LA Fitness plans grand openingLA Fitness will celebrate its grand opening 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 15 at 520 Washington Ave. S., Kent. The free… Continue reading
Kent city officials want residents to help watch for and report mobile fleet-washing companies and others that are reportedly stealing water from municipal fire hydrants.The… Continue reading
There's a slight raise around the corner for Washington workers when a new minimum wage takes effect Jan. 1.
As of the first of the year, the new minimum rate in Washington State will be $8.55 per hour, up from the current wage of $8.07. A full-time employee earning the minimum wage in 2009 will earn $17,784 per year - $1,000 more than 2008 and $4,160 more than the federal minimum of $6.55 per hour.
In an already difficult economy, a major snowstorm on the weekend before Christmas was not on the wish list of retailers and restaurants around the… Continue reading
Workers who lost pay because their employer closed due to the December snow storms potentially qualify for unemployment benefits, according to officials at the Washington State Employment Security Department.
For the members of the East Hill Partnership Steering Committee, the main goal is simple: Change the public perception of East Hill to encourage the… Continue reading
As shoppers all across the country are expected to tighten their belts for this holiday season, many businesses in Kent’s downtown are nervous as to… Continue reading
After more than two years in the city’s historic downtown, Renaissance Yarns has moved from its location on East Meeker Street and reopening in Kent… Continue reading
A local Kent business was recently named the 2008 medium-sized family business of the year and they are, um, udder-ly thrilled.Medosweet Farms, a local-sourced dairy… Continue reading
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission on Nov. 14 canceled the residential moving permit of Kent-based company All My Sons.The decision comes after an investigation… Continue reading
Angie Martinez and her 14-year-old daughter Marissa make the trek to Children’s Bookshop and Teaching Supplies from their home in Renton several times a year.
Mom is looking for books to help supplement Marissa’s studies and likes the selection available at the Kent mainstay.
Kent business receives awardA Kent-based business was one of three statewide to receive the 2008 Associate of the Year honor from the Utility Contractors Association… Continue reading
City of Kent officials named the local headquarters of Recreational Equipment Inc. Friday as the Kent Green Business of the Year for the second consecutive… Continue reading
The Kent Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced its opposition to two measures on next week's general election ballot.
The chamber opposes Proposition 1, the Sound Transit measure, as well as I-1029, regarding long-term caregivers.
At first glance, the new Imperial Fitness gym is sparse, especially compared to the monster fitness facilities being built in some parts of the region.
There are no televisions, no smoothie bar, no espresso stand, no stationary bikes, no steam room, no stair-climbers and only one treadmill.
Harpreet Gill of Punjab Sweets knows that if the businesses on the East Hill would just work together, they could promote the area better as a shopping destination.
Nearly 50 homeless people arrived for a free hot meal of ham and mashed potatoes on a rainy Thursday night at a business parking lot along Railroad Avenue South in downtown Kent.
From the outside, it looks like any other warehouse in Kent's industrial area, north of downtown (well, except for the climbing walls and train caboose out back).
But inside, the shelves are stocked with colorful bags, filled with giant inflatable toys and labeled like a kid's dream.
Mark Burns, with Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors of Tacoma, talks Sept. 16 with Shannon Sommers, a security consultant with Sonitrol of Bellevue.
The State of Washington Thursday shut down the region's only fish pedicure procedure after determining it did not meet state codes requiring all pedicure implements to be sanitized or disposed of after use.
