Steve Hunter

Aaron Hasenoehrl talks to an inmate at the Kent Jail

Kent’s newest city staffer aims at keeping city jail population down

It's a numbers game for Aaron Hasenoehrl as the new Kent city jail-population manager. Hasenoehrl just started the newly created job last week. City officials came up with the position in an effort to keep jail capacity at 80 inmates or lower.

Aaron Hasenoehrl talks to an inmate at the Kent Jail
Predators player Marcus Reed makes a catch during a practice at Wilson Playfields in Kent Feb. 18 to prepare for the team's first game

Predators open training camp for start of Indoor Football League season: See the slide show

It won't take long for the Kent Predators to find out how well they can compete in the professional Indoor Football League. The Predators open the season Feb. 28 at the Billings (Mont.) Outlaws, the defending league champion and a franchise that has played in several indoor leagues over the last nine years.

Predators player Marcus Reed makes a catch during a practice at Wilson Playfields in Kent Feb. 18 to prepare for the team's first game
The commercial development is part of a proposal by YarrowBay to build 379 single-family homes

Public hearing Wednesday for major commercial project on Kent’s East Hill

A Kirkland developer has returned to Kent city officials with a revised application for a proposed East Hill commercial development that the City Council denied two years ago.

The commercial development is part of a proposal by YarrowBay to build 379 single-family homes

Kent Council votes to recommend voter approval of new regional fire authority

The Kent City Council voted 6-0 Feb. 16 to recommend voters approve an April 27 ballot measure to form a regional fire authority merging the Kent Fire Department and King County Fire District 37.

Kent’s Kay Larsson displays samples of Depression Era glass similar to those that can be found at this year’s Green River Glass Show and Sale. The event takes place Feb. 27 at the Kent Commons.

Green River Glass show opens for 33rd year in Kent

The Green River Glass Show isn't just for Depression-era glass items anymore.

Kent’s Kay Larsson displays samples of Depression Era glass similar to those that can be found at this year’s Green River Glass Show and Sale. The event takes place Feb. 27 at the Kent Commons.
Andrew Orr

State legislators conduct jobs forum in Kent; deem it a success

Steve Armstrong perked up when he heard about temporary jobs for the U.S. Census Bureau at a community jobs forum hosted by local state legislators Feb. 20 at Kent City Hall.

Andrew Orr
Debbie Herron

Kent may get off-leash dog park; volunteers needed to make park happen

Dog lovers are pumped that there could be a new off-leash park coming this summer to Kent's East Hill. Kent city officials are working with residents in an effort to open a canine-friendly park on an undeveloped 3-acre site between Morrill Meadows Park and East Hill Park along Southeast 248th Street. The city-owned site sits just east of 104th Avenue Southeast.

Debbie Herron
Predators head coach William McCarthy gave thanks for the Kent community's support at a press conference Feb. 12 at the ShoWare Center

Kent Predators kick off their first Indoor Football League season with meet-and-greet event

The Kent Predators players are ready for some football. Receiver Blaine McConnell, one of two dozen or so players who attended the Predators kickoff press conference Friday at the ShoWare Center, can't wait to get out on the field to play in the professional Indoor Football League.

Predators head coach William McCarthy gave thanks for the Kent community's support at a press conference Feb. 12 at the ShoWare Center

Globetrotters bring fun, basketball Friday to ShoWare

Few players have as much fun playing basketball as the Harlem Globetrotters. They also make sure the fans join in that fun.

A rendering shows what developer Robert Slattery's proposed six-to-seven-story apartment complex might look like at the north side of East Smith Street between Clark and Jason Streets. Slattery has yet to file permits with the city because of poor market conditios.

Major apartment complex is on hold for Kent; Mill Creek neighborhood rejoicing

A Seattle-area developer still wants to build a six-to-seven story, mixed-use apartment complex in the Mill Creek neighborhood on the edge of downtown Kent.

