The American Red Cross can feed thousands of residents this winter if Green River flooding causes large evacuations in Kent, Auburn, Renton or Tukwila.
Red Cross and King County officials Tuesday in Renton displayed a mobile kitchen housed in a 53-foot trailer where workers can produce as many as 12,000 to 15,000 hot meals per day.
Back in October, as part of their annual "Harvest For the Community" fundraiser, the members of the Kent Sunrise Rotary Club selected Communities in Schools as their "Fund-a-cause" selection.
The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 Tuesday night at ShoWare Center in Kent.
Spokane (21-9-2-0) opened the scoring at 9:25 of the first period on Levko Koper's 15th goal of the season. Mitch Wahl and Kyle Beach registered assists on the play.
Dee Woods joined the King County Long Term Care Ombudsman Program two years ago to help make sure residents of adult family homes receive proper treatment.
The Kent Predators have announced their 2010 schedule for the professional Indoor Football League.The expansion team opens the season with road games Feb. 28 at… Continue reading
After a summer spent eating smart, playing hard and learning about nutrition, the winner of the Cruzin’ Passport Challenge in the Kent School District was announced this week and a $1,000 check for new physical education equipment was presented to Covington Elementary School.
Kent-Meridian High School is seeking community volunteers to help judge culminating projects.
In Washington State, high school seniors are required to present a culminating project to a panel of community members and staff in order to graduate.
It may have been called the Game of Life, but the topics being discussed this past week during the 23rd annual event at Kent Commons were anything but child’s play.
ASSAULT
A 27-year-old woman told police that her husband of eight years grabbed her, shoved her and broke through a locked bedroom door to get to her during a domestic dispute at about 12:07 a.m. Nov. 25 at an apartment in the 24800 block of 101st Place Southeast.
As if the tough economy weren’t enough to worry about, the threat of flooding in the Green River Valley has residents and business owners on high alert. We’ve got our sandbags, we’ve signed up for CodeRED, and we’ve bought flood insurance. But none of these measures protects us from sewage backups.
Kent city officials plan to lobby the state Legislature next year to help pay for Green River levee repairs as well as a design to rebuild the Highway 167 interchange at Willis Street.
Heather McIntosh and two dozen other Kent city employees used silly humor, energy drinks and motivation to make it through nearly 30 straight days of work filling giant sandbags, in preparation for possible flooding this winter.
A King County Superior Court jury in Seattle found a 66-year-old Kent man guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in connection with the shooting death of… Continue reading
The King County Animal Control Officer's Guild filed a lawsuit Friday against King County and County Executive Dow Constantine to seek release of e-mails from a citizens' advisory committee that in 2007 issued a report that called conditions at the Kent animal shelter “deplorable.”
As the first big freeze of the winter begins to ease, many residents and businesses will soon discover water pipes damaged by ice that has… Continue reading
Voters in Kent and King County Fire District 37 will decide in April whether to approve forming a regional fire authority. The new entity, if approved, would merge the Kent Fire Department with King County Fire District 37.
An achingly cold sunny afternoon Tuesday was the stage for an emotional tribute to four slain police officers.
Attended by nearly 20,000 - most of them law officers from across the country and Canada - the memorial service took place at the Tacoma Dome, which was filled nearly to capacity.
Volunteers can participate in a Toys for Joy gift-wrapping party at 7 p.m. Friday at Kent Fire Station No. 75, 15635 S.E. 272nd St.The Kent… Continue reading
With the drop in temperatures over the past week, the City of Kent opened a severe weather shelter at the Kent Lutheran Church and operated… Continue reading
The Kent City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to adopt what Council President Debbie Raplee called "a pretty conservative" 2010 city budget.
