A compensation package for Valley Medical Center’s chief executive officer and transparency of government issues concerning the board of commissioners have become hot topics for the public hospital district.
The state Auditor’s Office hired the Seattle firm Ernst & Young to complete a performance audit of three public hospital districts, including Valley, Public Hospital District No. 1.
Wade Rivera, 8, tries to put some muscle power into picking up a pumpkin Wednesday at the Carpinito Brothers Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze, 1148 Central Ave. N. He was seeking the perfect pumpkin with his mom Tara Rivera and sister Lauren, 5, at left. He’s probably going to need some help, if this is his pumpkin of choice.
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The Prince Albert Raiders defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-4 Oct. 13 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
From the Oct. 17 game.
You can pick up your prize at the Kent Reporter office between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
From the Oct. 2 game
You can pick up your prize at the Kent Reporter office between 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Friday is City of Kent Night at the Seattle Thunderbirds game. City of Kent residents can get a ticket discount by putting in the special promo code of “kent” when purchasing tickets to the game online at the T-Birds Web site, www.seattlethunderbirds.com. Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will drop the ceremonial first puck at the game against the Tri-City Americans, which starts at 7:35 p.m. at ShoWare Center.
Seattle Thunderbirds goalie Calvin Pickard stopped all 57 shots he saw Friday night to lead the Thunderbirds to a 1-0 victory over the Tri-City Americans at ShoWare Center in Kent.
Steve Chaffin
Position: D
Date of Birth: 02/14/1991
Height: 6' 2" Weight: 203 lbs
Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell announced this week the team has acquired center Stefan Burzan and a third round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft from the Saskatoon Blades for Jeremy Boyer.
Burzan appeared in two preseason games with the Blades this year and had one point, on an assist, with no penalty minutes.
Position: C
Date of Birth: 05/02/1991
Height: 5' 11" Weight: 191 lbs
Shoots: R
Resides: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Drafted: Eligible 2010
To protect public health and safety in the event of major flooding related to Howard Hanson Dam, King County employees will install and test flood walls Thursday, Oct. 22 at 12:30 p.m. at the South Treatment Plant in Renton. The project is part of the county’s work to actively prepare for flooding and safeguard its vital regional wastewater infrastructure in the Green River Valley.
U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and Congressmen Dave Reichert and Adam Smith have called on the Departments of Commerce and Interior to provide critical weather forecasting and river monitoring resources from the National Weather Service and the U.S.
The King County Council has passed legislation approving $34.6 million in funding for flood preparation activities in the Green River Valley as requested by King County Executive Kurt Triplett in September.
I am a retired cost analyst living on the north end of what is called Kent East Hill. I am deeply concerned about Kent’s innovative process to annex my community into the city of Kent.
James Kwak is co-owner of Kent Station’s newest restaurant, Kaiten Sushi.
Members of the “Find It In Kent” campaign hosted a kickoff rally downtown Tuesday and approximately 15 people showed up to wave at cars and remind residents to spend their money in Kent.
The procession started at the corner of James and Central and dispersed through the area.
Plans for evacuating up to 30,000 residents of the Green River Valley are complete, with work under way to shelter up to 5,000 evacuees for several weeks at a time, according to officials from King County agencies who earlier this month briefed the Metropolitan King County Council’s Committee of the Whole.
