Seattle-based Sensible Washington announced Tuesday that it will try to get a statewide initiative in 2013 to ask voters to repeal adult marijuana prohibition in the state.
Kent voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to approve a property tax levy increase to help pay for city park and street repairs.
A 26-year-old Kent man was shot in the neck during an altercation with another man Tuesday night in a Burien convenience store parking lot.
Kent is among 25 cities that renewed contracts with Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) on Tuesday.
The Washington Attorney General's Office informed Secretary of State Sam Reed on Monday that two tax measures approved by the 2012 Legislature must go to the November ballot for a public advisory vote.
Local firefighters will hit the streets on Friday, Aug. 3 with boots in hand, as they kick off their annual Fill-the-Boot fundraising campaign for children and adults with muscle-wasting diseases.
The Kent City Council will have a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31 at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S., to consider a proposed funding package for streets and parks, including whether to refer a property tax measure to voters on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The Neely-Soames Historic Homestead in Kent will have its annual open house Saturday, Aug. 18, to let visitors get a glimpse of the way residents lived in 1885.
Two men were injured near the Kent-Auburn border after their van left the roadway and rolled over at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28 along southbound Highway 167.
Crews are expected to start work in mid-August on a $2.65 million project along the Green River to improve the Boeing Levee and provide better flood protection to the Kent Valley.
King County prosecutors have charged a 44-year-old Kent woman and her 32-year-old boyfriend with promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor for allegedly setting up a 15-year-old girl and two other girls to work as prostitutes.
The state Department of Ecology proposes to remove a Kent property from a statewide list of contaminated sites because it has been shown to meet state cleanup standards.
Metal thieves could make it tougher to fight fires in Kent.
Kent resident Cheryl Long's Snowy Owl, Nisqually Delta watercolor was selected by jury for the 2012 Puget Sound Bird Fest Poster Contest.
Dean and Marlene Cimmer found some unusually large wild mushrooms growing in their yard of the East Hill home.
The Striped Water Poets present a free collage and poetry workshop from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 28 at the East Hill Friends Church, 22600 116th Ave. SE, Kent.
Alanah Buss, 20, travelled to Costa Rica to take care of injured sloths at the Sloth Sanctuary for two weeks.
The community is invited to join the Green Kent Forest Monitoring Team in data collection and monitoring of the restoration sites across the city.
Garbage, recycling and yard waste services in Kent are not impacted by the Waste Management drivers' strike.
The drama unfolds at a high school baseball game. A fan falls 20 feet from the stands reaching for a fly ball. A group of 10 students in blue scrubs are responsible for aiding the patient until the ambulance arrives.
