Kent Police arrested a 21-year-old Auburn man for investigation of first-degree robbery in connection with the theft of a large sword and a carjacking Tuesday on the West Hill.
You have one more chance to enjoy a free evening of music at the "Thursdays at the Lake" concert series in Kent as the John Jorgenson Quintet plays from 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at Lake Meridian Park, 14800 S.E. 272nd St.
Starting today, drivers along northbound Interstate 5 to Seattle have have a series of new Smarter Highway signs to follow, in an effort by the state Department of Transportation to reduce traffic congestion and crashes, as well as to keep traffic moving.
A Kent Police officer shot and injured a 19-year-old Kent man after a car chase Aug. 6 on the East Hill.
The officer began to chase a vehicle at about 6:35 p.m., according to a media release from the Auburn Police. Auburn detectives are investigating the case to avoid a conflict of interest because the incident involved a Kent Police officer.
The Kent Parks Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from the PETCO Foundation to help develop an off-leash dog park on Kent's East Hill. The Foundation will present a check to Mayor Suzette Cooke at the City Council's Aug. 17 meeting. The meeting starts 7 p.m. at Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Neighborhoods from all over Kent - including those in the recently annexed Panther Lake area - came out in force to celebrate National Night Out Aug. 3. See how folks in the Kent area joined forces and had fun getting to know their neighbors.
The Backstreet Boys rocked out the ShoWare Center Aug. 5, playing to an audience of mainly screaming girls of all ages.
Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean belted out the standards that turned them into rock stars during the '90s: "I Want It That Way," "Quit Playing Games with My Heart," and "All I Have To Give," among others.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce is having its second of two candidate forums for the upcoming primary elections.
Organized by the chamber's Government Affairs Committee, the next forum runs noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 10, and will cover the races of the 33rd and 47th districts. Both will take place at the Kent Centennial Building's North/South Conference Room, 400 W. Gowe St.
King County voters are returning ballots at a greater rate than projected for the first week of the Primary Election. More than 100,000 ballots have already been returned, as of Aug. 6, and Elections officials are busy processing them. As in all elections, there are some ballots that can’t be opened because of problems associated with voter signatures.
A bounty of mullets, the notion that every truck includes a gun rack, and it’s a city that “doesn’t sleep.”
That’s the information I was given about Kent before I moved to the area a little more than 10 years ago.
Two standing ovations from an audience of nearly 1,500 delegates from 17 countries saluted the Kent-based Rainier Youth Choir's Consonare and Colla Voice ensembles at the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Convention’s opening night July 20 at Spokane’s INB Performing Arts Center.
I want to thank the Kent Reporter for publishing that great overdue letter on the Sound Transit System:"Sound Transit Rail a massive waste of taxpayers' money." I knew from its inception that it was not a truthful proposal. But it is a great shakedown operation put upon the citizens of these counties.
South King County residents and businesses should support the ShoWare Center by attending events there. This remarkable facility, completed in 2009, was jointly envisioned and funded by the Seattle Thunderbird Hockey Team and the city of Kent. With additional funding provided by the Washington State Legislature, this venue provides comprehensive entertainment services for the South Sound area.
With all the noise about "same-sex" marriages, they should have lived during the Dust Bowl days down in Texas.
If we are ever to rein in runaway government spending, the place to start is to put the fat pig called "pork barrel" on a permanent diet. This means retiring the members in Congress who solicit their constituents' votes with promised earmarks, which are then attached to what might otherwise be a justifiable bill.
The Service Station Dealers of America and Allied Trades believes that the passage of the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act (S 3181/HR 2057) is critical to the long-term survival of a competitive automotive-repair industry.
The Kent Arts Commission has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to develop and promote a 2011 bicycle tour of the earthworks projects located in the Green River Valley, including Kent.
First-year Kent-Meridian High football coach Brett Allen and the Royals took the field last week at Foster High in Tukwila during a three-team camp that also included Cleveland High of Seattle.
Allen is a familiar face to the K-M program as he coached wide receivers and linebackers for the team from 2001-2004.
Take in an evening of vintage American roots music when Marley's Ghost plays from 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Thursdays at the Lake series at Lake Meridian Park, 14800 S.E. 272nd St., in Kent.
King County Sheriff's Office detectives are looking for a man in his mid-20s suspected in the rape of a 21 year-old woman on July 28 in Covington.
The attack occurred just after midnight July 28 near the LA Fitness, 27245 172nd Ave. S.E., according to an Aug. 4 Sheriff's Office media release.
