A local branch of Washington Engaged meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at the Kent Senior Center, 600 E Smith St. The public is invited to join others ready to form a valley CAT (Coalition Against Trafficking). Alignment director Ruth Hill will present the CAT vision and help direct the group with the necessary steps.
Four Seattle Thunderbirds hockey players, an assistant coach and team mascot Cool Bird are helping to raise funds for the American Cancer Society through the Kent Relay for Life.
A shootout at an apartment complex Sunday night in Federal Way has left five dead, one of whom was shot at by Federal Way police as they arrived.
May 18 will mark the 13th year volunteers have participated in building and maintaining Kent's 26-plus miles of trails. This year, Lake Fenwick Park will once again be the site for trail improvements.
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I would like to address a very controversial nationwide issue – gun control. I don't believe that gun control is the correct course of action to stop all of the publicized murder cases that we all see spread across the front page of newspapers and on evening newscasts.
Guided Pathways – Support for Youth and Families invites the public to its Free Family Fitness Jam from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of West Valley Business Park, 6625 S. 190th St., Kent.
Crews are invited to the work from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Clark Lake Park, SE 248th St., Kent. Volunteers will work to remove invasive Himalayan blackberry and English holly, and replenish areas of the trail to make them safer and dryer for visitors.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra performs its Spring Fling Concert at 7 p.m. April 26 at Maple Valley Presbyterian Church, 22659 Sweeney Road SE.
A new, family support nonprofit has opened in Kent to help address the challenges of King County families and youth struggling with emotional, behavioral, mental health and substance abuse.
To honor all military veterans, the city of Kent will rename South 231st Way as Veterans Drive.
Seattle Thunderbirds defenseman Shea Theodore has been selected as one of 23 players to represent Canada at the U-18 World Championships in Sochi, Russia, April 18-28.
Donna Worden received the Kent Lions Club Pete Gomes Sr., Senior Citizen of the Year award at the 2013 Volunteer Appreciation Event at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
Kids of many ages can participate in the Meridian Middle School Cheer Clinic from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Kent school, 23400 120th Ave. S.E.
The Minnesota Lynx drafted former Kentwood High star Lindsey Moore with the 12th overall pick Monday in the WNBA Draft.
The Washington School Nutrition Association (WSNA) "Fills the Cupboard" Spring Food Drive continues until May 15. Donations support the Kent Food Bank.
Twenty-two of the nation's top high school senior-class basketball players will compete Saturday, May 11 at the ShoWare Center in Kent in the inaugural West Coast All-Star Classic.
Rainier Youth Choirs host its second annual Summer Day Camp Aug. 19-22 for singers entering grades four through eight.
A woman has died and a man remains missing in separate avalanches in the Cascade Mountains near Snoqualmie Pass, according to King County Sheriffs and media reports.
