Residents can let the Kent City Council know what they think about traffic in the city during a public hearing about the draft 2011-2016 Transportation Improvement Program at 7 p.m. June 15 at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
A 59-year-old Kent man remains in custody at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac as he awaits formal charges in U.S. District Court in Seattle that he reportedly engaged in illicit sexual conduct with underage girls in Cambodia.
This summer is full of entertainment options in Kent, from festivals to concerts to lingerie football and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament.
The Kent Predators Indoor Football League team play Tri-Cities at 7:30 p.m. June 4 at the ShoWare Center in the final home game of the regular season. Kent plays June 12 at Fairbanks to close out the regular season.
Auburn Police continue to interview friends, colleagues and relatives of Seth Frankel as well as search through physical evidence in an effort to find out who might have killed the Kent city employee.
Frankel, 41, a video program coordinator for the city, was found dead May 22 lying on the floor of his Auburn home in the 100 block of D Street Northwest.
The city of Bozeman, Mont., often served as the first stop for Kent Police Capt. Ron Price and his wife, Lt. Lisa Price, when they took summer motorcycle trips across the Western U.S.
But this summer they will take all of their belongings to Bozeman, when Ron Price starts July 1 as the chief of police for the city of 45,000.
A 34-year-old man pleaded not guilty May 27 in King County Superior Court in Kent to charges of vehicle theft and attempting to elude police in connection with a 15-mile chase May 12 with Kent Police.
Three Kent School District high school students have been nominated for outstanding performance honors as part of the 2010 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards June 7 in Seattle.
After a week off, the Kent Predators return to action with a professional Indoor Football League game against the Billings Outlaws at 7:30 p.m. May 29 at the ShoWare Center.
Auburn Police continue to interview friends, colleagues and relatives of Seth Frankel as well as search through physical evidence in an effort to find out who might have killed the Kent city employee.
Frankel, 41, a video program coordinator for the city, was found dead May 22 lying on the floor of his Auburn home in the 100 block of D Street Northwest.
The Kent City Council on Tuesday agreed with Mayor Suzette Cooke to keep the city’s popular neighborhood-council program rather than drop it as part of its 2010 budget reductions.
Cooke and John Hodgson, chief administrative officer, worked with city staff to find another $237,000 in savings for the rest of the year as part a budget reduction of nearly $7 million from the original general fund budget of $80 million.
The hallways and offices of Kent City Hall turned somber this week after the death of city employee Seth Frankel.
Frankel, 41, a video program coordinator for the city since 2007, was found dead May 22 lying on the floor of his Auburn home in the 100 block of D Street Northwest.
The King County Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy Monday, and ruled the cause of death as "incised wounds of the neck and hands," and the manner of death as homicide. A spokesman for the medical examiner listed the date of death as May 21.
The Kent city hearing examiner on May 18 approved a conditional-use permit application by the city planners to add an off-leash dog park at Morrill Meadows Park on the East Hill.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said she has only just begun to fight for federal money to repair the Howard Hanson Dam and protect the Green River Valley from flooding.
King County prosecutors filed charges May 17 of theft of a motor vehicle and attempting to elude police against a 34-year-old man in connection with the May 12 theft of a pickup truck and a 15-mile chase with Kent Police before he was caught.
Fees for transportation impacts, business licenses and vehicle-license registrations all could be part of a funding package the Kent City Council may tap for funding city street projects.
Jessica Nawar compares going to the Kent School District's VisFest Film and Game Festival to attending one of the high school's drama productions.
"It's like going to a play at a school to see acting, only you're going to see what students can do with technology," said Nawar, a Kentwood High School senior and a member of the VisFest student advisory board, during a May 14 interview. "They (festival attendees) would have a lot of fun seeing what everyone from elementary to high school students are making."
VisFest is short for "Visual Literacy Arts Festival." The district started the event in 2002 to give students an outlet to display their creative and artistic visual-literacy talents to fellow students, teachers and the community.
Representatives from four Kent Neighborhood Councils told the City Council Tuesday to dump any idea of cutting the neighborhood program as part of proposed city budget cuts.
The Council discussed potential reductions in the neighborhood program at a May 10 budget workshop. The Council has not yet formally voted on any proposed cuts for the rest of 2010 in order to reduce the budget by nearly $7 million. That vote is expected to be taken before the end of June, said Council President Jamie Perry.
It was an afternoon of surprises for the winners of the annual Kent Senior Activity Center volunteers and senior citizen of the year awards.
It pleased Warren Nance that Kent city officials came out May 11 to the soon-to-be annexed Panther Lake area to present an open house about what services the city offers.
"This is a good start with public outreach," said Nance, who has lived 16 years in Panther Lake in unincorporated King County, during an interview at the event. "This is very beneficial."
Nearly 200 residents attended the open house at the Kentridge High School library to find out more about city of Kent programs and services. The annexation becomes effective July 1.
