Laura Pierce

Talks heat up at Kent Schools budget meeting

How would you cut the Kent School District budget? That was the $6-$12 million question district residents have been pondering over the last week, following a move by the Kent School Board to put the district's budget crisis into a real-life exercise, with an online budget survey.

Please God, don’t make me go back to Disneyland – Editor’s Note

Disneyland is a happier place, since my departure last week from Southern California. I don't know how many of you have opted to go to God's Largest Amusement Park as adults, but all I can say is that it will be a long time before I want to see another Mickey Mouse. Especially a Mickey Mouse with a price tag stuck to it.

Trudy Schug

Shoe fairy helps Kent track team put in the miles

For Trudy Schug, the gut-check moment came when, as a P.E. teacher in the Kent School District, she gave a pair of athletic shoes to one of her students.

Trudy Schug

Kent schools could be seeing major budget cuts – share your input now

The Kent School District is facing an economic reality that one of its top financial officials is calling “unprecedented.”

Health-care reform draws mixed reaction in Kent

Health-care reform has been a hot-button topic in past weeks, since President Obama's health-care plan -- or at least an altered version of it - survived a major vetting process with federal lawmakers.

04/03/10 Jamie Nephew

Kent Chamber of Commerce gala should be a night to remember

Why go to the Kent Chamber of Commerce’s Annual President’s Gala? Why indeed. “It’s the biggest night we have,” said chamber Executive Director Andrea Keikkala of the April 3 black-tie affair at the Kent ShoWare Center.

04/03/10 Jamie Nephew

Legislators to speak at Kent chamber event

Expect a complete legislative roundup at the Kent Chamber of Commerce's April Membership Luncheon April 7 at the Meridian Valley Country Club.

Health-care reform opponent McKenna coming to GOP event in Kent

State Attorney General Rob McKenna, among the high-profile Republican opponents of recent national health-care reform legislation passed last week, is the guest of honor Saturday at a GOP Caucus in Kent.

Bullying cost Phoebe Prince her life—What can you do about it? Editor’s Note

Teenagers aren’t supposed to die. They’re especially not supposed to die like this. Phoebe Prince only had two strikes against her, and if you were a normal person, they were not strikes at all.

Kent-Meridian High School gym upgrade survives delays; other Kent projects make list also

The Kent-Meridian High School gym project has survived a round of project delays, and will be funded this year, along with a number of other capital projects in the Kent School District.

Jessie O’Hara (left) and Keliesha Lovelace

Mill Creek students create winning yearbook, heartburn and all

A group of Kent students have firsthand knowledge of what it’s like to be in the publishing industry. Heartburn, deadlines and all.

Jessie O’Hara (left) and Keliesha Lovelace

Kent School Board has public hearing on school facilities tonight – Developing story

A special meeting of the Kent School District Board of Directors takes place 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Boardroom of the Administration Center, located at 12033 S.E. 256th St., Kent, Washington. The purpose of the meeting is a public hearing on facilities.

Judy Renzema

Kent Regional Library opens with new technology, bathrooms

Six months may not seem like a long time, but take it from the standpoint of a library drop box. Six months is a long time for the books to pile up. That's probably the greatest challenge staff at the Kent Regional Library are dealing with at this point, given that the bustling library was closed that long for a major renovation project.

Judy Renzema
Jameson Gesford

Kent’s Airways Brewery combines suds with airliners

The Airways Brewing Co. opened its doors for business March 11, from its location at 6644 S. 196th St., No. T-100, in the West Valley Business Park, at the corner of 196th and West Valley Highway.

Jameson Gesford
The Majestics' Jasmine Arriola

Majestics women’s tackle football starts season with Kent scrimmage

The Seattle Majestics are ready for battle. Now entering their second season in Kent, the women’s tackle football team is having its first event of the season: A team scrimmage Saturday.

The Majestics' Jasmine Arriola
A young fan poses near the end zone at the Kent Predator's home opener March at the ShoWare Center. But are Predators' games supposed to be family entertainment?

Here’s my take on Predator brawls – what’s yours? Editor’s Note

This week at the Kent Reporter, we had a new wrinkle in how we cover professional sports. The Predators, Kent’s first pro football team, had its home opener last week at the ShoWare Center.

A young fan poses near the end zone at the Kent Predator's home opener March at the ShoWare Center. But are Predators' games supposed to be family entertainment?
Seattle Majestics player Camille Head shuffle-steps across the field with her team to warm up at practice last March. The Kent-based team

Majestics women’s tackle football team plans scrimmage March 20 in Kent

The Seattle Majestics women's tackle football team will be having their Red/Black Scrimmage 7 p.m. March 20 at their home field - Kent-Meridian High School's French Field.

Seattle Majestics player Camille Head shuffle-steps across the field with her team to warm up at practice last March. The Kent-based team
Students are shown waiting Sept. 15 for the brand-new Panther Lake Elementary to open its doors. The elementary had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony and bell-ringing celebration to herald its opening. Due to fluctuations in the student population

Kent boundary committee meets: Over-capacity schools identified

A collection of Kent School District elementaries could be seeing boundary changes, due to fluctuations in their student populations. A citizens’ board had its first meeting about that issue Monday at the Kent School District office, 12033 S.E. 256th St

Students are shown waiting Sept. 15 for the brand-new Panther Lake Elementary to open its doors. The elementary had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony and bell-ringing celebration to herald its opening. Due to fluctuations in the student population
Kent-Meridian student artist Samantha Rossbach

Spring Into Art puts Kent students in the spotlight

From her earliest school days, Samantha Rossbach knew she loved to create art. "In first grade, we had to write journal entries, and I would scribble and try to make a picture out of it," the Kent teenager said, noting she'd been drawing "forever."

Kent-Meridian student artist Samantha Rossbach

Parent alert: Kent school boundary committee meets tonight. Elementaries could see changes

A collection of Kent School District elementaries could be seeing boundary changes, due to fluctuations in their student populations.