A police bomb squad determined that a report of a suspicious package Friday morning outside of a downtown Kent bank turned out to be an empty box.
This Saturday, Kentridge High School will become the center of the Washington State dance-competition universe, as 45 teams from around the state descend on the school for the 19th annual Kentridge Chatelaines Kick It Up Competition.
Here is your second clue to the "Amazing Place" scavenger hunt, part of the Find It In Kent campaign to encourage people to shop locally. Stay tuned for a new clue each week.
We think it is time to reevaluate the policy for installing traffic cameras in Kent. People know there is no penalty for running red lights in Kent.
For each of the past two years, Kent dentist Mark Walker of the Meridian Dental Clinic has joined a team of doctors and dentists in a trip to Haiti, but due to the earthquake, he is worried that this year’s trip, scheduled for March, may not happen.
Planning has started between King County and city officials throughout the county to develop a new regional model for animal control and sheltering.
King County prosecutors Wednesday charged a 17-year-old Kent male teenager with first-degree malicious mischief in connection with an attack of a Metro bus driver Jan. 23 in Tukwila. His charges stem from allegedly breaking windows on the back door of the bus and damaging the door frame.
When the Kentridge and Kentwood basketball teams meet this weekend at the ShoWare Center, the school which brings the most fans to the game will have the opportunity to win $10,000 for their school.
A bill making its way in the Legislature would give people who were adopted in our state access to their original birth certificates.
The wait is finally over. On Jan. 31, Washingtonians have their first opportunity to play Powerball, the multi-state draw game offering jackpots that at times have reached up to $365 million!
The Kent School District’s annual Technology Expo is scheduled for this week and this year’s event promises to be bigger than ever.
A new franchise fee or tax on garbage haulers might be a method the Kent City Council could use to help pay for city street maintenance.
The ShoWare Center was the place to be Saturday night in Kent.
A ShoWare record-setting sellout crowd of 6,151 watched the rival Portland Winterhawks beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-1 in a Western Hockey League game.
King County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 17-year-old Kent teen for investigation of malicious mischief in connection with an attack of a Metro bus driver just after midnight Saturday in Tukwila.
A Kent woman narrowly escaped serious injury as a fire destroyed her townhome at about 5:12 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of First Avenue South in downtown Kent, just south of Willis Street.
For many people, the images of devastation from the earthquake in Haiti are those of a far-off nation crumbling and in need of immediate aid.
But for Kent-Meridian High School junior Viliana Apollon, who grew up in a suburb of the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, those pictures hit home, literally.
CAR PURSUIT
Kent Police arrested a 19-year-old Kent man for investigation of attempting to elude an officer after a car chase that reached speeds of more than 90 mph at about 2:42 a.m. Jan. 10 northbound along the West Valley Highway between South 190th Street and South 180th Street.
A Kent City Council committee approved funds Tuesday to hire 12 new police officers as part of a $1.2 million pre-annexation budget to serve 24,000 Panther Lake residents when they join the city July 1.
A 17-year-old Kent teen pleaded not guilty Thursday in King County Superior Court to a first-degree assault charge in connection with the stabbing of a 30-year-old Auburn man Jan. 9 near a Kent convenience store.
Dylan Zylstra and Jaclyn Onosko are the December Rotary Students of the Month, for their accomplishments in athletics.
