Steve Hunter

Members of the Kent City Council listen as West Hill resident Reynold Eicke asks a question during a town hall meeting last October. Council members

Kent Council, mayor: Not legal to immediately reduce salaries

Kent City Council members and Mayor Suzette Cooke discovered there’s little they can do to immediately reduce their salaries in order to help the city… Continue reading

Members of the Kent City Council listen as West Hill resident Reynold Eicke asks a question during a town hall meeting last October. Council members
Greg Michaels is confident that he can teach “90 percent of the population to use a sword well.”

Learn the fine art of swordplay in Kent

Instructor Greg Michaels stands confident that just about anyone can learn swashbuckling - the audacious art of sword-fighting and flair.That’s why the professional actor and… Continue reading

Greg Michaels is confident that he can teach “90 percent of the population to use a sword well.”
Pete Petersen

All systems go: Riverbend Golf Course opens this week

Golfers can expect plenty of changes at the redesigned Riverbend Golf Course. It opened Wednesday.Holes No. 5, 6 and 8 are completely new. There are… Continue reading

Pete Petersen
Camille Head

Majestics: Real women playing real football

Kent is the new home of yet another Seattle sports team.The Seattle Majestics of the Independent Women's Football League, will play four games this season… Continue reading

Camille Head
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke

Kent Mayor goes to the source for federal funds

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke and two other city officials lobbied heavily before Washington senators and congress members recently in Washington, D.C., in a bid for… Continue reading

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke
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Kent shelter reconnects escaped cat with owner

Ken Gold hoped his lost cat would show up one day. But for nine months he hadn’t heard anything. Good news finally came to Gold, formerly a resident University Place and now living in Arizona, after someone dropped a stray cat off in February at the Kent Animal Shelter.

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Col. Anthony Wright

Howard Hanson Dam has officials worried for next winter

Col. Anthony Wright jumped right into the middle of the depression on the abutment adjacent to the Howard Hanson Dam to show more than three dozen government officials and media members the depth and width of the hole.

Col. Anthony Wright
Kent firefighters have taken a 3 percent pay cut to help the city save money and avoid layoffs. Pictured are city firefighters Tom Johnson

Kent city employees agree to pay cuts to save jobs

All four Kent city unions as well as a group of non-represented employees voted to take pay cuts for the rest of the year to… Continue reading

Kent firefighters have taken a 3 percent pay cut to help the city save money and avoid layoffs. Pictured are city firefighters Tom Johnson

WSP seeking witnesses to fatal crash on State Route 167

Washington State Patrol investigators are seeking witnesses to a head-on crash Sunday on State Route 167 that took the lives of three people.The 1:35 a.m.… Continue reading

Col. Anthony Wright

Howard Hanson Dam: March 31 meeting to discuss flood worries

Flooding from the Green River could strike the cities of Kent, Auburn, Renton and Tukwila during a major rainstorm because of a damaged abutment at… Continue reading

Col. Anthony Wright
Hot Wheels collector Dick Cays

Greater Seattle Toy Show makes pit stop in Kent – with cars

Dick Cays picked up his first Hot Wheel car in the 1970s at a swap meet. Now the Kent man displays hundreds of the little cars in glass cases at an office in his home.

Hot Wheels collector Dick Cays
The Seattle Mist of the inaugural Lingerie Football League will play two home games at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Players shown above are competing in the annual Lingerie Bowl.

Football meets sexy: Lingerie League comes to Kent

Scantily clad women playing tackle football will make their debut for the new Seattle Mist of the inaugural Lingerie Football League on Sept. 11 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

The Seattle Mist of the inaugural Lingerie Football League will play two home games at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Players shown above are competing in the annual Lingerie Bowl.
City of Kent sewer maintenance worker Duane Oliver prepares to clean out a sewer at a commercial complex off of 196th. Oliver uses a special vacuum truck to keep the city's sewer pipes clean. CHARLES CORTES

What Duane Oliver does for Kent – and why it affects your toilet

Duane Oliver fights fats, oil and grease throughout Kent.Oliver, a city sewer maintenance worker, uses a Vactor (named after the manufacturer) truck equipped with powerful… Continue reading

City of Kent sewer maintenance worker Duane Oliver prepares to clean out a sewer at a commercial complex off of 196th. Oliver uses a special vacuum truck to keep the city's sewer pipes clean. CHARLES CORTES
Barbra McMichael

Thunderbirds exhibit roosts at Kent museum

Now in the midst of their first season at the ShoWare Center, the Seattle Thunderbirds have just started making hockey history in Kent.But the roots… Continue reading

Barbra McMichael

Kent not assured by state cleanup plan for mine near city water

Kent city officials plan to hire an outside attorney and an environmental consulting firm to help assure hazardous waste at the Landsburg Mine near Ravensdale… Continue reading

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke delivered her state of the city address Wednesday at Kent’s ShoWare Center.

Kent mayor: City soldiers on in spite of recession

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke received a standing ovation before and after her fourth annual State of the City Address in front of a crowd of… Continue reading

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke delivered her state of the city address Wednesday at Kent’s ShoWare Center.
A sellout crowd of more than 6

Christian singer Tomlin should bring sold-out crowd to ShoWare

Chris Tomlin encourages fans to sing along at his concerts.So when one of the most popular contemporary Christian singers performs Sunday at the ShoWare Center… Continue reading

A sellout crowd of more than 6

Enterprising prisoner tries, but can’t, squeeze out of hole

EscapeA man waiting to be booked into the Kent city jail reportedly tried to escape through a hole in a restroom wall before a guard… Continue reading

Kent man sentenced for false military claims

A U.S. District Court judge on Friday in Seattle sentenced a 22-year-old Kent man to three years of probation with 90 days to be served… Continue reading

Austin Curtis

Kent Police program gives students chance to try law enforcement

Micah Starks enjoys the attention when people walk up to him at the ShoWare Center or Kent Station and want to know about his uniform… Continue reading

Austin Curtis