Republican challenge Mark Hargrove has taken a slight lead over incumbent Geoff Simpson, D-Covington, in the state representative race for Legislative District 47 Position No. 1, according to the Primary Election results.
Lifelong Kent resident Marci Adelsman has always been a bit of a tinkerer.
So it wasn't too surprising when the Kent-Meridian High School grad started playing around with the ingredients for a recipe she'd once seen on the "Barefoot Contessa" cooking program.
And after a year of tinkering, Adelsman wound up with something completely different from what she'd started out with: her own recipe for a chicken-salad dish, which she called Chicken Tender and Brown Rice Salad.
But here's where the surprise comes in.
On a lark, Adelsman sent the recipe to a cooking contest. To her amazement, she was chosen as a Washington semi-finalist in the first-ever Foster Farms West Coast Chicken Cooking Contest, netting her $100 and a chance to vie for a win at regionals on Wednesday.
Two Des Moines women died in a three-car accident at about 8:46 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Southeast 208th Street and 108th Avenue Southeast in the Panther Lake area of Kent's East Hill.
The victims were identified as Kiana Cormier, 24, and Jessica Stenseth, 23, according to the Kent Police. Police initially had reported that a man and a woman died in the crash.
The Kent School Board will have a public hearing tonight to take testimony on the district's budget for the 2010-11 school year. The board is scheduled to adopt the budget after the hearing.
The meeting gets under way 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 12033 S.E. 256th St., Kent.
A 54-year-old Auburn grandmother pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree child molestation in connection with the alleged abuse of three children who stayed with her while she lived in Kent.
Rose Marie Johnson entered the plea at King County Superior Court in Seattle, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
The suspicions of an alert passerby helped Kent Police arrest two men and two women for investigation of second-degree theft of a 4-foot tall spool… Continue reading
Homeowners living within King County Public Hospital District No. 1 boundaries now have more chances to qualify for what's known as the “Valley Dividend.” ("Valley" as in Valley Medical Center, the hospital facility operated by Hospital District No. 1.)
The pain began to get more consistent and stronger as Cindy Wayner tried to enjoy a relaxing Sunday night at her Kent home 30 weeks into her first pregnancy.
The pregnancy had gone smoothly for the 27-year-old, so the intense pains didn't make sense. It was still much too early to give birth.
"My husband (Chris Wayner) thought I was being dramatic," Wayner said as she recalled her story during an Aug. 19 interview.
Twice as many drivers chose to pay a fee to use the High-Occupany (HOT) lanes (also known as carpool lanes) on SR 167, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The Lingerie Football League and MTV2 have joined to offer a new show this fall about the women's league that features seven-on-seven tackle football.
An overview of local legislative races connected to the Kent area.
It could be a hotly contested Legislative District 47 Senate race this fall between Republican challenger Joe Fain and incumbent Claudia Kauffman, D-Kent, according to the Primary Election results.
Fain has received 9,924 votes (54.78 percent) and Kauffman has 8,157 votes (45.03 percent) through ballots counted as of Aug. 18. Both will advance to the General Election Nov. 2.
Here are the King County Elections results in local races for the 2010 Primary through votes counted as of Aug. 19.
A 28-year-old Kent man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during a confrontation at about 3:50 p.m. Aug. 18 in the driveway of the Rock Creek Apartments, 23240 88th Ave. S.
The gunman remains at large, according to a Kent Police media release. The gunman is described as a black man, ages 20 to 25. He fled the scene driving a late model Chevrolet sedan, possibly champagne or purple colored.
The Seattle Thunderbirds have just released the team’s training camp schedule for the upcoming season.
A Kent teen with a rare blood disorder now finds herself in a holding pattern for treatment, slowly regaining her health after a bout of pneumonia.
Because of the lung infection she developed in July, Jayne Johnson, 16, now must wait until October to receive a transplant that may help cure her condition, called Severe Chronic Neutropenia Kostmann’s Syndrome.
A marquee is coming soon to the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The Kent City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday night to spend $225,000 from the city’s lodging tax reserve fund to pay for the 30-foot-high sign. It’s expected to be operating by year’s end. The marquee will help promote Seattle Thunderbirds hockey games and other events.
It didn't bother Seattle Mist coach Chris Michaelson that his team is rated No. 10 out of 10 teams in the Lingerie Football League, heading into his team's Aug. 27 season opener at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
"That's fine," Michaelson said in a phone interview Aug. 16. "Last year we were ranked eighth or ninth and ended up third. I don't worry about that. I'd rather be 10th than No. 1 because opponents will take you lightly because they think you're the worst team in the league and won't hit the gas as much."
King County prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old grandmother with three counts of first-degree child molestation in connection with the alleged abuse of three children under the age of 12 who stayed with her while she lived in Kent.
Rose Marie Johnson, 54, whose last known address was in Auburn, is scheduled to be arraigned for the alleged sexual abuse of the children at 9 a.m. Aug. 18 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Tasha White and Tricia Patricelli sit tucked away in a small house across the street from the Kent Police station in downtown Kent ready to help former jail inmates get their lives back on track.
White is a paid office manager and Patricelli a volunteer client advocate for New Connections of South King County. They work with men and women recently released from the city of Kent jail or the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center county jail.
