A 28-year-old Des Moines man was sentenced Nov. 20 in U.S. District Court to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute.
Join your fellow Kent residents for a candlelight vigil 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3, to acknowledge the Lakewood Police officers killed in the line of duty Nov. 29, as well as supporting Kent's own officers.
The Golden Steer's annual Thanksgiving feed served a record number of people this year.
According to owner Jim Berrios, 414 people ate dinner ate dinner at the Golden Steer this past Thursday and an additional 27 to-go platters were made up for a total of 441 people eating, all of whom received vouchers from the Kent Food Bank, through a church or the Kent School District.
There’s a whole lot of fun planned Saturday at the 27th annual Winterfest holiday celebration in downtown Kent and at Kent Station.
The activities include everything from a Santa Claus arrival parade, an all-you-can-eat breakfast, a Kids and Kritters walk, a carousel and horse-drawn carriage rides, along with choirs and bands.
Maurice Clemmons, the man suspected in the shooting deaths of four Lakewood Police officers, is believed to have been shot and killed at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, by a Seattle Police officer making a routine stop on a stolen-vehicle report.
Kent city staff will need to consider buying “local first” for city purchases and contracts.
The Kent City Council voted 6-0 Nov. 17 to adopt an ordinance that directs city staff to use a “best efforts” approach to purchase items or set up contracts with Kent businesses, over companies from outside the city.
Marlatt Funeral Home will have its annual Christmas Memorial and Candle Lighting Ceremony 7 p.m. Dec. 17.
The event is held to honor the memory of those who have passed on. Local clergy will address the gathering with stories of inspiration and tips aboput making it through the holidays.
Kent Police considered Lakewood Police officer Gregory Richards "one of our own."
Richards, 42, of Graham, was one of four Lakewood officers shot and killed Sunday in a Parkland coffee shop. He started his police career in 2001 in Kent.
With a shiny new namesake opened around the corner, the old Panther lake Elementary School on 108th Avenue Southeast sits empty these days. But if floodwaters rise this winter, the old school will be pressed back into service to house students from schools in the flood zone.
Don Ihry, known throughout Kent for the decorated antique tractors that lined his property on Benson Avenue, died this past weekend. He was 71.
The Kent fire department responded to a house fire on Kent-Kangley Road early Friday morning that has displaced one local family.
According to Captain Kyle Ohashi of the Kent Fire Department, firefighters received a call for a house fire at approximately 12:20 a.m. Friday and arrived at the 12100 block of Kent-Kangley to find the house in flames.
Devin Stumpf does not look like your stereotypical poet.
But when the sixth-grader at Park Orchard reads his writing – reluctantly, at first – his work connects him better to his feelings and a way to express them.
The Kent City Council has scheduled two special workshops to discuss the 2010 city budget.
King County Elections Tuesday morning certified the results of the county’s first all-mail General Election, completely accounting for all ballots received and processed by the… Continue reading
The death of a 50-year-old Boeing employee Nov. 18 at the Boeing plant in Kent has been ruled a suicide, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. The agency released its findings Nov. 19.
Firefighters from Kent and Tukwila responded at about 2 p.m. Wednesday to the plant near the corner of South 212th Street and the West Valley Highway.
ShoWare Center officials say the new arena in Kent could post a loss of as much as $343,000 this year.
When she grows up, Andrea Alvarez wants to be a poet. Or an artist. Or an author.
“I mostly like to write poetry and stories,” she said, telling a little bit about her most recent story, a tale of a boy waiting in the principal’s office. “I like writing because you can write whatever you want.”
The Kent City Council will vote Dec. 8 whether to ask voters next spring to approve forming a regional fire authority merging the Kent Fire Department and King County Fire District 37.
The Kent Sunrise Rotary has received notification that it is one of 12 area clubs approved by Rotary District 5030 for matching grants. The club plans to fund a portable shower trailer for local churches collectively running a shelter for 30 homeless men.
Western Washington residents may be feeling panicked and powerless as storms, high winds and floods destroy homes, buildings and other property.
Better Business Bureau cautions homeowners, businesses and charity donors that faux charities solicit donations and fly-by-night repair companies seek to take advantage of those in need during times of natural disaster.
