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Kent Youth Soccer League Coach Deb Tulloch preps her team before a 2008 game at the Pea Patch soccer fields. The popular location could be closing.

Park quandary: Pea Patch soccer fields one of several on closure list

Kent Youth Soccer Association and city officials are scrambling to deal with a proposal by Acting King County Executive Kurt Triplett to shut down four… Continue reading

Kent Youth Soccer League Coach Deb Tulloch preps her team before a 2008 game at the Pea Patch soccer fields. The popular location could be closing.
Kent School District parent Ben Ibale was out with his infant son Calvin on Wednesday during a rally in support of the Kent Education Association

Kent schools: Small contract items resolved in first round of mediator talks

Mediation began Wednesday between the Kent Education Association and the Kent School District in hopes of averting a strike that could delay the start of… Continue reading

  • Aug 20, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Kent School District parent Ben Ibale was out with his infant son Calvin on Wednesday during a rally in support of the Kent Education Association
Kent Education Association members and supportes rally Wednesday before the meeting with the Kent School Board and the state mediator at Mill Creek Middle School.

Mediation starts between Kent district, teachers

Mediation began Wednesday between the Kent Education Association and the Kent School District in hopes of averting a strike that could delay the start of… Continue reading

Kent Education Association members and supportes rally Wednesday before the meeting with the Kent School Board and the state mediator at Mill Creek Middle School.

Special filing periods scheduled for general election

King County Elections will be conducting two separate special, three-day filing periods to fill positions that became vacant after June’s candidate filing week. All candidates… Continue reading

  • Aug 19, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

Mediator starts work Wednesday on Kent teaching contract impasse

A mediator from the Washington State Public Employee Relations commission has been assigned to Kent to try to facilitate negotiations between the Kent School District… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Harold Buresh

He digs his work: Kent man earns national honor for volunteer efforts

A Kent man was awarded the National Forest Service Volunteer of the Year Award Friday at a ceremony in Seattle that featured Secretary of Agriculture… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Harold Buresh

Kiwanis helping give away free backpacks in Kent Aug. 20

The Kiwanis Club of Kent and Communities in Schools of Kent are teaming up with the Kent Parks Department to have a backpack and school… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

Waste haulers putting in bids for Kent garbage contract

City staff soon will sort through proposals from five companies that want to earn Kent’s next garbage and recycling services contract.Allied Waste, CleanScapes, Greenwaste Recovery,… Continue reading

Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

Man dies in Panther Lake house fire; cause was stove burner accidentally left on

A 32-year-old man died early Saturday in a Panther Lake house fire in the 10900 block of Southeast 212th Street in unincorporated Kent.King County fire… Continue reading

The quarterback goes for the pass in an Arena Football 2 game. Kent's ShoWare Center could be seeing a team of its own in the future

Arena football: Will Kent get a team of its own?

City of Kent and ShoWare Center officials are hoping to strike a deal soon with a local ownership group to help bring an Arena Football… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
The quarterback goes for the pass in an Arena Football 2 game. Kent's ShoWare Center could be seeing a team of its own in the future

WASL scores: Kent schools improve, but still need work

The results are in and while Kent's scores on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) are generally an improvement over last year, district officials… Continue reading

Kent School District declares impasse in negotiations with union

The Kent School District late Friday afternoon officially declared an impasse in negotiations with the Kent Education Association, setting the stage for a potential strike."While… Continue reading

Joseph Thurura of Kent was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison for the  rape of Karen Clark while he was the woman's caregiver.

Judge sentences Kent caregiver to 8 1/2 years for rape

A 32-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday to the maximum 8 1/2 years in prison for the second-degree rape of a physically and mentally disabled… Continue reading

Joseph Thurura of Kent was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison for the  rape of Karen Clark while he was the woman's caregiver.

Kent police, other jurisdictions, start crackdown on drunk drivers

The Kent Police and other South County police agencies will hit the streets with extra patrols over the next three weeks to crack down on… Continue reading

  • Aug 13, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

Teachers’ contract: Kent union rejects district offer, threat of strike looms

Negotiations between the Kent School District and the union that represents teachers are continuing, but if a deadlock between the two entities remains, a teacher… Continue reading

Kent schools bracing for H1N1 pandemic

As students around the country and state are preparing to head back to school, district officials are preparing not only for the return of students,… Continue reading

Air Force Airman Stephen R. Olvera

Roll Call: Kent soldiers focus on achievements

Olvera graduates from basic military trainingAir Force Airman Stephen R. Olvera, a 2008 graduate of Kentlake High School, graduated from basic military training at Lackland… Continue reading

  • Aug 12, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Air Force Airman Stephen R. Olvera
Charles Cortes/ Reporter/ 08/11/09 Tonya Carlone holds up her son Gavin and poses for a photo Aug. 11 with Mariners starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith. Rowland-Smith

M’s pitcher Rowland-Smith hits one out of the park in Kent

Sheryl Sharp pulled her hair back to show off her earrings after she collected an autograph from Seattle Mariners pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith Tuesday at TOP… Continue reading

Charles Cortes/ Reporter/ 08/11/09 Tonya Carlone holds up her son Gavin and poses for a photo Aug. 11 with Mariners starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith. Rowland-Smith

Kent old timers’ reunion scheduled for Sunday

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  • Aug 12, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

King County Executive: Top five candidates state their views

• Name: Dow ConstantineAge: 47Marital status: Partner, Shirley CarlsonChildren: NoneEducation: Master’s Degree, Urban Planning, University of Washington, 1992; Law Degree, University of Washington, 1989; Bachelor’s… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2009
  • BY Wire Service