Learn about how to protect yourself and your property from floods this winter by attending an informational meeting Thursday at the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., in Kent.
Tom Albro, candidate for Position 4 on the Port of Seattle Commission, on Oct. 7 asked the Port Commissioners to step up and offer help vacant port properties to the Green River Valley businesses likely to be caught in winter floods.
The Washington State Department of Transportation reminds candidates and supporters to watch where they post political campaign signs: only traffic control signs are allowed in the right-of-way.
If you’re wondering who to choose on the November general election ballot, when it comes to Kent’s top elected officials, make tracks to the Kent Senior Activity Center Oct. 19.
Local consumers are urged to “Find It In Kent,” as part of a just-launched campaign to remind them about the benefits of spending locally.
The Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will begin its deliberations Oct. 7 regarding funding to increase protection in the communities that will be impacted if water is released from behind the storm-damaged, federally owned and operated Howard Hanson Dam into the Green River Valley.
Mayor Suzette Cooke and Greater Kent Historical Society President Charlene Shaw, unveil the Landmark Plaque Sept. 8 that recognizes the 1908 Bereiter house (Kent Museum) through the Kent and King County Landmarks Commission.
In an effort to help prevent flooding in the Green River Valley, the City of Kent will place 20,000 giant sandbags along the Green River levee beginning Oct. 7. The bags will be in place by Nov. 1.
Through Nov. 15, Soroptimist International of Kent will process donated coats and socks through Kent School District’s PTA Clothing Bank.Your donation provides underprivileged girls and… Continue reading
Kent residents and city officials met at the ShoWare Center on Saturday to discuss the potential for floods this fall and winter. During the meeting, Mayor Suzette Cooke assured that "not only will we survive, but we will thrive through this." KING5.com has a full wrap and video.
First-year varsity running back Jared Fuller is starting to feel at ease these days in the Kentwood High backfield.As much was evident Friday night at… Continue reading
Alice Irene CriddleAlice Irene Criddle, age 61, passed away September 27, 2009. Born Alice Irene Brown on August 12, 1948 to Denver and Gladys Brown.Alice… Continue reading
Bonnie HippBonnie Hipp, born October 8, 1914 in Igo, CA left us on September 25, 2009 to be with her husband, Donald Hipp and her… Continue reading
Lucile Cavanaugh MoodyResident of Federal Way for 40 years, Lucile passed away on September 21, 2009. Lucile was born in Kent, WA to Oliver G.… Continue reading
Virginia (Ramacher) ThroopVirginia (Ramacher) Throop, age 87, passed away September 14, 2009. She was born in Fresno, CA on May 24, 1922, raised in Santa… Continue reading
Band instruments bought with money donated mostly by fans of American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are expected to arrive in Kent by October 12, but… Continue reading
The Kent School District is teaming with Public Health - Seattle King County to provide free immunizations for all students in the Kent School District.
The clinic is made possible in part by a grant from Group Health Foundation.
Want to tell King County officials when they come to Kent which programs to keep or cut?
Residents can comment about the 2010 budget proposed by County Executive Kurt Triplett at a County Council public hearing at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 in Courtroom 3F at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Ave. N.
The Kentridge High football team slowed down Auburn on Thursday night at French Field.Stopping the third-ranked Trojans, however, proved to be an impossible task.Auburn’s Chris… Continue reading
Life experiences have a way of twisting our perspectives, forcing us to see what we purposely overlooked before. This summer I was given an opportunity to spend 3 weeks in China, and my way of seeing the world is irreversibly altered because of it.
