A revised ordinance to bring cottage-style housing to Kent goes Tuesday before the City Council for approval.The City Planning and Economic Development Committee voted 3-0… Continue reading
Shortly after 8 Sunday night, Kent Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team, Kent Police and King County Medic One responded to a report of a woman… Continue reading
The Kent City Council remained undecided at a Nov. 4 workshop on when to increase water rates and storm-drainage rates for residents as part of… Continue reading
Boeing and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) Local 2001 reached tentative agreement today on new four-year contracts covering 21,000 engineers and… Continue reading
Family and friends of 2-year-old Hunter Beaupre and 13-year-old Austin Fuda had kept up an anxious vigil for days.They milled around a memorial set up… Continue reading
Last school year, students at Panther Lake Elementary School, along with a handful of others in the Kent School District, got their first swing at… Continue reading
Typically during the weekend, the South County Futball Club U-12 boy’s soccer team is practicing drills and gearing up for another league game. But the… Continue reading
The Kent City Council will conduct three public hearings 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at City Hall. They are in regard to:• The draft six-year Transportation… Continue reading
Police arrested two men and confiscated firearms Oct. 20, following a report that gunmen had threatened a father and his adult son that day at… Continue reading
Leslie Armstrong prefers her coffee with a paint brush.Armstrong, an arts teacher at Kentwood High School, uses coffee to paint portraits.Armstrong’s works, as well as… Continue reading
Due to the recent severe weather conditions that produced heavy rain, flooding and strong wind conditions, King County Executive Ron Sims declared a Local Proclamation… Continue reading
Edward Earl Cobb pleaded not guilty Thursday in King County Superior Court to a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of… Continue reading
Christel David Murphy pleaded not guilty Nov. 3 in King County Superior Court to a charge of first-degree murder of his Kent girlfriend.King County prosecutors… Continue reading
As the economy continues to slide, more and more working-class families around the country and right here in Kent are trying to find ways to… Continue reading
Recovery crews from the King County Sheriff's Office pulled a submerged car from a swift and swollen Green River that contained the body of a… Continue reading
Most fared well, but Nature's deluge did not spare all state highways Wednesday.Today coastal areas in Clallam, Grays Harbor, and Pacific counties, in addition to… Continue reading
Puget Sound Energy is closely monitoring the National Weather Service forecast of heavy rains and high winds, and is prepared to respond to power outages that may result from the storm front that is expected to reach the Puget Sound region Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. The utility is also getting ready to respond to natural gas system requirements as a result of flooding or landslides.
Repairs ended last month on three Green River levees along the Riverbend Golf Course in Kent.Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, King County… Continue reading
Just one month after Kaz Fujita graduated from Fife High School in 1942, he and his family received an order from the federal government to… Continue reading
King County prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Friday against a 15-year-old Kent teenage boy in connection with the Oct. 30 shooting death of a… Continue reading
