The National Weather Service has forecast a high temperature of 93 for Monday. These weather conditions can create problems for
While it may still look like a construction zone, Turnkey Park's transformation is nearly complete. On Friday, July 19 at 4 p.m., Mayor Suzette Cooke, city officials, Parks staff and partnering organizations will celebrate the end of renovations that began in 2010 with a shelter, parking lot, fencing and landscaping.
The city of Kent hosts a free training workshop on the city's new business and occupation tax (B&O) on Thursday, July 18 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
UW Medicine has appointed two new members to Valley Medical Center's (VMC) board of trustees. Mike Miller, of Kent, and Donna Russell appointed to serve effective July 1, are replacing departing trustees Don Jacobson and Beverly Fletcher.
Every year around the Fourth of July 911 operators are inundated with calls regarding fireworks. The majority of these calls are not an emergency, but the call ties up the 911 system, potentially delaying an emergency call from getting through.
Shoppers at grocery stores in Kent, Renton and across the Puget Sound region can expect to see informational pickets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3.
The summer heat is hitting Kent this weekend and through Tuesday, July 2.
More than 500 graduates from the University of Phoenix Western Washington campus will attend a commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Kent's heavily used Meeker Street bridge isn't falling down but it needs a paint job. The work would cost an estimated $1 million.
With hot weather expected for the weekend, King County officials issued a media release Thursday urging recreational river and lake users to be extremely careful if heading out on the water.
An investigation into lewd conduct at a Kent drive-through coffee stand led to an Everett Police prostitution sting Tuesday of latte stands in Snohomish County.
MIND Research Institute wanted to know how students were succeeding at their interactive game for “ST Math,” and they invited schools to submit photos demonstrating students’ success.
Seven elementary schools in the Kent School District (KSD) recently were awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP).
The Kent and Auburn Sister Cities Associations are hosting another group of teens ready to explore the world.
The city of Kent is throwing its 15th annual Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park.
Three candidates are running to replace Tim Clark for Position No. 5 on the Kent School Board.
Kentwood High catcher Reese McGuire and Kentridge pitcher Jeremy Rabauliman each were chosen to the 2013 Class 4A All-State first team by the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association.
Metropolitan King County Councilmember Julia Patterson has provided an eight-passenger van to Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA), a non-profit organization that assists refugees and immigrants living in King and Snohomish Counties.
The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority reminds residents and visitors that the Fourth of July, while a time to celebrate our country’s independence, is also a day of potential injuries and fires.
Crews are demolishing sold Boeing office buildings in Kent along South 212th Street to make room for two new warehouses, one 318,000 square feet and the other 120,000 square feet.
