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The Kent Events Center had a ceremonial hockey shoot out for its groundbreaking on Sept. 25

Events center ceremony wins national award

Staff from the City of Kent, Seattle Thunderbirds, Kent School District and M.A. Mortenson Company won the Silver Circle Award in the Special Events Category… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
The Kent Events Center had a ceremonial hockey shoot out for its groundbreaking on Sept. 25

Fire damages Kent deli

Firefighters in Kent responded early Friday morning to a fire in a business park in Kent's warehouse section. No one was injured in the blaze.Kent… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
A WHIRL OF FUN: From left

Holiday fun starts this weekend in Kent

Carousel opens for holiday seasonThe Morford Family Carousel will open for the Christmas season on Nov. 28, and will be open for rides Fridays through… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
A WHIRL OF FUN: From left
Portland Winter Hawks player Radim Valchar

Thunderbird tickets go on sale Dec. 3

Tickets will go on sale online Dec. 3 for Seattle Thunderbirds hockey games at the city's new ShoWare Center at Kent.Single-game tickets from Jan. 4… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Portland Winter Hawks player Radim Valchar
The Kent City Council on Tuesday will consider a revised ordinance to allow the development of cottage homes similar to these at the Danielson Grove community in Kirkland.

Kent City Council OKs demo projects for cottage housing

The Kent City Council voted unanimously Nov. 18 to approve a demonstration ordinance to allow developers to build up to two cottage-housing projects in the… Continue reading

The Kent City Council on Tuesday will consider a revised ordinance to allow the development of cottage homes similar to these at the Danielson Grove community in Kirkland.
The Kent City Council reduced assessment fees for two property owners for street and other improvements along 116th Avenue Southeast near Southeast 256th Street.

City Council cuts fee for two property owners on 116th

The Kent City Council agreed with two East Hill property owners that their assessment fee should be reduced by thousands of dollars for street, water,… Continue reading

The Kent City Council reduced assessment fees for two property owners for street and other improvements along 116th Avenue Southeast near Southeast 256th Street.
Scenic Hill students pose with their new Healthy Heart Poster. Top from left: Luis Vargus Conwell

Kent schools have plenty of heart, thanks to local service clubs

Three local service groups are showing a lot of heart toward the Kent School District.Quota International, the Rotary Club of Kent and Kiwanis have all… Continue reading

Scenic Hill students pose with their new Healthy Heart Poster. Top from left: Luis Vargus Conwell
Mark Maughan

City Council continues budget debate

The Kent City Council continues to disagree on the proposed 2009 city budget as well as on when to increase water rates and storm-drainage rates… Continue reading

Mark Maughan

Blotter: Smoking at the bus stop ends in trip to jail

A bicycle-patrol officer spotted a young man smoking while sitting in a bus shelter at about 10:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the 300 block of… Continue reading

Search continues for boy presumed drowned in Green River

The search continues for a 13-year-old boy missing since the car he was riding in plunged into the Green River near the Auburn Golf Course… Continue reading

Roberto Gonzalez
Roberto Gonzalez
Harlem Globetrotter Big Easy Lofton holds up teammate Flight Time Lang. The two will appear

Globetrotters coming to Kent in February

Mark down the Harlem Globetrotters as the first show for sale at the new ShoWare Center at Kent.Tickets are on sale to watch the Globetrotters… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Harlem Globetrotter Big Easy Lofton holds up teammate Flight Time Lang. The two will appear

This Thanksgiving, emergency nurses urge roadway safety

This Thanksgiving, tens of thousands of people will travel “over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house” and to thousands of other destinations… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
The state Department of Transportation sprayed concrete over soil nails last summer to try to control the unstable soils beneath the Green River Bridge piers on State Route 169. However

Kummer Bridge on State Route 169 closed due to safety concerns

The much-used Kummer Bridge over the Green River on State Route 169 was closed last week because a slowly moving landslide threatens the stability of… Continue reading

The state Department of Transportation sprayed concrete over soil nails last summer to try to control the unstable soils beneath the Green River Bridge piers on State Route 169. However

Kent Police arrest man after high-speed chase

Kent Police arrested a 37-year-old man for investigation of vehicle theft after a 3-mile, high-speed car chase at about 2 a.m. Oct. 27 through the… Continue reading

  • Nov 24, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
A view of the I-520 bridge.

New 520 bridge? Expect to pay at least $4.5 billion

It will cost about at least $4.5 billion to build a new 520 bridge complete with an interchange for the Montlake/University of Washington area, state… Continue reading

  • Nov 24, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
A view of the I-520 bridge.

Two men injured in shooting Saturday at Southcenter Mall

Two young men were shot at Southcenter Mall at about 3:45 p.m. Saturday and were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries,… Continue reading

  • Nov 23, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
PIMA Medical Institute’s Dr. David Loehndorf

Kent animal shelter sees major expansion

The King County animal shelter in Kent is about to be expanded. And its resident cats should have something to purr about.

PIMA Medical Institute’s Dr. David Loehndorf

New name for the Kent Events Center

It's official: ShoWare Center at Kent is the name of what was formerly the Kent Events Center.The Kent City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a… Continue reading

Kent firefighters find another blaze on way back from call

While returning from another emergency call, Kent Firefighters were the first to spot a house fire in the 800 block of Central Ave. N. in… Continue reading

  • Nov 21, 2008
  • BY Wire Service