Kent dog owners will be out in force at an East Hill park Saturday, as they celebrate the opening of Kent's first off-leash dog park.
Located on East Hill between Morrill Meadows and East Hill Parks on Southeast 248th Street, the 3-acre site has a grand opening at 1 p.m. In place of a traditional ribbon-cutting, Mayor Suzette Cooke will untie a string of colorful doggie bandanas to “unleash” the park and let the dogs take it over.
The corporate headquarters of REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) has been named the Kent Green Business of the Year – again.
Since winning the award in 2007 and 2008, REI continues to focus on minimizing its impact on the planet and reporting publicly on its progress at www.rei.com/stewardship.
King County residents still have time to register to vote for the General Election. If you are not currently registered to vote in Washington, visit the King County Elections office by 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25.
Expect to see electric vehicle-charging stations popping up next year in Kent and throughout the central Puget Sound area and Olympia.
The stations are part of a public-private partnership backed by the federal government to create infrastructure to accommodate the 2011 Nissan Leaf and other new electric vehicles hitting the market later this year and over the next few years.
At Doug and Maria Nelson's Kent home, the debate is on over who will get to drive their as-yet-undelivered 2011 Nissan Leaf electric vehicle.
"We'll charge it at night and I'll let Doug borrow it," Maria Nelson said during a recent interview at their home. "We both want the car."
The Nelsons are pumped about the first all-electric car made by a major auto company. They paid a $99 deposit last spring to reserve the five-door hatchback and placed an order this fall. They hope to have the car by the end of the year.
Five months after Seth Frankel’s death, the Auburn Police investigation to solve his murder remains at a standstill.
Frankel, 41, who worked for the city of Kent, was found dead May 22 lying on the floor of his Auburn home. He died May 21 from stab wounds to the arms and neck, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
“There is no update; there is no movement at all,” said Auburn Police Sgt. David Colglazier during an Oct. 19 phone interview.
Kent Police are looking for the public's help to identify a man who reportedly broke into a downtown Kent business.
Kent Police continued Wednesday to investigate the cause of a two-car collision Oct. 16 that claimed the life of an 81-year-old woman and sent four people to the hospital.
A former Kent resident has been charged with first-degree animal cruelty, following the discovery of three emaciated, thirsty dogs in a Kent home she reportedly abandoned.
Kydey Hok is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 21.
The Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will go to Kent tonight to hear from the public on the 2011 Executive Proposed Budget. The meeting takes place 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Ave., Kent, in Jury Assembly Room 2E.
Stephanie Brace prefers to pick her Halloween pumpkins off the vine.
That's why Brace brought her three young daughters on a sunny afternoon last week to the Carpinito Brothers U-Pick Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze along the West Valley Highway in Kent, just north of South 272nd Street across from the Smith Brothers Dairy.
Do you have ideas about providing more activities for Kent youth? Then join the discussion Oct. 21 at the Youth Summit Conference 7 p.m. at Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 S.E. 248th St.
The event is sponsored by the church's social-outreach committee in an effort to develop more programs in Kent for children of all ages.
The Chinook District of Garden Clubs, consisting of 12 South County garden clubs, will meet for its general meeting/luncheon on 10 a.m. Nov. 3 at Grace Lutheran Church, 22975-24th Ave. S., Des Moines.
Got ideas on how to provide more activities for Kent youth? Then join a discussion at the Youth Summit Conference at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 S.E. 248th St.
A house fire on the East Hill of Kent displaced a family of four at about 4 a.m. Sunday in the 21200 block of 104th Avenue Southeast.
King County Sheriff's Office detectives are looking for people who might have been victims of a 23-year-old man charged by prosecutors for cyberstalking with sexual motivation after he reportedly cultivated a relationship with a 17-year-old girl through MySpace.
A forklift driver was injured after being trapped by a part of the forklift during an accident at about 4:10 a.m. Friday at a FedEx warehouse in the 19600 block of 84th Avenue South in north Kent.
In the multipurpose room Oct. 12 at Meridian Elementary, the excitement was palpable.
The school’s entire third-grade class was quietly abuzz, and all it took was a quick look around the room to know why.
There, on a table near the doorway, sat a large stack of brand-new, colorful dictionaries.
District 8 Congressional incumbent Dale Reichert and challenger Suzan DelBene met with the Kent Chamber of Commerce to share their views.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce had a forum Oct. 6 for the region's top political races this year at the Kent ShoWare Center.
