State troopers have blocked off State Route 515 near 224th Street after a Kent woman in her 20s was hit by a motorist a little after 5 a.m. KOMO has more details. Check back here for updates.
Navpreet “Navi” Kaur and Dahir “DJ” Jigre were selected as the Rotary Club of Kent’s Students of the Month in the athletics category.
Both are students at Kent-Meridian High School.
Needing a win to keep its playoff hopes alive, the Kentlake High football team got it done Saturday night at Auburn Memorial Stadium.Behind an opportunistic… Continue reading
ESP Printing, Inc., of Kent, a business associated with Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, filed Oct. 9 for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Seattle.
Kent city staff will host an open house to discuss two proposed off-leash dog parks from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Daniel Elementary School, 11310 S.E. 248th St.
As of Oct.20, Kent City officials had distributed more than 72,500 free, empty sandbags to residents.
With revenues expected to continue to fall, Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke Thursday night presented her 2010 budget proposal, which eliminates nearly 56 positions - 24 of them actual layoffs.
City crews and contractors expect to finish placing 20,000 giant sand bags along a 12-mile stretch of Green River levees in Kent by Oct. 30… Continue reading
A compensation package for Valley Medical Center’s chief executive officer and transparency of government issues concerning the board of commissioners have become hot topics for the public hospital district.
The state Auditor’s Office hired the Seattle firm Ernst & Young to complete a performance audit of three public hospital districts, including Valley, Public Hospital District No. 1.
Wade Rivera, 8, tries to put some muscle power into picking up a pumpkin Wednesday at the Carpinito Brothers Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze, 1148 Central Ave. N. He was seeking the perfect pumpkin with his mom Tara Rivera and sister Lauren, 5, at left. He’s probably going to need some help, if this is his pumpkin of choice.
Kent Council member and candidate Elizabeth Albertson is apologizing for stating in the 2009 Washington state voters’ guide that she is the executive director of the Kent chapter of Communities in Schools, despite being let go from the position in June.
Voters from all over Kent turned the Senior Activity Center into the focus of the city's political energy Monday as the candidates for the open positions in city government all gathered for the Kent Reporter-sponsored debate forum. Roughly 300 people filled the senior-center meeting room to watch candidates in three important city races square off.
The King County Prosecutor's Office filed a first-degree murder charge Monday against a 22-year-old Kent man in connection with the shooting death of a 30-year-old Kent man Oct. 15 on the East Hill.
The shooting occurred after a dispute over a drug deal, according to charging papers.
To protect public health and safety in the event of major flooding related to Howard Hanson Dam, King County employees will install and test flood walls Thursday, Oct. 22 at 12:30 p.m. at the South Treatment Plant in Renton. The project is part of the county’s work to actively prepare for flooding and safeguard its vital regional wastewater infrastructure in the Green River Valley.
U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and Congressmen Dave Reichert and Adam Smith have called on the Departments of Commerce and Interior to provide critical weather forecasting and river monitoring resources from the National Weather Service and the U.S.
The King County Council has passed legislation approving $34.6 million in funding for flood preparation activities in the Green River Valley as requested by King County Executive Kurt Triplett in September.
Plans for evacuating up to 30,000 residents of the Green River Valley are complete, with work under way to shelter up to 5,000 evacuees for several weeks at a time, according to officials from King County agencies who earlier this month briefed the Metropolitan King County Council’s Committee of the Whole.
A Des Moines Police detective and two King County sergeants earned law-enforcement awards Oct. 2 in Kent for their work to combat domestic violence.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will present her 2010 preliminary city budget to the City Council at a workshop 4 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
If you’re wondering who to choose on the November general election ballot, when it comes to Kent’s top elected officials, make tracks to the Kent Senior Activity Center Oct. 19.
