A 23 year-old Des Moines man died early Friday morning when his car left the roadway and struck a tree in the White Center area. He died shortly after he was taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to a press release from the King County Sheriff.
Join Kent Reporter Publisher Polly Shepherd and Editor Laura Pierce noon Friday for lunch at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The search continues by Auburn Police to find the person responsible for the killing of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent video program coordinator.
Gerda Weissman Klein, a holocaust survivor whose memoirs became the source of the Oscar-winning film "One Survivor Remembers," spoke of her experiences in a public assembly June 7 at Kent-Meridian High School.
The Kent Reporter will air the Klein's discussion live from the filled-to-capacity K-M auditorium.
Residents can let the Kent City Council know what they think about traffic in the city during a public hearing about the draft 2011-2016 Transportation Improvement Program at 7 p.m. June 15 at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
King County officials will close the Crossroads animal shelter in Bellevue June 12 to the public and move the animals to the county's Kent shelter.
The closure is part of the county's new regional animal control and sheltering plan that 27 cities, including Kent, have signed up to join starting July 1.
DATE/TIME: June 9, 2010, 8:21 a.m.
DESCRIPTION: A collision continues to block the carpool lane on northbound I-5 just north of S. 200th Street in Kent. WSDOT Incident Response and WSP are on scene.
Kent city officials will temporarily close the boat launch at Lake Meridian June 9 because unusually high rainfall has resulted in a significant rise in the lake's water level and poses a risk to the shoreline.
Kentlake High Advanced Placement literature seniors were rewarded with a pizza party May 28 from the Kiwanis Club of Kent or their help with the club's annual Essay Contest.
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.
