In response to concerns voiced by residents about the recently elevated risk of flooding in the Green River Valley, Weidner Apartment Homes is offering to purchase a flood insurance policy for all residents at its Island Park Apartments in Kent who want flood insurance.
There are some new faces in the local business community as of late, including a new membership director at the Kent Chamber of Commerce.Shannon Collins… Continue reading
This is not Huck’s fault.
I know he is a popular scapegoat right now in the murders of four Lakewood police officers, but blaming Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for any part of this mess is a real stretch, especially for a guy who did exactly what you want a governor to do.
Changes in the way security is being handled are under way at the Kent School District as the district is shifting away from a “security model” and toward a “safety model” that includes a more proactive approach based on developing relationships with students.
The kids in Kathryn Campbell's kindergarten class at Millennium Elementary are not entirely sure where Afghanistan is: "Far away" is about the most accurate answer… Continue reading
For the fourth year in a row, the Make a Difference Christmas Tree Lot is setting up shop in Kent, this year right in the… Continue reading
The Kent School District recently released results showing how students from the district did in a recent round of college assessment tests, and while the district generally did well compared to state and national averages, African American scores continue to lag behind, highlighting what many call the “achievement gap.”
As Black Friday dawned across Kent, the blue skies seemed to herald two things retailers had been hoping for: shoppers and optimism for a good holiday season.
"It feels better than last year's," said Nick Samas, store manager at the Kent Station Game Stop.
With a shiny new namesake opened around the corner, the old Panther lake Elementary School on 108th Avenue Southeast sits empty these days. But if floodwaters rise this winter, the old school will be pressed back into service to house students from schools in the flood zone.
Don Ihry, known throughout Kent for the decorated antique tractors that lined his property on Benson Avenue, died this past weekend. He was 71.
The Kent fire department responded to a house fire on Kent-Kangley Road early Friday morning that has displaced one local family.
According to Captain Kyle Ohashi of the Kent Fire Department, firefighters received a call for a house fire at approximately 12:20 a.m. Friday and arrived at the 12100 block of Kent-Kangley to find the house in flames.
Devin Stumpf does not look like your stereotypical poet.
But when the sixth-grader at Park Orchard reads his writing – reluctantly, at first – his work connects him better to his feelings and a way to express them.
A Seattle-based printing company has bought the print shop that former belonged to David Cooke, the late husband of Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke.
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means only one thing for retailers: Black Friday is nearly upon us.
Named for the day when store owners traditionally see their books go from the red to the black (indicating profits for the year), the day after Thanksgiving has become the biggest shopping day of the year and retailers all around the country - and in Kent - are getting ready.
While a lot of businesses close their doors for the Thanksgiving holiday, that is not the case at the Golden Steer.
Thursday afternoon, while the restaurant may be open, it won’t be for business.
For more than 100 years, the Depot Barbershop has kept Kent clean shaven and looking good. But after years of searching for someone to pick… Continue reading
As she prepares for her final meeting after 32 years on the Kent School Board, Sandy Collins can look back over her schools career and see how much some things have changed, and how much hasn’t.
At the Kent Area PTA Council’s clothing bank, it is sometimes the little things that can choke you up.
For clothing bank co-chair Deb Fairclough, one of those moments happened recently, soon after the clothing bank ran out of mittens.
“A little girl grabbed a mismatched pair of socks and put them on her hands and said ‘Mommy, these will keep my hands warm,’” Fairclough said Thursday.
While the impacts of a potential Green River flood this winter are obvious to the businesses located in the path of the water, the flooding to the West Coast’s second-largest warehouse and distribution center could have far-reaching effects.
With the potential for flooding just around the corner and many assets to protect on the Green Valley floor, many local businesses are preparing for the worst, while hoping for the best.
