Something tells me it is time for my Christmas present advice column. My columns generally prompt some screaming arm thrower at a city meeting to throw some arms at me, usually attached.
A wonderful gift to homeless women and children was opened in Kent last Saturday. The KentHOPE Day Center for Homeless Women and Children opened on Canyon Road.
At its final meeting of 2013, the City Council approved adjustments to the second year of our biennial budget. I'd like to respond to your Dec. 5 article mentioning the city's $1.9 million "surplus" in the general fund.
There have been and handful of articles in recent weeks regarding budget plans for the Kent City Council.
I have always been fascinated by words and usage. I can often tell what a speaker or writer doesn't want me to know by the duck-and-dodge words and usage.
It is human nature to take things for granted. When you've always had something, when it's been around your entire life, it's only natural to overlook it, to think it will always be here.
Small Business Saturday is Nov. 30. It's an opportunity to shop at and support our small businesses in downtown Kent. We urge residents to dedicate a portion of their holiday shopping to our local small business in downtown Kent.
Kent, the central Puget Sound and the state of Washington are blessed with economic assets that many other areas would love to have: manufacturing; technology; a culture of innovation; aerospace; and a manufacturing and warehouse-distribution hub that is the fourth largest in the U.S., complemented by two world-class ports.
Nonprofit organizations in Kent make our community a better place in countless ways: by feeding hungry families, mentoring children who are struggling in school, protecting our environment and much, much more.
With the curtain all but closed on the fall election, Democrats will turn their attention to filling two jobs critically important for the political party's future in Olympia and throughout the state.
Many people are surprised when I tell them that we have a Truancy Dropout Prevention Unit in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
It’s a tumultuous time for the city of Kent, as officials look for ways to increase revenues for the city while simultaneously trying to make the city more business friendly.
Like Mayor Suzette Cooke, successful leaders in the 21st century must learn to adapt to the changing demands of the times.
Hours into the partial unplugging of federal government, HappyClam was anything but joyous about the feat of the nation's elected leaders.
"With liberty and justice for all." The final words of the Pledge of Allegiance. We say them but do they really register.
It seems every three months or so an article or editorial appears in the Kent Reporter in support of building coal export terminals in Washington and allowing the associated 18 trains a day – each a mile or so long – to pass through our communities.
Twelve Democratic and Republican state lawmakers will gather Friday morning in Seattle to continue formulating a strategy for convincing The Boeing Co. to assemble the 777X in Washington.
The impression I consistently get from people is that they want news and information, but are unwilling to pay money for the service.
For activists intent on stopping all use of fossil fuel, train safety has become their cause du jour. After all, if you can block transport of fossil fuels, you can choke off their use.
Washington state's economy may be getting back on track but it will jump off again quickly if our state legislators cannot put aside their differences and put together a transportation package fully funding major projects in our South Sound region, such as the completion of both SR 509 and SR 167, the Federal Way Triangle and the enhancements to the southern part of I-405.
