Highline Community College was selected by the Community College Futures Assembly as a 2013 finalist for the 19th annual Bellwether Awards.
As part of National Dental Health Month, Seattle-King County Public Health offered free dental sealants to second-grade students at Meadow Ridge Elementary last week. Fairwood Dental Center is offering a free exam, X-ray, teeth cleaning and fluoride treatment to all children age 14 and younger on Feb. 18.
The Kent Police Department invites the community to an informational meeting Feb. 20. The meeting is from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
State Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, called two worker compensation bills "bad news" after the new Republican majority passed both bills Monday in Olympia on a 25-24 caucus-line vote.
Contractor crews begin construction work on northbound Interstate 5 in Kent between South 308th and South 260th streets. Crews will close lanes to shave up to three-quarters of an inch off all lanes of I-5.
Kent Sunrise Rotary recently honored students and staff at Cedar Heights Middle School.
Volunteers are wanted to help fellow neighbors and community members restore Kent's Springwood Park at Southeast 274th Street and 128th Place Southeast.
Kent's downtown Community Garden P-patch season runs April 1 through Oct. 27 in its regular location on the corner of James Street and 64th Avenue South.
Kent School District paraeducator Lisa Parks is the latest recipient of the Kent Association of Paraeducators' "Paraeducator to Certification" $1,000 scholarship.
The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 in overtime Saturday night at the ShoWare Center.
The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 in overtime Saturday night at the ShoWare Center.
A showdown on the House floor on Friday over an amendment offered by Republicans to operating rules for the House of Representatives, which would create a separate budget for K-12 education funding, provoked Enumclaw Rep. Cathy Dahlquist (R-31st District, Enumclaw) to ask, "Where has the majority party been the last 10 years?"
Cedar Heights Middle School in Kent is hosting a spelling bee for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students on March 2.
Carol Brewster, Meeker Middle School band teacher won the First Investors Outstanding Educator Award.
Universal helmet laws are a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, argued one supporter of a bill introduced in the Senate Transportation Committee Thursday that would only require motorcyclists younger than 18 to wear helmets.
Lynda Carrie EllisLynda Carrie Ellis of Auburn died suddenly January 23, 2013 at Auburn Hospital. Lynda was born January 24, 1948 in Auburn, WA. She… Continue reading
My grandson is adorable and as smart as a whip. He was able to read and write before he started kindergarten this year. He does very well in his academics and has just loved school so far. But something happened this last week that was sad and surprising to me as a grandma and as a teacher.
Herndon Products, Inc., of O'Fallon, Mo., recently acquired Kent-based Intercoastal, Inc., creating a new company – Intercoastal, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Herndon Products.
While reading the article about civility laws to deal with the issues of homelessness, I was dismayed by the seeming lack of civility expressed toward this issue.
Before the city enacts "civility laws" to control homeless behavior, the mayor and council might consider installing portable toilets in discrete locations near the library and in other park areas. Putting people in jail for relieving themselves in public is a complicated legal proposition – further clogging up courts and jails.
