Dave George had just paid to renew his vehicle license tabs so he had doubts about a proposal by the Kent City Council to start charging an annual city vehicle license registration fee of anywhere from $10 to $20.
“Every time you blink an eye they tax something,” said George, of Kent, as he walked out of the Kent Licensing Agency office Tuesday at a strip mall along Washington Avenue South.
Kent resident Patrick J. Betts made the 2010 spring dean’s list at Colorado State University-Pueblo. The list recognizes undergraduate degree-seeking students who have completed 12 or more credit hours with a minimum grade-point-average of 3.5.
Kent resident Joseph Giorgio Bianco, a senior at George Fox University, made the dean’s list for 2010.
To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must earn a 3.5 grade point average for at least one term.
Derrick Focht has heard it before: A police officer becomes a hostage negotiator because of an ability to chat.
But it’s an ability to listen, he said, that helps a negotiator turn a potential crisis into a safe outcome.
“It’s a misnomer that you get on the phone with a gift of gab and talk,” said Focht, a Kent Police detective and one of three hostage or crisis negotiators for the department. “We do active listening.
A teacher with connections to the Kent and Renton school districts has been charged with first-degree sexual misconduct, for reportedly having sex with a student when she was teaching at Garfield High School in Seattle.
A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of South 196th Street and 68th Avenue South (aka the West Valley Highway) Thursday night sent two people to the hospital. The call was first reported at approximately 7:50 pm.
After last week's hot temperatures, the Kent Fire Department wants to remind parents and guardians of the dangers of leaving children in vehicles or allowing children to play in unattended vehicles.
The following candidates are on the Aug. 17 Primary Election ballot.
Nearly 1,000 people, including 540 children, live in the 262 units at Birch Creek, formerly known as Springwood.
The King County Housing Authority, which owns the apartments, finished a $55 million, two-year renovation of the complex in June. The apartments, at 23760 129th Place S.E., just south of Kent Kangley Road, were originally constructed in 1970.
Eric Troftgruben, a 2006 Kentridge graduate, just learned that his 13-man acapella group, PLUtonic, has been selected as one of 40 contenders for the America's Got Talent Competition.
A man driving a “dragster” was killed this afternoon in an accident at Pacific Raceways in SE unincorporated King County.
The Sheriff's Office was called by the track at about 3:40 p.m. By the time deputies arrived the man had died. The rest of the afternoon’s races were canceled.
Strapped to a backpack pump that feeds him medicine through a chest tube every six minutes, Cullen Steele stays on the go wherever his small body will take him.
Despite facing considerable odds in his quest to live a long and healthy life, the fun-loving 10-year-old boy who enjoys history, cooking and playing video games maintains a smile and carries a sunny disposition.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce is hosting two candidate forums, for the upcoming primary elections.
Crews in Renton made quick work of the old Benson Road South Bridge Saturday, as they completed the demolition of the nearly 40-year-old bridge in about six hours.
Power six! Reach...it...out!”
With a sudden surge, the boat I’m sitting in rushes forward, cutting through the soft chop of waves on Lake Meridian.
It’s a warm Tuesday and the evening light is golden on the water.
On the boat, though, the scene is anything but placid.
Twelve paddles flash up and down in unison, as the Ladies of the Lake dragon-boat team dig into the lake. Each also is digging deep into herself, fighting burning muscles and cranky joints to keep the momentum up and the boat flying.
Sunday will provide lots of colorful costumes, drill, dance and marching teams in the streets of downtown Kent, as the Cornucopia Grande Parade gets under way. Expect to see pirates, a grand marshal, floats, kids, scouts and bands in the festive procession.
King County Councilman Julia Patterson initially wanted the county to get out of the animal control and sheltering business by this year.
But Patterson, whose District 5 covers much of Kent, said the newly formed Regional Animal Services of King County is the best option to give the county and cities more time to figure out a long-term solution as the cities take over more and more of the funding for animal control and sheltering.
Derek Yoshinaka tosses a tennis ball that two dogs playfully chase in a fenced yard at the Kent shelter of the newly formed Regional Animal Services of King County.
A co-owner of the Kent Predators professional Indoor Football League team said the team will return for a second season at the ShoWare Center.
Four young women are vying for the Miss Cornucopia title this year. You can see the pageant for yourself 2 p.m. Friday at the festival's Main Stage at Second and Smith street, when the Cornucopia Queen is announced. With her court of queen candidates, she will then preside over the rest of Kent's Cornucopia Days, as well as other community events over the next year.
