If you have Medicare but haven’t selected a 2017 Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug Plan, the Dec. 7 annual enrollment deadline is quickly approaching. Here… Continue reading
Support your Main Street merchants, local shops
Kent Downtown Partnership has cancelled its inaugural Holiday Sip ‘n Shop on Nov. 26 to celebrate Small Business Saturday. The goal was to bring shoppers… Continue reading
The state Department of Ecology proposes to remove a Kent property from a statewide list of contaminated sites because it has been shown to meet… Continue reading
Santa house to open for photos
New center to meet region’s growing need for service
The 1990s cleanup of contaminated soil at the Pacific Propeller site at 5802 S. 228th St. in Kent continues to protect public health and the… Continue reading
Boeing plans to move 1,000 positions from its Kent site to Tukwila over the next four years. The company announced on Tuesday that it is… Continue reading
Report: State’s economy adds more jobs in October; unemployment rate falls to 5.4 percent
Mattress company receives Corporations for Communities Award
Brown Bear offers free “Bear Essentials” car washes at 23 tunnel wash area locations to all current service or former members of the military on Veteran’s Day – Friday, Nov. 11.
Schlotzsky’s sandwich shop will have a grand opening at its new Kent location at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 10054 SE 256th St.… Continue reading
In preparation of the upcoming holiday season, Foster Farms donated 640 turkeys – weighing more then 10,000 pounds – to Northwest Harvest. The frozen birds,… Continue reading
Home sales around Western Washington out-gained new listings again in October, fueling competition for scarce inventory and pushing prices higher. Some seasonal slowdown is still… Continue reading
Valley Self Storage in Kent has signed an agreement to serve as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer. Valley Self Storage, 21218 84th Ave. S., will offer… Continue reading
Online, competency-based university celebrates Veterans Day with Salute to Veterans Scholarship
In a historic decision, a Thurston County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the Grocery Manufacturers Association to pay $18 million in penalties and punitive… Continue reading
Amtrak Cascades will once again provide holiday travelers with more options for getting to destinations in the Pacific Northwest this Thanksgiving season.
Sonic Drive-In plans to open its first Kent location in July.
So far this year, Amazon has created tens of thousands of new full-time jobs at its U.S. fulfillment and customer service centers
