Under a hypothetical worst-case budget scenario in which the Kent School District is required to find nearly $15 million in its budget, nearly 90 teachers, 14 administrators and 35 classified staff members could lose their jobs, according to recommendations made Tuesday to the Kent School Board.
Kent resident Margaret Mathai will be honored March 26 by the American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties as a 2009 “Everyday Hero.”
Ken Gold hoped his lost cat would show up one day. But for nine months he hadn’t heard anything.
Good news finally came to Gold, formerly a resident University Place and now living in Arizona, after someone dropped a stray cat off in February at the Kent Animal Shelter.
Officials from the local teachers’ union are saying all of this talk of budget gaps and cuts at the Kent School District are premature, unnecessary… Continue reading
Col. Anthony Wright jumped right into the middle of the depression on the abutment adjacent to the Howard Hanson Dam to show more than three dozen government officials and media members the depth and width of the hole.
All four Kent city unions as well as a group of non-represented employees voted to take pay cuts for the rest of the year to… Continue reading
Rock out at ShoWareStyx, REO Speedwagon and .38 Special, popular American rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s, play at 7 p.m. May 27 at… Continue reading
Washington State Patrol investigators are seeking witnesses to a head-on crash Sunday on State Route 167 that took the lives of three people.The 1:35 a.m.… Continue reading
Flooding from the Green River could strike the cities of Kent, Auburn, Renton and Tukwila during a major rainstorm because of a damaged abutment at… Continue reading
Dick Cays picked up his first Hot Wheel car in the 1970s at a swap meet. Now the Kent man displays hundreds of the little cars in glass cases at an office in his home.
The announcement that a somewhat risque sport will be coming to Kent’s ShoWare Center has drawn a mixed bag of reactions from city leadership.
A public meeting to provide information about flood safety and developments related to the Howard Hanson Dam operations on the Green River is scheduled for March 31 in Auburn.
The city of Kent will takes its place on the world stage next week when the Washington State Community, Trade and Economic Development’s Trade Week… Continue reading
Assault
A Kent man reportedly tried to choke his girlfriend, threw a disposable lighter at her and hit her with a door during a dispute shortly after noon on March 6 at a home in the 21200 block of 94th Place South.
Kentwood High School seniors Lavanne Whitman and Joel Wadagnolo are the Kent Rotary Students of the Week, for their achievements in career and technology programs.
The dangers of spending down the Kent School District’s fund balance outweigh the benefits of dipping into it too deeply as a way to patch the budget, according to district officials who hosted a presentation Wednesday about the consequences of such a draw down.
More than 150 people packed Kent City Hall Saturday morning for the opportunity to share ideas about how to deal with the state’s forecasted $8-billion… Continue reading
A 21-year-old Kent woman and two Renton residents were killed in a head-on, three-vehicle crash early Sunday on Highway 167 in Auburn.Brittany Meredith, 21, of… Continue reading
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services suspended the license of a Kent Adult Family Home due to "numerous violations that jeopardized the… Continue reading
At the end of the second of two Challenge Days at Kent-Meridian High School March 5, Berenice Meza stood among a group of more than 200 students, staff and community members, all linked arm in arm.