A rendering shows what developer Robert Slattery's proposed six-to-seven-story apartment complex might look like at the north side of East Smith Street between Clark and Jason Streets. Slattery has yet to file permits with the city because of poor market conditios.

Toddler remains in serious condition after fall from window onto concrete driveway at Kent home

A 2-year-old boy remained in serious condition Thursday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after falling Wednesday morning from a second-story window at a Kent home in the 11700 block of Southeast 268th Street on the East Hill.

Office Depot facilities in Kent’s Cascade Commerce Park on West Valley Highway are shown with a sandbag wall to protect against flooding.  The state Legislature is working on measures to provide more flood insurance for businesses in the Green River Valley.

Keiser bill could provide last-resort flood insurance for Green River Valley businesses

The Washington state Senate approved a bill Feb. 9 that could help as many as several hundred businesses in Kent, Auburn, Tukwila and Renton obtain hard-to-find supplemental flood insurance.

Office Depot facilities in Kent’s Cascade Commerce Park on West Valley Highway are shown with a sandbag wall to protect against flooding.  The state Legislature is working on measures to provide more flood insurance for businesses in the Green River Valley.
Hydroplane Museum volunteer Don Mock sits on the 1982 Atlas Van Lines boat as he holds his favorite replica boat at the Hydroplane Museum in Kent Feb. 4.

Kent’s Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum plans model exhibit

The Roger Newton Model Radio-Controlled Hydroplane show runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 at the museum, located at 5917 S. 196th St. Racers will display more than 60 scale models of unlimited hydroplanes during the second-annual show, which will include gas- and electric-powered boats.

Hydroplane Museum volunteer Don Mock sits on the 1982 Atlas Van Lines boat as he holds his favorite replica boat at the Hydroplane Museum in Kent Feb. 4.

Man punches holes in girlfriend’s walls; texts her promising to fix them – Kent Police Blotter

Malicious mischief Kent Police cited a 24-year-old man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief Jan. 20 after he reportedly broke a mirror and punched holes in the walls of his girlfriend's apartment. The incident occurred 1:38 a.m. at an apartment in the 10700 block of Southeast 256th Street.

ShoWare Center sees reduction in liquor fines

The state Liquor Control Board reduced a $500 fine to $300 against the ShoWare Center operators after eight vendors were caught selling alcohol to minors.

Carl DaWayne Goodwin

Two enter pleas in East Hill drug deal gone bad

A Kent man and a Renton man each pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Kent to first-degree robbery charges in connection with an alleged drug deal that went bad Jan. 15 near a Kent apartment complex.

Carl DaWayne Goodwin
Elli Spain

New animal-shelter plan by March 31? Kent official gives report

Kent city staff told the City Council Tuesday that a small work group of King County and city officials from throughout the county expect to have a recommendation by March 31 regarding a new regional model for animal control and sheltering.

Elli Spain
Mayor Suzette Cooke gave her state of the city address to a packed crowd at the Kent Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Feb. 3.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke says goodbye to a year of Green River flood issues, recession, in state of the city speech

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke couldn't say goodbye quickly enough to 2009, during her fifth-annual State of the City Address at the Kent Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday at the ShoWare Center.

Mayor Suzette Cooke gave her state of the city address to a packed crowd at the Kent Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Feb. 3.
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International Guitar Night comes to Kent Feb. 5

The International Guitar Night tour has gone even better than expected for Brian Gore. “This is my 10th tour and it really is truly the best one yet,” Gore said in a phone interview Friday prior to a concert in Helena, Mont. Gore, the founder of International Guitar Night, joins Stephen Bennett, Itamar Erez and Lulo Reinhardt for a concert 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, 10020 S.E. 256th St.

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Kent man enters plea to kidnapping, rape charges involving Federal Way girl

A 47-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Jan. 25 in King County Superior Court in Kent to first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping of a 14-year-old Federal Way girl.