A Kent man was one of 13 men indicted by a grand jury for investigation of distributing large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington State.
Third- and fourth-grade students from Kent Elementary School participated in Dr. Cleo's Exercise Club sponsored by Molina Healthcare on Feb. 28.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed that "the pilot's physical impairment due to alcohol" caused a crash last year near Mount Si in North Bend that killed all three people on board, including Kentlake High School swim coach Seth Dawson.
Kent residents can get rid of those items that are difficult to recycle at the curb during a Recycling Event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road.
A man with a fourth-degree assault warrant remained at large after leading Kent Police on a 2-mile vehicle pursuit and then fleeing on foot after an officer drew his handgun as he approached the van once it pulled over near South 272nd Street.
Extra law enforcement will be on the roads looking for impaired drivers in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, March 15-17.
In support of education in Western Washington, BECU has awarded community grants to 49 local schools, including six elementary schools in Kent – East Hill, Glenridge, Martin Sortun, Meridian, Sunnycrest, and Sunrise.
The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Tri-City Americans 8-3 Tuesday night at the ShoWare Center to clinch a spot in the Western Hockey League playoffs.
The city of Kent is looking for children and adults to help design a new playground and other projects at Turnkey Park.
Kent City Councilman Les Thomas decided to throw his cards on the table to see whether fellow council members and residents want to remove the city's ban on casinos as a way to boost tax revenue.
Is Washington State's death penalty for capital crimes justice or revenge? HB 1504, heard before the Judiciary Committee March 6, would eliminate the death penalty in this state and replace it with lifetime incarceration. The bill will not likely move forward this session as the last day to hear bills in their chamber of origin is March 13.
KentHOPE and Kent Downtown Partnership are gathering for a litter cleanup day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
More than half of what comes to King County’s Cedar Hills Regional Landfill as “garbage” is actually recyclable material.
State Patrol troopers are back out this week conducting an aggressive driving emphasis in King County, including Interstate 5 and Highway 167. Troopers will have help from truckers to look for motorists who are driving unsafely around big trucks during the emphasis from March 11-15, according to a State Patrol media release.
Milk Builds Strong Schools – a partnership between Jacksons Food Stores and the Dairy Farmers of Washington – will donate 5 percent of all Jacksons gallon milk sales in Washington to a randomly selected Washington school in a city where a Jacksons store is located.
Kent firefighters Jessi Nemens and Caitlin Corey unofficially finished third and eighth overall in the women's field at the 22nd annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb race Sunday, a fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Weichbrodt.
Henry Klein, an architect who designed the Kent Library and Kent Senior Activity Center, died March 5 in Mount Vernon.
More than 50 Kent School District students attended the Latino Education Achievement Project (LEAP) Conference Feb. 28-March 1.
A man who reportedly made nearly $200,000 as a pimp in Kent and Seattle had his trial date continued to May 6 for charges of promoting prostitution, leading organized crime, promoting sexual abuse of a minor and other offenses.
Sunrise Elementary School PTA Spring Craft Fair runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27. The school gym is at 22300 132nd Ave. SE, Kent.
