The westbound lanes of State Route 18 will remain closed until at least Jan. 20, after a second slide brought down approximately 1,500 cubic yards of mud, rocks and debris across all westbound lanes of the highway Jan. 14.
You are surrounded by people with runny noses, coughs and sore throats. And now your kids are showing signs of being sick. But what do they have and should you be worried?
Friday morning commuters up westbound Highway 18 in Auburn found themselves forced to detour to Peasley Canyon Road after a landslide closed all three lanes of traffic near the West Valley Highway and Highway 167.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a national holiday, is Jan. 18. With schools and many businesses closed, including the City of Kent offices, Kent Parks… Continue reading
A Kent man and three other men pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning at their arraignments in King County Superior Court in Kent to charges of animal fighting in connection with illegal cockfighting operations in Kent and Auburn.
King County prosecutors charged a 45-year-old Kent man Jan. 6 for possessing child pornography in connection with photos and videos the man reportedly downloaded last summer on his laptop computer at his Kent apartment.
ShoWare Center operators could see a reduction in a state Liquor Control Board fine as they implement new alcohol-serving policies at the Kent arena after eight vendors were caught selling alcohol to minors.
The King County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and K-9 unit are searching Wednesday afternoon at Clark Lake Park on the East Hill in Kent in an effort to find a 49-year-old Kent woman reported missing by relatives since Jan. 2.
The American Red Cross announced Wednesday it temporarily ran out of supplies in earthquake-devastated Haiti, where up to 100,000 people may have died.
The Kent School District’s annual Technology Expo is scheduled for this month and this year’s event promises to be bigger than ever.
Kent Police arrested a 17-year-old Kent boy for investigation of first-degree assault in connection with the stabbing of a 30-year-old Auburn man at about 6:56 a.m. Jan. 9 at a convenience store parking lot.
Sheriff detectives arrested a 22-year-old Skyway man Jan. 8 for investigation of rape, robbery and kidnapping. They believe he committed at least two other rapes and perhaps more.
(From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer)Authorities say a Kent man accused of downloading more than 1,000 images of child pornography over his neighbor's unsecured wireless connection was… Continue reading
WSDOT will restrict flammable cargo in both directions of I-5 under the Washington State Convention and Trade Center from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
Most state-run liquor stores will be open Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 18, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The 2010 Washington State legislative session started Monday in Olympia.
This year’s session is expected to once again be dominated by the state budget and attempts to fill a $2.6 billion budget gap created by falling state revenues due to the recession.
King County officials won’t be getting out of the animal-shelter business as quickly as they had planned.
The County Council agreed Monday with a request by County Executive Dow Constantine to extend the deadline for closing the Kent and Bellevue shelters to June 30, from the previous Jan. 31.
DATE/TIME: Jan. 11, 2010, 12:35 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: Both directions of SR 516 at I-5 in Des Moines are closed due to a rolled over semi in the eastbound lanes. The ramp from Military Road S. to eastbound SR 516 is also closed. A tow truck is en route to upright the semi.
An 18-year-old Kent motorcyclist was critically injured at about 5:37 p.m. Sunday after colliding with a disabled car parked near the shoulder along eastbound Highway 18, just south of the Southeast 304th Street exit in Auburn.
The Kent Predators new pro indoor football team hired Brian Brents Thursday as vice president of operations.
In the industry, he's a known quantity, not to mention a major coup for Kent.
He was the 2009 Indoor Football League coach of the year for the expansion El Paso Generals last season.
