The Kent Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours for August took place Aug. 26 at McMonigle Veterinary Hospital, 1014 N. Central Ave.
Dr. Rob McMonigle and staff spoke with local business leaders about their hospital's pet services and diagnostic capabilities.
Have you ever been on medication, and it seems that you can never remember to take it on time?
Aneel Robinson knows the feeling.
“I’d always be forgetting to take my medication,” the Kent resident said.
In fact, after continuously forgetting to take his blood-pressure meds, Robinson, a devoted entrepreneur, decided to do something about it.
Figuring
Banner Bank of Kent is treating the community to lunch.
Urbia Fresh Café, a new gathering place for Kent, celebrated Aug. 24 with a grand opening celebration at its location at 415 Central Ave. N., Kent.
Dominic Yusim wins a free lunch Aug. 20 from Umpqua Bank Associate Sandip Sall, during the bank's community block party at its Kent location on the West Valley Highway. Umpqua Bank had the afternoon party as a way to connect with the Kent community, and to introduce people to its services.
After an extended period of prep work, Mick Kelly's Irish Pub is now officially open at Kent's Riverbend Golf Complex. According to bartender Dermot Owens, the golf course's anchor restaurant has been open since last week.
Washington state has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to improve its review of health-insurance rates and to increase transparency for the public.
Washington State Auditor Brian Sonntag will be the guest speaker Sept. 1 at the monthly membership luncheon of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. The event starts 11:30 a.m. at the Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. S.E.
Urbia Fresh Cafe, a new coffee shop and gathering place in Kent, will have its grand opening 4 p.m. Aug. 24 in its location at 415 Central Ave. N., Kent. The cafe roasts its own coffee, in addition to serving up breakfast and lunch items, smoothies and Italian sodas, among other menu items.
Aegis Living, a national leader in senior living and assisted living communities, recently announced Judy Meleliat joined the company as chief marketing officer. In this role, she will lead all marketing and sales efforts for the companies 35 senior-living communities in Washington, California and Nevada.
Registration is now open for the Allied Waste Services and Kent Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, a showcase of area businesses that runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the ShoWare Center of Kent.
The greens at Riverbend Golf Course in Kent looked serene in the late-afternoon light Tuesday.
But the atmosphere was considerably more intense in the confines of the course’s restaurant facility, where a new business was quickly coming to fruition.
The Family Dog Training Center is having a grand opening July 24 at its new facility at 1515 Central Ave. S., Kent.
Running 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the event will feature lots of activities, as well as a chance to tour the facility, meet staff and have refreshments.
Job openings in Washington increased for the first time in nearly three years, according to the Employment Security Department’s “Spring 2010 Washington Job-Vacancy Survey.”
Aegis Living, a company specializing in senior living and assisted-living communities, has scheduled a job fair for local, full and part-time community positions. The fair runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 20 at Marriott Hotel at Redmond Town Center, 7401 164th Avenue N.E., Redmond.
TOP Food & Drug stores in Kent and elsewhere are starting a drive July 10 to collect backpacks filled with school supplies for local children in need. Customers may purchase the specially designated backpacks.
Seattle Children’s Hospital Thrift store is doing just fine these days, thank you very much.
That’s what store manager Suzanne Dunnell finds herself explaining multiple times each day, to confused shoppers who keep asking if she is closing the downtown Kent store.
It was a sporty night for the Kent Downtown Partnership June 26. With the them "Sportstown USA," the KDP conducted its annual membership banquet at the Kent Senior Activity Center. Each table of participants got to pick their favorite sports team, and any kind of related teamwear was encouraged.
A longtime, friendly face at the Kent Downtown Partnership hung up her calculator last week.
Libby Seidel, a volunteer financial wizard for the nonprofit for the past eight years, resigned her duties June 30.
State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and more than two dozen insurance companies have launched a new program to help Green River Valley businesses struggling to find flood coverage.
