Republic Services customers who would normally have their garbage, yard waste and/or recycling collected today should put their containers out as usual.
City of Kent road crews will start their shifts at 4 a.m. Friday and maybe even sooner to combat a predicted snowfall of a couple of inches late Thursday night and early Friday morning.
Republic Services will be closed on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25.
A King County Superior Court jury took just one day to convict Jorge Lizarraga of the murder of Devin Topps, 18, in October 2010 in Kent.
The jury was deadlocked so King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas declared a mistrial Wednesday in the first-degree murder case against William L. Phillip Jr., for the 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee.
A couple of inches of snow could hit the Kent area between Thursday evening and Friday afternoon.
A King County Superior Court jury will begin deliberations Tuesday in Kent about whether Jorge Lizarraga shot and killed Devin Topps during a fight after a 2010 Halloween party.
Omaha Sternberg, chair of the 33rd District Democrats, issued the following statement in response to the Metropolitan King County Council's decision to pick Mia Gregerson, of SeaTac, over Elizabeth Albertson, of Kent, to the state Legislature for 2014.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board would allow authorized medical marijuana patients to grow up to six plants for personal under a list of recommendations released on Wednesday to the Legislature regarding the regulation of medical marijuana.
Kent Police are asking for the public's help and more witnesses to come forward to help identify a man who shot and killed a Kent man the night of Sept. 9 in the McDonald's parking lot across from Kent-Meridian High School.
The Metropolitan King County Council surprised many when they chose Mia Gregerson rather than Elizabeth Albertson on Monday to fill the 33rd Legislative District House seat vacated by Dave Upthegrove.
This marks the final week of toy collection for the Kent Fire Department's 2013 Toys for Joy program.
A King County Superior Court jury began deliberations Tuesday afternoon in Kent about whether William L. Phillip Jr., stabbed to death Seth Frankel on May 21, 2010 in Frankel's Auburn home he shared with Bonny Johnson, a woman each man loved.
New Connections of South King County will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at its new location, 422 W. Titus St., in downtown Kent.
A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:
Mayor Suzette Cooke joined Kent's Rainier Youth Choirs for their Home for the Holidays concert on Saturday.
The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-3 Saturday night at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, snapping the T-Birds eight game win streak.
Sound Transit commuter trains, light rail cars, express buses and transit centers will soon have improved safety for customers with its Seattle-based Security Operations Center able to monitor about 700 closed-circuit television cameras.
Pop Gourmet Popcorn is expanding into new international markets beginning with the Middle East, company officials announced this week.
If knowledge is power, Tracy Tran can move mountains. The Kentridge senior recently took a unique honor among high school students. She received a perfect score on her advanced placement calculus test, an accomplishment shared by only eight people in the world.
