When Sharon Carter spent $9,000 to buy a shuttle bus to take people back and forth to her neighborhood food bank, she believed she had resolved her city of Kent code violation.
Kent Police arrested a 24-year-old Seattle woman for investigation of vehicular assault, felony eluding and two counts of hit and run after the driver sped away from a routine traffic stop.
A repeat offender with prior convictions for forgery and identity theft pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two counts of possession of stolen mail, one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
It will cost the city about $250,000 more in 2015 to provide public defenders for people facing charges at Kent Municipal Court who cannot afford to hire attorneys.
The city of Kent's state lobbyist will receive a $300 per month pay raise in 2015.
Kent firefighters put out a fire at a duplex early Friday morning in the 900 block of Fourth Avenue North.
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Kent city officials recently reversed a zoning change for downtown general commercial mixed-use (GCMU) developments in an effort to emphasize retail over residential, including any future uses at the current Kmart property.
King County voters are expected to be asked next spring to approve a property tax increase to fund a new emergency radio network for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel.
Any decision about a proposed fee increase for food vendors at the Kent Farmers Market and other King County markets has been postponed until at least January.
It is time for the Legislature to raise the 1 percent annual limit on property tax increases, the Kent City Council says.
A decision by the Kent City Council about whether to call a ShoWare Center $18 million debt a loan or a subsidy won't be made until at least March.
City property taxes will go up 5.5 percent next year as the Kent City Council unanimously approved its 2015-16 biennial budget.
Paramedics transported a Kent Police motorcycle officer to a hospital for precautionary treatment after he struck a median along Central Avenue North and was ejected from the motorcycle.
Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree theft after he allegedly hit a taxi cab driver with a cane during a dispute and didn't pay for the ride.
A city street project to rehabilitate Central Avenue South is scheduled to get $3 million next year from Kent's business and occupation (B&O) tax.
Debt seems to be one certainty about Kent's ShoWare Center but now the City Council must determine whether part of that debt should be considered a loan or a subsidy.
The 18-hole clubhouse at the city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex will get a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system next year at a cost of $752,796.
The woman who died in a vehicle fire last month in Kent has been identified as Meike Foster, 76, of Kent.
