The King County Green Team came to the the home of the Loenardson family in Kent to give a demonstration of spring cleaning the green way.
AmeriCorps volunteers from King and Pierce counties as well as several elected officials participated in canning corn for 11 South King County food banks Friday at a Kent cannery at 1412 W. Morton St.
Kent residents finally got the chance to enjoy the sunshine this spring when temperatures reached into the mid- and high-60s Wednesday and Thursday and even hitting 70 on Friday.
King County Executive Dow Constantine Friday ordered an inquest into the May 4 shooting death of Robert Raucci by a Kent Police officer.
The 58-year old Kent man was fatally shot in a confrontation with police involving a shotgun at the Kent Transit Center in the 300 block of Railroad Avenue in downtown Kent.
Soroptimist International of Kent will honor its 2010-11 Community Service Award Recipients at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 23 at the Golden Steer Steak & Rib House, 23826 104th Ave. S.E.
Apparent horseplay between several friends led to a 20-year-old Kent man being airlifted with a head injury to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he fell off the back of a moving vehicle at about 4:20 p.m. May 18 in the 27000 block of 128th Place Southeast on Kent's East Hill.
The South 228th Street improvement project got the green light Tuesday at the Kent City Council meeting.
The project will involve installing storm water pipe along South 228th Street between the Union Pacific railroad and 64th Avenue South. It is expected the work will take about three months and be completed by November.
An inmate in the custody of the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention died Thursday morning at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center detention facility.
Robert Poole is a finalist for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the ninth annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards show June 6 in downtown Seattle.
Poole, a Kentridge High senior, played Richie Cunningham in the school's recent production of "Happy Days - A New Musical."
Park Orchard Elementary School students Alexis Thompson and Weang Weang have been selected to participate in the Writers in the Schools Student Reading and Celebration at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 1 at the downtown Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave.
Due to a bunch of recent arrivals at the Kent shelter, Regional Animal Services of King County is looking to find good homes for lots of dogs and will waive the adoption fee for adult dogs from now until May 31.
Kent Parks Junior Olympics
Kentridge High School took second place and Kent-Meridian tied for fourth out of 75 schools at the annual Washington State High School Photo Competition at Inglemoor High School in Kenmore.
Check out the film making and video game creation skills of students at the Kent School District's annual Visfest Film and Game Festival at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 19 at the Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center.
Capt. Kyle Ohashi, spokesman for the Kent Regional fire Authority, reported firefighters are on location at 22600 block 88 Avenue South for a fire contained to two units.
Kent Police found a 20-year-old student with Kent's Transition Outreach Program who went missing at about 1:15 p.m. Monday.
King County prosecutors charged a second man Monday in the December shooting deaths of three Pierce County men whose bodies were found in March at a nursery in unincorporated Kent.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to know in September whether or not the recently completed repairs will return the Howard Hanson Dam to its normal operating capacity and reduce the heightened risk of flooding that has threatened the Green River Valley the past two winters.
Crews have installed additional drains and wells at the dam. But until they complete testing this summer after the reservoir pool behind the dam reaches full capacity, they won't know how well the repairs worked to protect the cities of Auburn, Kent, Renton and Tukwila from flooding next winter and many winters to come.
Kent Fire Department and Des Moines Fire Department emergency units were dispatched at 4 p.m. today, May 15, to a report of an apartment fire at the 4800 block of Kent-Des Moines Road in Kent.
Emergency workers are partnering with 911 driving schools to teach new drivers about the emergency zone law. A trooper will appear at the school to explain the law to students and the information will be added into the study program.
