The Kent Downtown Partnership has been asked to gather input from our business community as to whether or not they would want a day/night homeless shelter in this part of Kent.
One down, two to go. The first of three weekend closures to install huge steel bridge girders over Interstate 5 in Federal Way went off without a hitch, and the freeway is back open to traffic.
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Richard Flores, 58, of Seattle was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 25 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan.
With strong bi-partisan collaboration, two measures aimed at reducing the commercial sale of sex in Washington state passed the House unanimously Friday in Olympia.
The Kent Police Department will address community crime concerns during an informational public meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
Kent-Meridian High School's “String Fusion” group is performing this Saturday.
The "So You Think Kent Has Talent" show will return for a second year.
Kent resident Air National Guard Airman Brandon Hunter graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Kent School District staff congratulated 25 teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for 2012, at a board meeting Feb.8. Becoming a National Board Certified Teacher is one of the highest honors an educator can achieve.
Drivers should plan for nighttime lane and ramp closures on I-5 and State Route 18 in Federal Way during the next few weeks.
Tahoma Junior High student Tyler Friesen has figured out at 14 what a lot of us don’t figure out until we’re in our 20s.
The city of Kent's fiscal health received some bad news this week.
About four High school students in Kent received scholarships to participate in the Washington Aerospace Scholars Program.
King County voters in participating districts have already returned about 40,000 ballots for the Feb. 14 Special Election, but that is still not as many as expected by this date.
The first eight of the so-called “Camper Cats” taken into custody last month in Auburn are now available for adoption at the King County Pet Adoption Center in Kent.
Emissions produced by goods and services from outside King County and consumed here more than double our collective footprint, according to the first comprehensive study by a local government in the U.S. to quantify the impact of consumption upon climate change.
A call for a replay of a few legal calls was on the table at the Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners meeting Monday in Renton.
Kent city officials hope to get reimbursed for as much as $280,000 by the federal government for costs spent during the January snow and ice storms.
The Washington State Patrol arrested a Bothell man for investigation of assault after he reportedly hit another driver with a small sledgehammer during a road rage.
