As early-morning Latter-day Saints Seminary celebrates it’s 60th year, 25 students from Kent will received a four-year seminary diploma in addition to the their high school diploma.
The Kent Senior Activity Center and the Kent Arts Commission are hosting the fourth annual Evening of Jazz & Art Event 5-8 p.m., Thursday, June 23 at 600 E. Smith Street in downtown Kent.
Camp has become a staple of the summer season. Each year, millions of children, youth, and adults head to the hills, lakes, valleys, and parks to participate in the time-honored tradition of camp. And, while most people easily conjure up images of campfires and canoes, there is a lot more to the camp experience. Here are ten of the things you may not have known about the camp experience.
The candidate filing week ended with 503 candidates filing for office. At the close of filing, candidates had filed for 304 of the 311 offices up for election this year.
Talk about ending the prep sports year with a bang.
The final three weeks of the spring season went by in a blur and was highlighted by not one, but multiple state championships. Two of those (Kent-Meridian boys track and Kentwood girls track) were won by programs that had not ever reached the golden status.
What will I remember most about the spring of 2011?
Certainly the successes, especially those at the state track and field meet.
But there also were a handful of moments that I have been unable to go into much detail about – until now, that is.
With that in mind, here’s a handful of memories that I will remember most from the spring:
The Meridian Belle II is ready to roam the waters of Lake Meridian in Kent.
Representatives from the Kent Regional Fire Authority and the city of Kent will hold a public presentation about why residents and businesses are seeing high property tax bills this year.
In honor of World Refugee Day 2011 there will be a series of free one-hour cultural orientations at the Kent Library and the Renton Library.
The orientations offer people working with refugees an opportunity to learn about diverse cultures of the newly resettled community members. Key phrases of the languages will be taught enabling refugees a warmer more encouraging welcome to the community.
A final open tryout for the Seattle Mist of the women's Lingerie Football League is set for 5 p.m. Monday, June 13 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The 15th annual 2-Man at the 'Bend golf tournament runs June 11-12 at the Riverbend Golf Complex in Kent. This year's purse is $10,000.
While most of us are just beginning to soak up the summer sun, the Kent-based Washington Shoe Company is already looking forward to the fall rain.
Celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, the company is gearing up for another successful rain boot season with well-loved licensed characters and other new products, while expanding its staff and physical footprint, both at home and overseas, according to a June 7 company media release.
Kentwood product Cody Bartlett realized a dream Wednesday morning.
Bartlett, a Washington State University senior and 2006 Kentwood High graduate, was selected in the 41st round — 1,249th overall — by the Toronto Blue Jays on the third and final day of Major League Baseball's amateur draft.
"It's one of those surreal feelings that you can't really describe," said Bartlett, who played both second base and shortstop for the Cougars. "It's a childhood dream I have had in the back of my mind since I first picked up a baseball."
What started as an aid call turned into an apartment fire when Kent firefighters responded to a request for help at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 9800 block of South 248th Street.
Kent Youth and Family Services teams with Urbia Fresh Café for Coffee House Session June 24
Kent Police are seeking the public’s help to solve a recent series of home break-ins. Investigators believe that as many as 60 Kent families have been targeted each month during this wave of activity.
Medical marijuana dispensaries, and property owners who lease or rent to dispensaries, were notified this week by the city of Kent that they must close or face the loss of their business licenses and potential criminal charges, according to a Tuesday city of Kent media release.
About 3,000 people attended a satellite viewing Tuesday at the ShoWare Center in Kent of the Get Motivated seminar presented live at the KeyArena in Seattle, according to ShoWare officials.
A 17-year-old Kent boy pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree murder in connection with a shooting death May 22 of a 16-year-old boy at a backyard barbecue in Auburn.
Lee Schlosser, a Kent resident and emerging artist, has created an imaginative, brightly colored design for the drab gray bowls of the Kent Lions Skate Park.
Regional Animal Services of King County has joined with Missing Pet Partnership, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping families who have lost a pet, to develop a “Shelter Pet Detective” program.
