King County prosecutors have charged a 44-year-old Kent woman and her 32-year-old boyfriend with promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor for allegedly setting up a 15-year-old girl and two other girls to work as prostitutes.
The state Department of Ecology proposes to remove a Kent property from a statewide list of contaminated sites because it has been shown to meet state cleanup standards.
Five Kent workplaces were part of 92 companies named to the 2012 Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction list by the King County Solid Waste Division.
Metal thieves could make it tougher to fight fires in Kent.
Garbage, recycling and yard waste services in Kent are not impacted by the Waste Management drivers' strike.
The city of Kent released a progress map Thursday showing where crews have removed giant sandbags so far along the Green River Trail and where the bags remain to be removed.
The Port of Seattle plans to start a major renovation of the North Satellite at Sea-Tac Airport in 2014.
New Transit, a Boise, Idaho-based alternative country and Northwest rock band, plays Thursday, July 26 at Lake Meridian Park in Kent.
Kent Police continue to investigate the death of a 19-year-old Federal Way man found inside a car that crashed into a tree on the West Hill of Kent.
Roberto the Magnificent will perform from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 in Kent at Town Square Plaza, Second Avenue and Harrison Street.
Kent's ShoWare Center is looking for new employees at a July 31 job fair.
A court hearing was continued to Aug. 16 for a former Kent-Meridian High School teacher and track coach charged with communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of indecent exposure after he allegedly pulled down his shorts and showed his genitals to passing vehicles near the downtown Kent Library and Town Square Plaza.
Smooth-jazz saxophonist Darren Motamedy returns to town from Las Vegas to play at the city of Kent's Take-Out Tuesdays free concerts at Kent Station, 417 Ramsay Way.
Kent voters could face a property tax levy measure in November to help pay for city park and street projects.
Voters will have plenty of statewide races to narrow the list of candidates, but the Primary ballot won't determine much in the Kent area as far as choosing finalists to the state Legislature.
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order under which Kent-based Baristas Coffee Co. and company officers Barry Henthorn and T. Scott Steciw will pay 45 current and former employees a total of $50,000 in back wages and $25,000 in liquidated damages.
High credit ratings will help King County lower the cost of borrowing money to fund critical life safety and infrastructure improvements at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
A Vancouver, British Columbia band is ready to liven up Lake Meridian Park on Thursday night.
Details remain sketchy as Kent Police investigate a fight among numerous men Sunday near Meridian Middle School in Kent that left seven injured with non-life threatening injuries.
