There is a lot of buzz over the dramatic cuts the Kent School District is facing and it will be painful, no doubt about it. I spend my work life and much of my free time working to make education better for all kids and want to ask everyone to consider this. What will you do? What will you do to make things better for our kids? They are our future. Study after study after study shows that where you have a school that has parent/community involvement you have improved student success.
The Sierra Club South King County group and Friends of Soos Creek Park, in coordination with King County Parks, gathered Saturday morning for the 16th semiannual restoration of Soos Creek Park and Trail.
The retrial of a former Kent businessman, accused of the first-degree murder of his wife in 2008 in Federal Way, is scheduled to start April 4 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Comedian Mike Wally Walter, described as a cross between Don Rickles and Jonathan Winters, will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 at Pat's Bar and Grill, 114 Railroad Ave., in downtown Kent.
Alex Straus couldn’t walk. Simply moving caused shooting pain throughout his body.
So he sat — stunned and injured — and methodically contemplated what to do during that late July afternoon that would alter his entire senior year at Kentlake High. A long and lean 6-foot-4, 175-pound three-sport standout for the Falcons, Straus was simply putting in one of his final weightlifting workouts of the summer, when his feet gave out.
After injury last year, Royal's Derrick Daigre is ready to reclaim his state crown
Renton Police filed papers Thursday to recommend that the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office file first-degree assault and reckless endangerment charges against a 63-year-old Kent man who was shot and injured March 30 by Kent Police.
The King County Flood Warning Center, which has been monitoring rain-swollen rivers since early Wednesday morning, has issued a Phase II flood alert level for the Green River. Only minor flooding is expected as a result of controlled increased flows on the Green River, and only in the primarily rural areas without river levees upstream of Auburn.
Washington State Patrol troopers will begin writing tickets April 1 to motorists who fail to slow down or move over when passing stationary emergency vehicles on the side of the highway.
• FAVORITE: Kent-Meridian.
• CONTENDERS: Kentwood, Kentridge.
• SLEEPERS: Tahoma, Kentlake.
• LEAGUE OUTLOOK: Kent-Meridian won its first SPSL North track title last season since 2001. This spring, the Royals have been pegged to repeat that success and have the tools to do it. Though Kent-Meridian lost burner B.J. Arceneaux, who transferred to Kentwood, the Royals still bring back multiple-event standouts Brandon Harris, Abu Kamara, David Jones, Jordan Thompson Walker and University of Washington-bound star Derrick Daigre, who won a state title in the 800-meter in 2009, but struggled with injuries last spring. Since 2007, the Royals have posted a 23-4 overall mark in SPSL North meets.
SPSL NORTH: AT A GLANCE
• FAVORITE: Kentwood.
• CONTENDERS: Tahoma, K-M.
• SLEEPERS: Kentridge, Kentlake.
• LEAGUE OUTLOOK: Now this should be fun. KW came into its own last season, winning the school’s first-ever SPSL North track and field title. To get it done, the Conks had to go through perennial powerhouse Tahoma, which had won 36 SPSL North meets in a row and four consecutive league crowns. KW knocked off Tahoma 89-61. But can the Conks do it again?
Kentwood hosted Auburn Riverside on Friday.
The Conquerors played it close against the Ravens early. Kentwood couldn't hold Riverside down and lost the game 21-4. The Conks bounced back on Monday with a 14-4
victory over the Royals from Kent-Meridian.
Rob Sumner is done as coach of the Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team.
General Manager Russ Farwell announced Tuesday that Sumner's contract will not be renewed for the 2011-12 season. The T-Birds play at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The Kent-based Rainier Chorale will perform a Choral Masterworks concert at 7:30 p.m. April 9 and at 2 p.m. April 10 at Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 S.E. 248th St.
A Bonneville Power Administration worker last week discovered thieves had broken into a Bonneville Power Administration substation near Covington and stole copper wire.
A Bonneville Power Administration worker last week discovered thieves had broken into a Bonneville Power Administration substation near Covington and stole copper wire.
BPA and law enforcement officials are investigating, and the BPA is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
BPA and law enforcement officials are investigating, and the BPA is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Join the Sierra Club South King County group and Friends of Soos Creek Park, in coordination with King County Parks, for the 16th semiannual restoration event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at Soos Creek Park and Trail.
According to the state Employment Security Department between January 2011 and February 2011, Washington state added 800 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. The private sector lost 900 jobs and the public sector added 1,700 jobs over the month.
Maybe you have to be a poet to get away with sniffing the paws of a dog, and I have sniffed the paws of all of mine, which almost always smell like hayfields in sunlight. Here Jane Varley, who lives in Ohio, offers us a touching last moment with a dear friend.
The Chicago Slaughter scored the winning touchdown with 53 seconds left to beat the Kent Predators 37-36 in a professional Indoor Football League game Friday in Chicago.
The Breath of Aire choir will perform a benefit concert for Cullen Steele of Kent at 7:30 p.m. April 1 at Kent Nazarene Church, 930 E. James St.
