The Kent City Council Business and Occupation (B&O) tax adopted last October is now in full effect.
A Facebook.com page titled "We Want Trader Joe's in Kent" is hoping to help open a location in the downtown area.
The Kent Downtown Partnership and the Kent Police Department sponsor a Business Block Watch Program from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at the KDP office, 202 W. Gowe St.
The Kent Downtown Partnership is holding a social media workshop for local business owners.
The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-2 Saturday night at the ShoWare Center.
The Kamloops Blazers defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-1 Friday night at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia.
The city of Kent awarded a $385,000 contract to Stantec Consultant Services to conduct a community-wide assessment for contaminated sites.
The city of Kent has changed how it dedicates money from the general fund to human services agencies after a large decrease in 2011 required a $95,000 adjustment.
A Bonney Lake man who struck and killed Kent elementary school teacher Stacy Ankerfelt last summer could face more than 10 years in jail.
Volunteers – individuals, students, scouts and families – are encouraged to participate in the fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service litter clean-up along the Interurban Trail on Jan. 21.
Local Boy Scout troops will collect and recycle Christmas trees on Saturday for a suggested $5 donation. Kent residents can drop undecorated trees curbside by 8 a.m., attach the payment inside an envelope, with Boy Scouts clearly marked on the outside, and they will be picked up by 4 p.m.
The Kent School District hosts a series of College Goal events in January. Volunteers are needed to help students with FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) submission, enabling low-income families access to federal and state grant funding for college.
A Kent orthodontist will fix smiles for free and is asking recipients to pay it forward. Bob Haeger, of Kent's Haeger Orthodontics, will offer free treatments to eight deserving patients a year beginning this spring. The work costs a minimum $5,000, but can go as high as $8,000 for braces and all that they require.
Kent has hired Ronald F. Moore as its new city clerk.
Just after noon Wednesday, Natalie and Paul Delaurenti of Kent adopted Crookshanks, an orange tabby cat. Crookshanks is the first pet adopted from Regional Animal Services of King County in the New Year.
The murder trial has been continued to Feb. 11 for the Oregon man charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident.
The Kent City Council renewed contracts for state and federal lobbyists who play a large role to help bring funds to the city.
A recap of eight of the strangest Kent Police Blotter items from 2012:
The Everett Silvertips beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 in overtime Saturday night at Comcast Arena in Everett.
The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 Friday night in front of 5,035 at ShoWare Center.
