dog who ran into the woods following a car accident in Kirkland Jan. 11 are searching for their dog, Mandy.
Friends of Youth has announced a valuable re-addition to the youth service agency’s team in Howard (Terry) Hall.
The newly introduced Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA), a measure to ensure all communities in Washington have a fair chance to elect candidates of their choice in local elections, will get a public hearing next Wednesday.
The Snohomish Health District reports five Snohomish County residents have died in the last month from the severe influenza or the “flu” that is circulating throughout Western Washington.
Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon has named Julie Putterman, a Chicago-based diversity consultant, as the county’s new inclusion manager on Friday following a national search.
Police are searching for the man who recently robbed more than 20 businesses in King and Snohomish counties, including a Bothell coffee stand.
Seven Boy Scouts from BSA Troop 535, chartered by the Sons of Norway in Bothell, were awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in 2012. Four of the members are Bothell residents.
Dick Ramsey will celebrate his 80th birthday at the end of the month. It is a momentous occasion for anyone lucky enough to meet the milestone. But this will also mark the 50th year that the Ramsey family has been operating Ostroms’ Drug & Gift in Kenmore.
State lawmakers will meet with Northshore residents and community organizations from 7-9 p.m. on Dec. 6 at Shoreline Community College to discuss how to make the state’s revenue system more adequate, fair and stable.
The Bothell High School girls basketball team defeated the Mustangs in Redmond Monday 52-43 on a strong fourth quarter performance.
The Edmonds man who police officers shot and injured last Friday after a slow-speed pursuit that ended in Bothell had displayed a weapon out his truck’s window.
Kenmore Police Officer Mark Childers has been named the Washington School Resource Officer of the Year by the Washington School Safety Organization (WSSO).
Officer Childers was presented with the award at the WSSO’s annual conference in August, and the Kenmore City Council recognized Childers at its Sept. 24 council meeting.
In the midst of the high school football season, Bothell’s Pop Keeney Stadium will play host to a NCAA Division II football matchup between Central Washington University and Azusa Pacific this Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
The game, which was supposed to be played in Ellensburg, was moved to Bothell due to poor air quality caused by wildfires blazing in the Kittitas Valley region.
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is recommending $10.6 million in funding for projects serving Bothell, Kenmore and Mill Creek, part of more than $440 million in federal funds proposed by PSRC to improve transportation around the region.
On the agenda for the Kenmore City Council study session on Monday, Sept. 17 will be review and discussion of the six-year (2013-2018) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for parks, transportation and surface water projects, which includes City Staff’s funding strategy to raise the $34,438,550 required for the projects.
The CIP includes 14 parks projects totaling $5,260,000, 10 transportation projects totaling $26,789,200, and 12 surface water projects totaling $2,389,350.
The famous Hollywood Schoolhouse, located in the heart of Woodinville’s wine country, is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sept. 28.
The building, which opened in 1912, has been designated as a State and King County Historic Landmark.
The more than 9,000 students in the Northshore School District will benefit from thousands of dollars being awarded to their schools and classrooms by the Northshore Schools Foundation (NSF).
During last Tuesday’s school board meeting, NSF Director Carmin Dalziel and President Sherry Krainick presented a check for $80,100 to School Board President Julia Lacey and Superintendent Larry Francois.
Bothell resident Ray Jennings recently landed the catch of his life, a 36-pound, 3-ounce Chinook Salmon he reeled in while fishing on a charterboat out of Westport, located on the coast near Grays Harbor.
Jennings’ catch netted him the Westport Catch of the Week honors and the Charterboat Association’s daily prize of $225.
Bothell’s Keith Corner, 83, the author of The Magic Kriss Karpet back in 1987, has recently released the 25th anniversary edition of his classic story, retitled “The Magic Christmas Carpet,” through Everett publisher Tex Ware.
