Kent commuters had a tough time getting through downtown Tuesday morning when the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad gates were down for two hours because of a signal malfunction caused by wire theft.
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Community members from Kent, Des Moines and beyond are invited to a free concert at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 134 S. 206th St., in Des Moines to dedicate the church's newly refurbished 122-year-old pipe organ.
Volunteers are wanted by the city of Kent to weed, clear trails and plant trees from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 22 at Salt Air Vista Park, 24615 26th Place S. on the West Hill.
Kent residents can bring items they can’t easily recycle at the curb, including appliances, tires, up to three file-size boxes of confidential material to shred, mattresses, Styrofoam and more to a residential recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road.
Regional Animal Services of King County has taken custody of more than 60 dogs after an investigation Thursday night at a home in Issaquah.
The King County Fire Marshal has lifted a phase 1 burn ban as of Saturday, Oct. 1, in conjunction with King County Fire Chiefs' Association.
Early this afternoon emergency units from the Kent Fire Department and Valley Regional Fire Authority were dispatched to a reported fire at a take-out pizza shop.
Kent School District officials will discipline the three students who made up and repeated a story that they had seen a man with a gun on the school grounds Sept. 30 at Carriage Crest Elementary in unincorporated Renton.
Three challengers took on Kent City Council incumbents during a candidates debate Wednesday at the ShoWare Center presented by the Kent Chamber of Commerce.
A 32-year-old Kent woman and her 37-year-old female passenger were injured during an accident at about 10:35 a.m. Friday along Interstate 90 about 15 miles west of Cle Elum.
A 30-year-old Oregon man is scheduled to go to trial April 10 in Kent on the charge of first-degree murder for the May 2010 stabbing death of Auburn resident Seth Frankel, a Kent city employee.
Eight Kent retailers were recently busted by King County Public Health officials for selling tobacco to minors under the age of 18.
Although drivers know they can be cited for texting and talking on a cellphone while driving, hundreds of drivers are still stopped each month in King County alone, according to a Washington State Patrol media release.
An insurance company will repay the five men and women ages 74 to 90 who lost more than $1 million in an alleged scam by a Kent insurance agent.
Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly kicked an elementary school student in an attempt to take the boy's satchel as he waited for the morning school bus.
Kent Police are once again conducting railroad crossing emphasis patrols downtown in an effort to raise awareness about safely crossing tracks.
Former University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton had his pre-trial hearing continued to Oct. 12 as he faces a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution along Pacific Highway South in Kent.
Eight candidates for the Kent City Council are scheduled to participate in debates Wednesday, Oct. 5 presented by the Kent Chamber of Commerce.
The Ford Women's Health Initiative Mobile Breast Imaging bus made a stop in Kent's Kmart parking lot at 24800 West Valley Highway, Friday, Sept. 30, for a full afternoon of breast cancer testing.
