Kent Councilmember Ron Harmon has been appointed by Governor Gregoire to serve as one of nine members of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
A 19-year-old Kent man died Saturday from injuries suffered earlier in the morning in a four-vehicle accident along southbound Highway 167 near South 277th Street.
A 59-year-old Kent man remains in custody at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac as he awaits formal charges in U.S. District Court in Seattle that he reportedly engaged in illicit sexual conduct with underage girls in Cambodia.
More than 1,000 participants on 96 teams are expected at the 12th annual Relay for Life of Kent June 4-5 at French Field at Kent-Meridian High School.
The event raises money for the American Cancer Society to support cancer research.
Join Kent Reporter Editor Laura Pierce and Publisher Polly Shepherd for lunch Friday, June 4, at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
We're teaming up to support the senior center's lunch program, which is open Monday through Friday to the public, and as a way to talk with anybody who'd like to hear about the newspaper, or who would like to share story ideas and their thoughts with us!
Be ready for heavy traffic impacts from 7 a.m. June 5 through 5 p.m. June 8 in Kent when Union Pacific Railroad closes Willis Street between Fourth Avenue South and 74th Avenue South, just east of Highway 167.
The Kent Predators Indoor Football League team play Tri-Cities at 7:30 p.m. June 4 at the ShoWare Center in the final home game of the regular season. Kent plays June 12 at Fairbanks to close out the regular season.
Two young children playing with a lighter in a garage caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to a single-family home Wednesday evening in the 26100 block of 121st Avenue Southeast on the East Hill of Kent.
Auburn Police continue to interview friends, colleagues and relatives of Seth Frankel as well as search through physical evidence in an effort to find out who might have killed the Kent city employee.
Frankel, 41, a video program coordinator for the city, was found dead May 22 lying on the floor of his Auburn home in the 100 block of D Street Northwest.
The Kent School District teachers' union, the Kent Education Association, is hosting a community budget forum June 2, regarding the union's position on the Kent School District's budget. The event runs 7-9 p.m. at Daniel Elementary, 11310 S.E. 248th St., Kent.
Twenty-seven cities, including Kent, have signed letters of intent to join a collaborative new approach by King County for animal control, sheltering and licensing services as part of a new regional model paid for by the county and the cities.
What if you had a birthday party and nearly 100 people showed up?
That was the case last May 28, when the Greater Kent Historical Society had a party to celebrate the city's big 120th birthday.
Approximately 96 people came for the shindig, which was good news indeed to the staff at the Kent Historical Museum.
The city of Bozeman, Mont., often served as the first stop for Kent Police Capt. Ron Price and his wife, Lt. Lisa Price, when they took summer motorcycle trips across the Western U.S.
But this summer they will take all of their belongings to Bozeman, when Ron Price starts July 1 as the chief of police for the city of 45,000.
Kentwood’s Rui Li and Kentridge’s Sean McMullen ended their prep golf careers with a bang last week during their respective Class 4A state tournaments.
Li, a three-time state placer, made it 4-for-4, taking second overall after carding a two-day total of 140 (70-70) at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. The second-place performance is technically the highest Li has finished in four years at Kentwood. The sweet-swinging Conqueror took 10th as a freshman and sixth last year. As a sophomore, she placed second, but was disqualified from the tournament after a scorecard glitch in which Li reported her own error.
Linda Ness became acquainted with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in the most personal of ways. She lived through the drama of a breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment.“I had breast cancer 10 years ago,” said the Kent woman, who has been in remission ever since her cancer was treated with a lumpectomy and radiation treatment.
A listing of local Memorial Day services for Kent residents.
A 34-year-old man pleaded not guilty May 27 in King County Superior Court in Kent to charges of vehicle theft and attempting to elude police in connection with a 15-mile chase May 12 with Kent Police.
Ardill Wright Jr., a Pearl Harbor survivor for whom Kent's top baseball field is named, passed away at age 90 at his Kent home on May 25.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced May 27 that the $44 million she secured in emergency funding for critical repairs to the Howard Hanson Dam has passed the full Senate.
The funding, which will go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was included in the Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill that passed 67-28, according to a media release from Murray.
After a week off, the Kent Predators return to action with a professional Indoor Football League game against the Billings Outlaws at 7:30 p.m. May 29 at the ShoWare Center.
