Construction isn't scheduled to start in downtown Kent until at least the end of 2012 on a proposed five-story, mixed-use development with as many as 164 apartments.
The first couple of votes for the 2012 Kent City Council Tuesday night turned into a contentious, legal maze over medical marijuana – welcome to the council.
The Kent City Council unanimously voted Dennis Higgins as council president at its Tuesday meeting.
Looking to get rid of your Christmas tree? Boy Scout troops will come through Kent neighborhoods Saturday, Jan. 7 to collect the trees for a $5 donation.
The Kent-based Seattle Mist wrap up the women's Lingerie Football League regular season against the Minnesota Valkyrie at 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 at the ShoWare Center.
Drivers should anticipate nightly detours this week on State Route 18 between Weyerhaeuser Way South and Interstate 5 as crews close all lanes to remove brackets and forms used build new concrete flyover ramps.
Terreno Realty Corp. of San Francisco has purchased 169,000 square feet of industrial property in the Kent Valley for approximately $15 million.
A lack of customers caused owner Pat Ensign to close Pat's Bar and Grill Jan. 1 in downtown Kent after 4 1/2 years.
Residents are invited to a reception and swearing-in ceremony for Kent’s new and re-elected city council members today.
What is it with New Year’s resolutions that makes them so prone to failure, it’s almost ludicrous to think of making another one? You know how it goes: This year, it will be different! I can change! I will stick to my plans and see them through, no matter what!
Players from Kentwood’s girls soccer team presented a check for $3,500 to staff at Covington MultiCare on Dec. 15.
Puget Sound drivers can expect major changes to their commute starting early Tuesday morning as they adjust to a tolled SR 520 bridge.
Four people were shot at a house party in the 6200 block of S 117 Place in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Deputies went to the residence after receiving a 911 call and discovered three men and one woman had been shot.
The holiday break ends tomorrow with Central Puget Sound drivers headed back to work and school. Tuesday’s more typical commute will also start the long process of traffic resettling into a new normal that includes state Route 520 tolling.
At 10:25 p.m. units from the Kent and Maple Valley Fire Departments responded to a report of a possible house fire in the 18800 block of SE 269 Street.
UP2U Dog Rescue of Covington has joined other animal welfare organizations in the area that list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest database of adoptable animals on
the Internet.
Washington State Patrol Troopers across the state arrested 161 drivers suspected of being impaired by drugs or alcohol over the recent Christmas holiday weekend. That’s down from 194 arrests during the same period in 2010 and does not include arrests made by local sheriff’s deputies or city police officers.
Capt. Kyle Ohashi from the Kent Fire Department is reporting firefighters are on location of a commercial fire that is under control.
King County is eliminating free recycling services starting Feb. 1 at five of its facilities.
Vincent Oywak fled from a war-torn Sudan to make a better life for himself and his family in the United States.
