• When: Friday, July 4, noon to 11 p.m.
Earlier this month, the King County executive, along with the sheriff, prosecuting attorney and judges from around the county, revealed that King County is facing a budget crisis of great magnitude. This year alone, we may have to cut $20 million from the $660 million general fund. An additional deficit between $40 million and $70 million is predicted in 2009.
Officials broke ground Tuesday for the latest addition to Kent Station, an 80,500-square-foot building that will add retail space, office space and an extension of the Green River Community College Kent campus to the downtown urban village.
The Kent School District Board of Directors, administration, and staff are committed to providing the best educational experience possible to successfully prepare our children for their future.
Enumclaw Regional Hospital and King County Health Department will provide a free childhood immunization clinic from 10:30-5 p.m. Sept. 4 at the hospital, located at 1450 Batterby Ave. in Enumclaw.
Highline Community College on June 16 dedicated its Marine Science and Technology Center, a new public-education facility on Redondo Beach in Des Moines.
During Lorrie Jean Rarey’s early days as general manager of the King County Jaguars, the minor league football team had its home field in Kent. But not really a home.
Legal fireworks go on sale Saturday in Kent. But fireworks are illegal to use in the city until the Fourth of July.
The 14-year-old teen who drowned June 20 at Lake Meridian in Kent has been identified as Isaih Goodwin.
Preliminary scores for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning are out, with 85 percent of students statewide passing the test and the Kent and Tahoma school districts more than keeping pace.
The Kent Farmers Market runs 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 27 at the Town Square Plaza on the corner of Second Avenue and Smith Street. For more information, visit www.kentfarmersmarket.com.
Complete with performances by two of Seattle’s most renowned jazz musicians, the Kent Senior Activities Center is kicking off its first-ever Evening of Jazz and Art event with a bang.
Kent’s Fourth of July Splash
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The Des Moines Marina was crowded June 7, but the event didn’t call for aquatic sports.
Included among the eye candy at the opening of the new Town Square Plaza in downtown Kent June 28 will be a piece of art created by Kent-Meridian High School students — a big piece of art.
When Mark Haddock leaves his Kent School District position this year, he’ll leave local schools on a more level playing field than when he arrived.
Urging the public to stay away from what they say is an extremely dangerous product, national health and fire safety advocates joined District of Columbia fire officials at a press conference Wednesday to denounce the use of consumer fireworks and launch new public-service announcements in advance of the Fourth of July holiday.
