Jeff Watling has resigned as the city of Kent parks director to take a similar job with the city of Issaquah.
Kent Police received 371 fireworks-related complaint calls through 911 from July 1-5, a drop from the 524 handled last year.
The Kent Regional Fire Authority plans to have a new name by next year.
An 80-year-old Kent woman has died from injuries suffered in an apartment fire Monday evening in the 24500 block of 64th Avenue South.
Save the date of Aug. 2 for National Night Out. Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas invites neighborhoods on the first Tuesday of August to join with residents nationwide for the 33rd National Night Out.
A woman reportedly threatened to stab customers at Kent Bowl if they didn’t give her a cigarette.
A woman suffered injuries after a cigarette accidentally ignited furniture in her Kent apartment at about 7:45 p.m. Monday in the 24500 block of 64th Avenue South.
An Amtrak train hit and injured a 69-year-old Kent woman in a wheelchair at about 5:54 p.m. Monday at the West Gowe Street crossing.
Kent Police posted a photo on its Facebook page of a flower left on a patrol vehicle on Friday.
Kent city officials have big plans under way to dredge Mill Creek to reduce flooding along James Street, 76th Avenue South and Kennebeck Avenue.
Before Kent’s Wiley Bowen heads off to college in San Diego later this summer, she’ll be representing the city where she’s lived all of her life as Miss Cornucopia.
A 15-year-old teen suffered critical head injuries after he ran onto State Route 516 in Kent to go after his skateboard and a semi hit the teen.
Thousands of people will fill town this weekend for the 45th annual Kent Cornucopia Days.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke says she will consider vetoing a measure passed Tuesday night by the City Council to ban medical marijuana patient cooperatives.
Five people, including two teens from Kent, were sent to hospitals last week after a high-speed, three-vehicle crash along Highway 167 in Auburn.
A city financial task force of 18 residents recommended in its final report to the Kent City Council and mayor that the city should consider removing a ban against the sale and production of recreational and medical marijuana.
Kent Police will use special emphasis patrols to crack down on illegal fireworks between July 1-5.
Two people were able to safely escape after their house caught fire early Thursday morning in the 22800 block of 135th Avenue Southeast on Kent's East Hill.
Kent Police caught a man red handed with blue and yellow spray paint on his fingers in connection with a graffiti incident at Chestnut Ridge Park.
Kent-based Blue Origin announced on Tuesday that it had broken ground earlier in June on a rocket factory in Florida.
