Opinion
GE’s Tumble from Grace | Brunell
Last month, General Electric lost its place among our nation’s top 30 performing corporations. It was the last…
Opinion
Sweetest revenge? Sometimes it’s just being nice | Elfers
We need to be (re)taught how to be kind to others
Letters to the Editor
Hiding the ugly truth of border crisis
What is happening to the immigrant children who were separated from their parents at the southern border of…
Letters to the Editor
We spoke loud, clear
I was absolutely flabbergasted to read in the Kent Reporter that Councilman Les Thomas wants to revoke the…
Letters to the Editor
Keep the fireworks ban
Kent voters spoke with a 62 percent majority. We now sleep at night the week prior to July…
Opinion
Mental health competency delays are costing state millions
The state is paying millions of dollars a year in sanctions because it’s unable to evaluate the mental…
Opinion
Jetsons cartoon robots now reality
The Jetsons television series about a space-age family featuring “Rosey the Robot” gave us a preview of life…
Letters to the Editor
District facing its financial crisis
In late 2017, the state Supreme Court directed the Legislature to address teacher salaries. The Supreme Court identified…
Letters to the Editor
Expensive pathway to finish the job
Does anyone remember when our state representatives promised to finish Highway 167 and 509 if we would approve…
Opinion
KCLS: focusing on knowledge, equity and inclusion
As a public institution, the King County Library System serves people of all ages, abilities, genders, ethnicities, cultures…
Opinion
Costly tariffs threatening the health of newspapers
No guarantee that the good news will continue for paper mill employees, further hurting the print industry
Letters to the Editor
Homework for ‘clueless’ city
The road to hell in Kent is paved with good intentions and very little solid education.
Letters to the Editor
Development consuming East Hill
I moved to Kent in 1990 and enjoyed seeing all the open space, trees, pastures, etc. However, with…
Opinion
Seattle’s misstep highlights need for new approach | Brunell
Last week, Seattle’s City Council did an “about face,” revoking the onerous corporate head tax it unanimously enacted…
Opinion
State Dems may abandon caucus chaos in time for 2020
Washington also is considering becoming more significant by moving its primary to early March.
Opinion
Washington’s expensive culvert court case | Brunell
While much of the media buzz over declining salmon runs focuses on dam removal and predation by sea…
Letters to the Editor
Police car take-home program is a waste of time, money
The Kent City Council and Kent Police Department are launching a program to “initiate a car-per-officer take-home program,”…