The use of wood-burning fireplaces and uncertified wood stoves is prohibited starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties because of worsening air quality.
A fight broke out between two men inside of Kent's ShoWare Center after the women's Lingerie Football League game Friday night.
Volunteers are wanted to help the Friends of Lake Meridian Park weed the park as part of the Green Kent Partership program.
The Kent School District is showing students they can attend a college or university, despite financial obstacles.
Dynamic Partners invites the community to an "Evening at the Derby" on March 24, 2012 at Emerald Downs.
The Washington State Senate Energy, Natural Resources and Marine Waters Committee on Jan. 9 voted unanimously to refer a bill to the Ways and Means Committee that would make the Discover Pass transferable between two vehicle.
Everett attorney Stephen Pidgeon has filed an initiative that would essentially be a public vote on the state’s Defense of Marriage Act.
Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly kicked and punched his wife in the face during a dispute over another woman at about 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at the Days Inn motel, 1711 W. Meeker St.
Volunteers are wanted by the city of Kent on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Monday, Jan. 16 to help clean up litter along the Interurban Trail.
College Goal Sunday Washington aims to reduce the barriers students face in paying for college. This year’s annual events will take place at 25 different locations in South King County beginning in January 2012.
Meridian Elementary is offering a free recycling event. Donations are always welcome and benefit the PTSA - proceeds from the recycled materials benefit local charities.
I was looking forward to my kids going back to school so I could sit down and concentrate on some of my career goals. Contrary to popular belief, being a stay-at-home mom is not a career – it was a choice – but the hours are bad, the pay is low, and it has no career growth potential, so I really need a backup plan. It’s actually the kind of job you work yourself out of, although it never really ends.
By not printing full ballot measure text in Voters Pamphlet would save hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
Initiative activist Tim Eyman filed five measures, dealing with $30 car tabs, traffic cameras, supermajority for taxes, the initiative process and creation of an office of inspector general to investigate fraud.
More drivers are returning to the state Route 520 floating bridge, a week after tolls began. Data compiled Thursday, Jan. 5, shows 59,200 toll transactions, the highest number since tolling began.
Two King County brothers were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for their roles in a marijuana production and distribution conspiracy announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan.
Participants are wanted to attend the 2012 Relay for Life of Kent Kickoff event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
Kent resident Andrew Racus made it onto his college's Dean's List for the fall 2011 semester.
More than 70 dealers will display their goods at the 48th annual Boeing Employees Coin and Collectibles Show Jan. 21-22 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
The Washington State Patrol cited a driver along Interstate 5 near Kent for a high occupancy vehicle violation for reportedly using a plastic skeleton as a passenger.
