Business

Macrina Bakery will move its facility to Kent from Seattle this summer and include a cafe open for breakfast and lunch.

Macrina Bakery to open this summer in Kent with cafe

When Macrina Bakery moves its headquarters to Kent from Seattle the facility will include a cafe.

Macrina Bakery will move its facility to Kent from Seattle this summer and include a cafe open for breakfast and lunch.
Sports Authority will close or sell 140 stores but none in Kent or the rest of Washington.

Kent’s Sports Authority store to remain open

Sports Authority doesn’t plan to close a Kent store or any of its other 18 locations in Washington as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing that includes the closure or sale of 140 stores across the United States.

  • Mar 4, 2016
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Sports Authority will close or sell 140 stores but none in Kent or the rest of Washington.
To support Green River College students

Kent Station hosts Moolah for Schoolah scholarship fundraiser

Kent Station hosts its annual college scholarship fundraiser – Moolah for Schoolah – for Green River College students throughout March.

  • Mar 3, 2016
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To support Green River College students

Kent Tractor Supply hosts grand opening | Briefs

The Kent Tractor Supply Company store hosts its grand opening Saturday, with specially priced merchandise on sale through Sunday.

  • Mar 2, 2016
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King County wastewater survey coming to 20,000 businesses in March

To support efforts to protect regional water quality, King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division is asking area businesses to complete a survey about the wastewater they generate and send to the regional sewer system each day.

  • Feb 29, 2016
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Ann Snow

Columbia Bank appoints Snow as vice president, business banking officer

Columbia Bank has announced the appointment of Ann G. Snow as vice president, business banking officer supporting Kent, Maple Valley and Black Diamond.

  • Feb 29, 2016
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Ann Snow
Macrina Bakery plans to move this spring from Seattle to Kent for a larger facility. The company supplies many restaurants with baked goods.

Macrina Bakery moving to Kent | Business Briefs

Macrina Bakery, which supplies numerous restaurants, markets and hotels, will move its operation to Kent from Seattle this spring.

Macrina Bakery plans to move this spring from Seattle to Kent for a larger facility. The company supplies many restaurants with baked goods.
Chelsea Jenkins

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opens at The Marketplace

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is open and serving up fresh Mexican cuisine at The Marketplace at Lake Meridian, 12998 S.E. Kent Kangley Road.

  • Jan 20, 2016
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Chelsea Jenkins
Kent-based Oberto signed New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski to promote its jerky products.

Kent’s Oberto signs Gronkowski, Pence, Pastrana to promote jerky brand

Kent-based Oberto, the nation's leading all natural jerky brand, is teaming up with several athletes as it amps up its 2016 marketing efforts in the red-hot beef jerky category.

  • Jan 19, 2016
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Kent-based Oberto signed New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski to promote its jerky products.

Amazon plans to fill 1,200-plus jobs at its new Kent fulfillment center

Amazon has begun to hire more than 1,200 newly created full-time positions at its new eighth-generation fulfillment center in Kent, the company announced today.

  • Jan 18, 2016
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Chad Gleason.

Kent’s Gleason to lead commercial real estate chapter

Kent’s Chad Gleason has been named president of the Washington State Chapter of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), an internationally recognized and leading commercial real estate association.

  • Jan 12, 2016
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Chad Gleason.
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill will open a location in The Marketplace at Lake Meridian on Wednesday

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opens in Kent on Jan. 13

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill will hold a grand opening for its newest restaurant in The Marketplace at Lake Meridian, 12998 Southeast Kent Kangley Road, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13.

  • Jan 7, 2016
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Cafe Rio Mexican Grill will open a location in The Marketplace at Lake Meridian on Wednesday
McMonigle Veterinary Hospital won Best Promotional Prowess in Kent Downtown Partnership's inaugural wreath decorating contest with its catlike creation.

Kent Downtown Partnership announces wreath decorating contest winners

Local businesses got into the holiday spirit by participating in Kent Downtown Partnership's inaugural wreath decorating contest.

  • Jan 4, 2016
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McMonigle Veterinary Hospital won Best Promotional Prowess in Kent Downtown Partnership's inaugural wreath decorating contest with its catlike creation.

BBB Scam Tracker tallies state’s most reported scams of 2015

As the countdown begins toward 2016, Better Business Bureau has tallied the year’s top scams with the help of Scam Tracker.

  • Dec 30, 2015
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The Kent Downtown Partnership sent out a warning on Friday about a potential shoplifter in stores.

Kent Downtown Partnership issues warning about possible shoplifter

The Kent Downtown Partnership sent out a warning to businesses on Friday about a potential female shoplifter spotted recently in downtown stores:

  • Dec 18, 2015
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The Kent Downtown Partnership sent out a warning on Friday about a potential shoplifter in stores.

Terreno buys Kent industrial property for $14.9 million

The industrial real estate buying spree in Kent by San Francisco-based Terreno Realty continues.

Kent's NetIG is the city's Green Business of the Year for 2015. The company designs and manufactures communication cabling harnesses

Kent chooses NetIG as 2015 Green Business of the Year

NetIG received the Kent Green Business of the Year award for 2015 at the Dec. 8 City Council meeting.

  • Dec 14, 2015
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Kent's NetIG is the city's Green Business of the Year for 2015. The company designs and manufactures communication cabling harnesses
Airways Brewing Co. in Kent has a new executive chef at its downtown Bistro.

Kent’s Airways Brewing names new executive chef

Steve Pickell is the new executive chef at the Airways Brewing Co. Bistro, 320 W. Harrison St., in downtown Kent.

  • Dec 1, 2015
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Airways Brewing Co. in Kent has a new executive chef at its downtown Bistro.

Italian company buys Kent-based Cablewise

Techimp Group, of Italy, has acquired Cablewise online condition assessment services from Kent-based Novinium, Inc., which serves more than 300 utility and industrial customers across the globe.

  • Nov 24, 2015
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Enlighting Struck Design celebrates grand opening Dec. 2

Enlighting Struck Design LLC, a full service design and advertising firm, will host an open house from noon to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2, to celebrate the grand opening of its office at 22737 72nd Ave. S. C-101 in Kent.

  • Nov 19, 2015
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