A stove top fire has displaced six people in the 17100 block of SE 267 Street in Covington at 6:50 p.m. today, March 23.
No one was injured in the fire that heavily damaged the cabinets located above the stove top, but smoke traveled extensively through the two story house.
• FAVORITES: Tahoma, Kentlake.
• CONTENDERS: Kentwood, Auburn Riverside, Mount Rainier.
• SLEEPERS: Kentridge, Auburn.
The sickly state budget dominated discussions when Washington journalists trekked to Olympia to hear from legislators and the state’s elected department heads.
Those who control millions of taxpayer dollars and oversee thousands of employees took turns lamenting the state of the budget on March 17, a day when new projections were announced. By mid-day, all knew the budget gap had reached $5.1 billion
The Kent-based Rainier Youth Choir will perform Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with premier Puget Sound choirs and a full orchestra at 2 p.m. March 27 at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.
Kent-Meridian High School will host the 14th Cherry Blossom Festival from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 25.
I went to the (recent) town hall meeting featuring the three 47th District legislators. One earnestly observed that the state has a spending problem not a revenue problem.
Greg Plett of Kent won a pair of tickets to one event of his choice per month for a year at the ShoWare Center after winning the arena's marquee photo contest.
The Kent-Auburn-Tamba Sister City Committee is accepting donations through its nonprofit, 501c3 status to forward to friends in Tamba, Japan for them to distribute toward earthquake relief.
The city of Kent launches a new garbage and recycling program April 1.
Kent’s new contract with Allied Waste Services of Kent for garbage and recycling service is designed to boost the recycling rate and save the city money on disposal fees.
Kent residents can purchase rain barrels and compost bins at a city-sponsored Recycled Products Sale from 9 a.m. until the items run out March 26 at Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road.
Seattle Thunderbirds defenseman Brenden Dillon has joined the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League. Dillon was signed by the Dallas Stars, the parent club of the Texas Stars, to a three year entry-level contract March 1.
There have been plenty of coaching openings for Quientin Poil to choose from over the years. A baseball junky who has both played and coached at the college level, none of the previous vacancies felt quite right.
Instead of giving the potential openings at least a tip of the cap, Poil let them pass by like a fading changeup out of the strike zone.
That is, of course, until early January, when Kentlake High’s Jason Evans officially announced his five-year run with the Falcons was over. Like a thigh-high fastball over the middle of the plate, this was an opportunity Poil couldn’t let slide by.
The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 Sunday night at the ShoWare Center in the T-Birds season finale.The 2010-2011 Seattle Thunderbirds season awards were… Continue reading
The Rowan Fae Irish Dancers performed at Aegis Living’s St. Patrick’s Day dinner Tuesday, March 15. The dancers showed their repertoire of Irish dances in celebration of St. Patrick’s
A Kent woman was shot several times Saturday night and was transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
A release from the Kent Police Department stated officers were dispatched at about 11 p.m. to the parking lot of the American Legion Hall at 25405 97th Pl. S. The officers found the woman with several gunshot wounds.
Food vendors are wanted to participate in the city of Kent’s 14th annual Fourth of July Splash.
The festival runs from noon to 11 p.m. July 4 at Lake Meridian Park.
A bar fight at the Red Dog Saloon in the early morning hours left a 27-year-old Maple Valley man dead and his 49-year-old father injured from stab wounds.
The fight occured at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Red Dog Saloon located at 18605 S.E. Renton-Maple Valley Road in unincorporated King County.
Despite a late comeback attempt, the Seattle Thunderbirds fell to the Portland Winterhawks 5-4 on Saturday night at the ShoWare Center. With the loss, the Thunderbirds have been eliminated from the Western Conference playoff race
Kentlake kicked off the season with a non-league match up with Bothell on Saturday -- a game that was originally scheduled for Wednesday but was rained out -- at Kentwood High.
The Falcons put the Cougars away 6-1.
Center fielder Erin Crowley scored on a Jessie Richardson on a suicide squeeze in the first inning for Kentlake.
Syphilis cases in King County reached a 30-year high in 2010, prompting public health officials to call for increased testing and education for high-risk populations, especially men who have sex with men. In 2010, 283 cases of syphilis were reported, an 82 percent increase from 2009. Syphilis had been virtually eliminated in King County in the early-1990s.
