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4Culture presents project grant workshop

4Culture presents project grant workshop

4Culture, King County’s cultural service agency, visits the Kent Library on Wednesday, Jan. 25 to talk about its project grants. The informal workshop is from… Continue reading

4Culture presents project grant workshop

Three Thunderbirds earn NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings

Three Seattle Thunderbirds are ranked in the NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings of North American skaters eligible for the 2017 NHL Draft. Defenseman Jarret Tyszka,… Continue reading

Stars aim to extend winning streak against Express

Stars aim to extend winning streak against Express

Tacoma hosts Turlock on Friday

Stars aim to extend winning streak against Express
Rampathon accepting applications for free ramps for families struggling with mobility

Rampathon accepting applications for free ramps for families struggling with mobility

The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, through its Rampathon program, is accepting applications for free ramps for families struggling with mobility within… Continue reading

Rampathon accepting applications for free ramps for families struggling with mobility

State unemployment hits new low in December

Lowest rate since May 2008

Costco to pay $11.75 million settlement for lax pharmacy controls

Costco to pay $11.75 million settlement for lax pharmacy controls

Costco Wholesale will pay $11.75 million to settle allegations that its pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances Act when they improperly filled prescriptions for controlled substances.… Continue reading

Costco to pay $11.75 million settlement for lax pharmacy controls
YMCA hires teen program director for Kent

YMCA hires teen program director for Kent

Even before it has a facility in Kent, the YMCA has hired a teen program director to begin to provide programs for community youth. Director… Continue reading

YMCA hires teen program director for Kent
Kent closes 148th Avenue SE due to large pothole

Kent closes 148th Avenue SE due to large pothole

The city of Kent temporarily closed 148th Avenue Southeast to traffic between Southeast 256th Street and Southeast 249th Street on Thursday morning due to a… Continue reading

Kent closes 148th Avenue SE due to large pothole
Feel the beat

Feel the beat

Mill Creek Middle School hosts MLK program

Feel the beat
Not all festive about Trump’s inauguration | The Petri Dish

Not all festive about Trump’s inauguration | The Petri Dish

There may be a little extra elbow room for Democratic lawmakers at Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday. As many as 54 Democratic House members are saying… Continue reading

Not all festive about Trump’s inauguration | The Petri Dish
Kent man dies in I-405 crash in Tukwila | Update: man identified

Kent man dies in I-405 crash in Tukwila | Update: man identified

A 35-year-old Kent man died in a two-vehicle crash last Friday night along Interstate 405 in Tukwila near I-5. The man reportedly was speeding at… Continue reading

Kent man dies in I-405 crash in Tukwila | Update: man identified
GEORGE BERNARD POLICH

GEORGE BERNARD POLICH

George Bernard Polich, 95, born April 28, 1921, in Chariton, IA to Joseph and Filipina Polich, passed away on December 29, 2016 in Burien, WA.… Continue reading

GEORGE BERNARD POLICH
Soggy and saturated

Soggy and saturated

Kent is all wet, again. The jet stream rediscovered the valley this week, bringing plenty of rain, warmer temperatures and urban and rural flooding to… Continue reading

Soggy and saturated
Firefighters extinguish Kent house fire

Firefighters extinguish Kent house fire

Combustibles left too close to a stove top started a house fire Tuesday night in the 14300 block of Southeast 256th Place in Kent. Firefighters… Continue reading

Firefighters extinguish Kent house fire
T-Birds cage Silvertips, extend winning streak to 6 games | WHL

T-Birds cage Silvertips, extend winning streak to 6 games | WHL

Barzal-Gropp-Kolesar line combines for 2 goals, 4 assists in 3-1 win over Everett

T-Birds cage Silvertips, extend winning streak to 6 games | WHL

Governor reaffirms commitment for fully-funded basic education

Local school districts applaud Gov. Inslee’s budget proposal

Kent soccer players named to girls 4A all-state teams

Four soccer players from Kentridge High School and two from Kentwood were named to the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association 2016 4A All-State teams. From… Continue reading

Reader poll

Should the state abolish the death penalty?… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2017
King County unveils new food safety program, signs for restaurants

King County unveils new food safety program, signs for restaurants

Public Health – Seattle & King County has unveiled new signs that food inspectors will place in restaurant windows - part of its broader strategy… Continue reading

King County unveils new food safety program, signs for restaurants
Urgent: Blood donors needed

Urgent: Blood donors needed

January shortage worsens: 1,500 units short of meeting local patient needs

Urgent: Blood donors needed