The Kent School District has temporarily stopped serving certain entrée and side salads because the district’s source for most of its lettuce experienced severe rain and cold weather. Much of the crop was damaged or destroyed. As a result, the district has seen the price of lettuce rise dramatically because there is little product available for purchase. Additionally, the quality of the lettuce has deteriorated due to the weather conditions in the fields.
Check out the creativity of more than 450 Kent School District children during the annual Kent Student Art Walk March 7-18 in downtown Kent.
JESSE KELIILIKI, KentlakeGrade: Senior. Sport: Wrestling. Accomplishment: After opening the state tournament with a loss, Keliiliki won four straight matches en route to a fourth-place… Continue reading
Lend a hand to help clean up Kent by signing up for the third annual Community Pride Day Graffiti Paint-Out on March 19.
The Kent Predators defeated the Fairbanks Grizzlies 56-41 in a professional Indoor Football League game Sunday at the ShoWare Center.
Fantasia, a rhythm and blues singer who won the American Idol season three competition in 2004, will perform at 8 p.m. March 18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The Kent Police Department is taking registrations now for its next Community Police Academy. The academy, according to the department, is designed to "develop lasting partnerships by increasing the public’s knowledge about law enforcement," and starts April 20.
For community members curious about the workings of their police department, this is an opportunity to get an inside look at the Kent Police Department.
At approximately 6:45 p.m. March 5 fire units from Kent were dispatched to a residential fire in the 9300 block of East James Street. One ladder truck, three fire engines and multiple support apparatus arrived to find the home heavily involved, with smoke and flames showing from the front side.
The unoccupied house was significantly damaged throughout. Early estimates of loss are in the $100,000 to $125,000 range. Investigators as of Saturday were still working to isolate the cause of the blaze.
There were no injuries.
It has been feast or famine for the Kentridge High boys basketball team all season long. Live by the 3-pointer. Die by the 3-pointer.
The Chargers did a little living Saturday morning at the Tacoma Dome, but not nearly enough to overcome Olympia in the fourth-place game. Behind a 9-0 fourth-quarter run, the Bears put away the Chargers 77-67 in the 8 a.m. Saturday morning opener.
Bring your children, grandchildren or friend's children to the city of Kent's annual Kids' Arts Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 5 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
The Kentridge High boys basketball team isn't going to leave the Tacoma Dome with a state title.
But the Chargers will leave with some hardware, and their names in the state record books, too.
A day after going cold from long distance, the Chargers picked up the pace Friday morning, torching Puyallup 75-34 in a Class 4A state tournament loser-out consolation game.
Sit back with your children and enjoy Vaudeville comedy, circus acts and a plot rooted in American melodrama as The Handsome Little Devils bring their Squirm Burpee Circus to Kent.
Realtor® Marti Reeder of Kent recently received the 2010 President’s Award from John L. Scott for her real estate work last year. She and several other agents received awards last week in a ceremony hosted by J. Lennox Scott, Chairman and CEO of John L. Scott, in the company’s Kent office.
Kentridge High guard Gary Bell felt the need to take over Friday night at Jackson High.
Trailing Arlington 10-4 midway through the first quarter of a Class 4A state basketball opener for both teams – and just moments after being knocked hard to the floor but not getting the call – Kentridge’s star point guard turned up the heat on the Eagles.
Bell proceeded to rip off six straight points, tying the game 10-10 and giving Arlington a taste of what was about to come.
The 3-point well ran dry for the Kentridge High boys basketball team Thursday afternoon.
Just days after torching Arlington and Auburn with a barrage of 3-pointers in the opening two rounds of the Class 4A state tournament, the Chargers couldn't buy a bucket down the stretch in a quarterfinal game against Gonzaga Prep.
Chris Sarbaugh scored a team-high 22 points and teammate Parker Kelly added 20, leading the Bullpups past the Chargers 72-60 at the Tacoma Dome.
It was a science-lover’s dream come true Feb. 26 at the Kent-Meridian High School cafeteria.
A total of 115 students vied for top honors at the district’s middle-school science fair. Judging their projects were 27 scientists and engineers from Boeing, Puget Sound Energy, Green River College and Kent Community Foundation.
The high-tech event featured all kinds of science know-how from the district’s sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders.
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Black Dog Brat Haus and Creamery has opened for business in Kent. Featuring homemade bratwurst (think a variation of the hot dog here) and its own concoctions of frozen custard (like ice cream, but richer) as well as soups and Wi-Fi, the restaurant is located at 227 Washington Ave. N. The restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 253-850-1818.
Water managers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have begun slowly filling the reservoir at Howard Hanson Dam at the headwaters of the Green River.
Things are clicking for the Kentridge High boys basketball team.
All it took was a loss to help kick the Chargers up another gear.
That loss came on Feb. 16, when the Chargers fell to Kentwood 75-62 in a first-round West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament game.
If ever there was a wake-up call to a team, that was it.
“That loss hurt us big,” said Kentridge guard Gary Bell. “That was our third loss in a row. We knew we couldn’t lose again (if we wanted to make it to state). I think now that it did help us.”
