A sellout crowd of 6,158 at the Seattle Thunderbirds game Saturday night in Kent set a record for the most people at a ShoWare Center hockey game.
An adult and two young children were displaced after a Kent fire at about 11 a.m. Monday at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of South 272nd Street on the West Hill.
A 40-year-old Kent man died Sunday after he was injured as a passenger in a single-car crash eastbound on Interstate 90, about 16 miles west of Ellensburg.
A Kent resident photographed a suspicious car in his East Hill neighborhood that helped Kent Police arrest a 35-year-old man for investigation of residential burglary.
Kent Police will add extra drunk driving patrols Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6, as part of the Target Zero crackdown in King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties to arrest drivers who have been celebrating with too much alcohol.
The Les Schwab Shootout in Kent showcased boys and girls basketball from Kentlake, Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, and Kentwood Jan. 28 at the Kent ShoWare Center. Kentlake girls beat Kent-Meridian 47-45; Kentlake boys beat Kent-Meridian 56-53; Kentwood girls beat Kentridge 66-22; and Kentridge boys beat Kentwood 61-54.
Students and families looking for information about colleges and universities can attend this one-stop shopping event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at Kentwood High School. Universities and colleges from the Puget Sound, Washington State, and across the country are expected to attend.
State Rep. Dave Upthegrove acknowledges there’s a lot of energy in Olympia focused on fixing the huge gap in state spending.
But even so, the Des Moines-based legislator said there are a number of local projects he’s putting the focus on this session.
“There’s lots of focus on the budget,” said the state rep., now in his fourth term. But, “I kind of spend time on items that are big tickets to our community.”
It may not feel like a battle won, but for the Kent business community, a meeting Monday at Kent City Hall may have felt at least like a hurdle cleared.
The meeting, attended by city staff, local business people and the City Council’s Economic & Community Development Committee, yielded a couple of results that could generate a future Council decision on a sticky topic: the city’s traffic-impact fees.
Thanks to major deficits in federal and state funds, the Kent School District could be shoring up a budget gap of more than $16 million during the 2011-12 school year.
The financial troubles continue for the ShoWare Center in Kent as the 2-year-old arena lost money for the second consecutive year in 2010.
King County Sheriff's Office divers recovered the body of a 23-year-old Federal Way man at about 7 a.m. Thursday in Star Lake, just south of the Kent city limits.
It didn't take long for Keith Evans to start tracking down several of his former players after the Kent Predators hired him this month as coach.
Evans has signed at least four players who played under him last year in Wenatchee to join Kent's Indoor Football League team, which is now in its second year. The Predators open the 2011 season Feb. 25 at the ShoWare Center.
Area residents were treated to a beautiful sky show these past couple of days, around the majesty of Mount Rainier.
Thanks to lots of moist air moving over the mountains, a series of what are called "lenticular" clouds formed, creating a dramatic skyscape looking more painted than real.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will deliver her annual State of the City address 11:30 a.m Feb. 2 at the Kent Chamber of Commerce monthly membership luncheon at the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St.
There is still time to sign up for free King County training in Kent that teaches participants how to master their garbage.
A freight train struck an unoccupied car at about 11 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Kent. The car's driver and his passenger had fled the car after it became stuck on the tracks and before the train was in the area.
Larice Roop remembers as she watched her daughter Spencer sing in the crib even before she could talk.
But last week Roop watched her 14-year-old daughter win the Kent-Meridian High School Idol contest. And on Jan. 29, Roop will see her daughter compete in the first "Kent's Got Talent" show at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
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King County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating what they believe was a double suicide Tuesday evening at a home just south of the Kent city limits in the 27200 block of 33rd Avenue South.
