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.
Boeing has been a longtime business neighbor in the Kent area, but how much do you know about its defense contracts? Conrad Ball, who leads the Engineering function for all Boeing defense, space and security business activities in the Puget Sound region, is the guest speaker at the Kent Chamber of Commerce's July membership luncheon July 7.
June 18 marked the opening night of the Great Wall Mall's Summer Night Market. The family-friendly market runs 8 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays at the mall, 18230 East Valley Highway, Kent.
Organizers for the Kent-Meridian High School Community Barbecue are inviting local businesses to be a part of their Aug. 27 event.
From his earliest days, Gene Huh has seen the business side of things.
That’s because his family has a serious entrepreneurial bent that goes back multiple generations.
“I’ve grown up with it,” said Huh, who seven months ago opened Mom’s Teriyaki, part of a two-store franchise his family operates.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce has scheduled two public debates for candidates in the upcoming primary races.
Andrea Keikkala, executive director of the chamber, said Friday that the candidates of the 47th District will spar off noon July 13, while District 33 candidates will have the opportunity noon Aug. 10.
