Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke sang the praises of the ShoWare Center during her annual State of the City address Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Meridian Valley Country Club.
The pilot who crashed a Cessna 172 plane last year into Mount Si in North Bend that killed himself and both passengers, including Kentlake High School swim coach Seth Dawson, was intoxicated, according to a factual report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Kent's Stephanie Collins has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Washington Pageant on Aug. 8-10 at Tacoma's Hotel Murano.
A former Mount Rainier High School volleyball coach received a 90-day jail sentence for third-degree attempted rape of a child in connection with a 15-year-old girl he met at Lake Meridian Park in Kent.
The trial date for five men accused of assault for their roles in a Kent car show shooting in July 2011 has been continued to Oct. 28 in King County Superior Court.
After weeks of debate, the King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the $17 million Kent proposal to fix a Green River levee.
Justin Englund, Janae Wade and Nyerere Partee Jr. captured the top spots at the Cedar Heights Middle School Spelling Bee on Saturday.
The state Senate unanimously confirmed Kent attorney Mark Albertson to the Green River Community Board of Trustees on Feb. 26.
Many students from the Kent School District were selected to participate in All-State and All-Northwest groups at the Music Educator's All-Northwest Conference in Portland on Feb. 15-17.
Kent Municipal Court Judge Karli Jorgensen will kick off her 2013 election campaign at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7 at Down Home Catering, 211 First Ave. S.
Alexis Bates served as a page recently in the Washington State Senate in Olympia. Bates was sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent.
Kent Police will run a community informational meeting for people to learn about the recent registration of a Level 3 sex offender in the downtown area.
Shari Song, a longtime business woman and community leader, has entered the race for Metropolitan King County Council, District 9.
Kent native Carson Henley is a finalist in the Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter 2 competition. Years ago at Kentlake High School, Henley thought it was "just so uncool" that his mom made him take piano lessons. Looking back, he couldn't be more grateful.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce hosts Mayor Suzette Cooke's annual State of the City Address and luncheon Wednesday, March 6 at Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. SE.
The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-3 Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
A Kent Fire investigator is working to determine what caused a fire in the 27500 block of Covington Way SE.
Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) has been chosen as one of 50 animal organizations in the nation to compete in the 2013 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge.
Machinists Union members at Hytek Finishes in Kent have narrowly approved a new four-year contract. The Machinists approved the contract with a 52-percent "yes" vote Thursday, less than a week after they had voted by a nearly 3-to-1 margin Saturday to reject the company's previous contract offer and authorize a strike. The second contract needed only a simple majority for approval.
That evening, Danny Mumaugh was supposedly doing homework. Walking upstairs to check in on him at their Centennial, Colo., home, his dad discovered him watching hockey highlights online. But Mumaugh's dad just couldn't get upset.
