Kent residents and city officials met at the ShoWare Center on Saturday to discuss the potential for floods this fall and winter. During the meeting, Mayor Suzette Cooke assured that "not only will we survive, but we will thrive through this." KING5.com has a full wrap and video.
Carol Greco lost a sister to domestic violence five years ago.Greco, of Federal Way, told the story about her sister to a reporter after Greco… Continue reading
Band instruments bought with money donated mostly by fans of American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are expected to arrive in Kent by October 12, but… Continue reading
Kent city planners want to do more in the next several years to keep up existing parks rather than simply look to add more parks.
That's one of the primary themes emerging as city staff update the long-range parks plan along with input from residents. The plan has not been updated since 2000.
The Kent School District is teaming with Public Health - Seattle King County to provide free immunizations for all students in the Kent School District.
The clinic is made possible in part by a grant from Group Health Foundation.
Want to tell King County officials when they come to Kent which programs to keep or cut?
Residents can comment about the 2010 budget proposed by County Executive Kurt Triplett at a County Council public hearing at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 in Courtroom 3F at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Ave. N.
Residents can tell the Kent City Council what they want or don’t want in the 2010 city budget at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 200 Fourth Ave. S.
Life experiences have a way of twisting our perspectives, forcing us to see what we purposely overlooked before. This summer I was given an opportunity to spend 3 weeks in China, and my way of seeing the world is irreversibly altered because of it.
While no one can say for sure if or when there will be a flood this winter, the advice is the same from the governor to the chamber to the city to everyone in between, including Mike Howard, External Affairs Director for FEMA Region 10.
The first, small amounts of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) vaccine have been released by the federal government and will be arriving locally next week in King County for immunization of health-care workers. The larger amounts of vaccine that are needed to begin broader-scale vaccination for people who are at higher risk for H1N1 are projected to begin arriving in mid-October.
While some schools in the Kent School District are scrambling to make room for larger-than-expected populations, overall enrollment in the district is down so far this year by 130 students, which could cost the district hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding they are counting on to meet their budget.
A mandatory recount in the Kent School District Director District No. 5 primary election earlier in September revealed no changes in the vote total to either candidate, meaning Dale Smith, who has unofficially dropped out of the race, will remain on the second ballot line this fall.
The race for the second ballot line for this fall's open Kent School Board is officially headed to mandatory recount.King County Elections Officials Sept. 2… Continue reading
The Kent Chamber of Commerce conducted an elections forum Sept. 2 for the candidates for Kent Mayor and City Council.
Not sure who to vote for in the Kent School Board race?How about Mickey Mouse?Don't laugh. According to 2009 Primary Election Recount Write-In Report, the… Continue reading
King County Elections Sept. 28 opened the doors of the new temporary headquarters in Tukwila, adjacent to Boeing Field at 9010 East Marginal Way S.
Metropolitan King County Councilmembers Dow Constantine and Julia Patterson today praised the efforts of Western Washington’s Congressional delegation in securing a $3.45 million allocation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to purchase 400,000 sandbags and other flood-fighting materials for use in the Green River Valley.
Help support the Kent Historical Society by attending its annual dinner and auction 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Tickets are $40 per person and include appetizers, a buffet style dinner with choice of prime rib or salmon entrees, beverages, and auction entertainment.
As a Kent resident, Denton Hanford’s worried that city officials could put the city budget in a deep financial hole because of what he called an “unrealistic” projection of an increase in sales tax revenue for 2009.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., came to Kent Monday to let Green River Valley residents know the federal government is prepared to help protect them from flooding.
