A compilation of the what to do and see in King County this week.
I believe that the contender who will win our upcoming governor’s election is the one who will honor the 1 percent cap on property taxes. Also one who will bring on NO new taxes.
A police chase of a car thief resulted in the temporary lockdown today of Kentlake High School.
With what is now projected to be a $90 million shortfall in the County general fund for 2009, the Metropolitan King County Council has declared public safety, health and quality of life as its first priorities for funding in the County budget. The public will have a chance to speak to its priorities at the first of six public hearings that have been scheduled through the county.
Hoping to work at the Kent Events Center? You’ll get your chance to apply at a job fair Nov. 1 in Kent.
Jobs for ticket takers, ushers, food and beverage service workers and other positions will be featured at the fair. The event runs 1- 4 p.m. at the Green River Room at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
The City of Kent today agreed to terms for a facility naming rights partnership with ShoWare™ by VisionOne. ShoWare also will be the exclusive ticketing service for the new home of the Seattle Thunderbirds and the Puget Sound region’s newest, and the nation’s first “green” entertainment venue.
Twenty-five years ago, Gary Ridgway killed Arleen Williams’ sister, irrevocably changing her family.
In her first book, Williams tells the tale of growing up on a remote parcel of land on Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah Valley.
Her sister, Maureen Sue Feeney, was killed at the age of 19, just a month after moving out of the family home and into a Seattle apartment.
Rogers 40, Kentlake 13: Cody Arp and Jordan Smith each caught touchdown passes, but it wasn’t enough for the Falcons (3-1, 3-2) in a nonleague loss to the Rams.
Wins and zeroes continued to pile up for Kentwood’s girls soccer team last week.
The Conquerors, who opened the week ranked eighth in the state poll, upended Auburn Riverside, 1-0, on Thursday and continued the onslaught on Saturday with a 10-0 drubbing of Kent-Meridian.
Starting today, your community news site is adding a lot more community. Visitors to our site can now contribute their own comments to all of our news stories, editorials and letters to the editor. You are invited to participate.
Bring on the padded suits: Kent Reporter staffers Brian Beckley and Brandon Carr dropped by Clowns Unlimited to see what the business was all about. They ended up in the wrestling ring.
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The culture of King County’s animal services system is so far beyond repair that the County should get out of that line of business, according to three Metropolitan King County Councilmembers who on Sunday announced their support for the idea of partnering with a community agency to provide shelter services.
Mark Burns, with Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors of Tacoma, talks Sept. 16 with Shannon Sommers, a security consultant with Sonitrol of Bellevue.
Honestly, I’m incensed by just the mere title of this letter (“Is reaction to Palin really a symptom of post-abortive grief, guilt?” Page 9, Oct. 1 Kent Reporter.) I’ve never written a letter to the editor before, but this grabbed me in the most offensive way.
John Carlson is right. As he stated in Saturday’s column, Sarah Palin is “…a successful, attractive woman with working-class roots, a career and a family. She’s also pro-life, up front about her faith, and calls herself a conservative…” And with all those things going for her, Ms. Palin is still not qualified to be the vice president of the United States.
John J. Saviers07/25/33 - 10/03/08John J. Saviers 75, of Custer, WA died of pneumonia after a 4-year battle with leukemia on October 3, 2008. He… Continue reading
Another game, another shutout.
Such is life these days for the eighth-ranked Kentwood High girls soccer team.
Wins have been few and far between in past seasons for the Kent-Meridian volleyball team.
But even before the season began, third-year K-M coach Michael Christiansen has preached that this year’s team is different.
The Royals proved as much Tuesday night, knocking off perennial power and South Puget Sound League North Division foe Auburn Riverside in four games: 25-16, 25-20, 24-26 and 25-17.
They admittedly came into Tuesday night’s South Puget Sound League North Division volleyball match against upstart Tahoma a bit out of sync.
But the Kentlake Falcons certainly found their rhythm before it was too late, using big matches from senior hitters Sarah Ralph and Melissa Kozy to knock off the Bears in five games, 25-18, 16-25, 21-25, 25-22 and 15-13.
An array of area fire and police agencies were summoned to two separate threats to Wednesday's activities at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
