Help support the Kent Historical Society by attending its annual dinner and auction 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Tickets are $40 per person and include appetizers, a buffet style dinner with choice of prime rib or salmon entrees, beverages, and auction entertainment.
As a Kent resident, Denton Hanford’s worried that city officials could put the city budget in a deep financial hole because of what he called an “unrealistic” projection of an increase in sales tax revenue for 2009.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., came to Kent Monday to let Green River Valley residents know the federal government is prepared to help protect them from flooding.
Flood insurance options aren't looking good for businesses in the Kent Valley. Alarm ringing by state and local officials has caught the ear of insurance providers who are declining new policies because of increased flood risks. The Seattle Times has details.
The first school board meeting of the year brought congratulations, thank yous and further discussions of both class size and funding issues during the public-comment section of the Kent School Board’s Sept. 23 meeting.
Kent city officials expect to join with other cities to form and pay for a new regional animal care and control service group as King County prepares to get out of the animal-care business by next June.
Just two weeks before his trial, a 43-year-old Kent man pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing death last October on Interstate 5 of his Kent girlfriend.
King County officials plan to close the Kent animal shelter by Nov. 1 because of the risk of flooding this winter in the Green River Valley due to reduced capacity at the reservoir behind the Howard Hanson Dam.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish construction of a grout curtain by Nov. 1 to slow the water leaking through a damaged abutment at the Howard Hanson Dam.
But it remains to be determined how much more capacity the $8.9 million temporary fix will give the corps to store water at the reservoir behind the dam in order to reduce the risk of flooding this winter in the Green River Valley.
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King County Executive Kurt Triplett announced Thursday his intent to provide six months of funding in 2010 to help the county begin transitioning out of animal care and sheltering services. He also said Thursday that he had assigned staff to work with stakeholders to develop a new model for regional animal services that is humane and financially sustainable.
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Residents and business owners in the Green River Valley can learn how to protect themselves and their property this winter, by attending public meetings Oct. 3 and Oct. 8 at the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., in Kent.
With winter flooding being predicted as not only a possibility but an eventuality, thousands of business owners from around the Green River Valley flocked to the ShoWare Center Wednesday night for an emergency preparedness symposium, hosted by the Chambers of Commerce of three valley cities and King County.
Puget Sound Energy is teaming with Project Porchlight to distribute 275,000 free, energy-saving, compact fluorescent light bulbs in the Puget Sound area, including Kent.
The year may have started late for kids in the Kent School District, but at least it should still end on time (providing there are no snow days, of course).
The Kent School District Tuesday released a revised student calender for the 2009-2010 school year putting back the 10 days missed due to the Kent Education Association strike that moved the first day of school from Aug. 31 to Sept. 15.
Get aggregated information of the Kent teacher's strike from news sources from around the Puget Sound.
The Minority Executive Directors Coalition of King County is hosting a King County Executive candidate forum from 6-8 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 S.E. 256th St.
With restrictions on the water-pool level behind the Howard Hanson Dam, Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, Chair of the King County Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee, took a proactive step to reduce potential flooding this winter in the Green River Valley. “Our first line of defense should be to fight the flood at the levee – not in the Valley,” Cooke declared. “It is much less costly to prevent flooding in the first place, than to suffer the financial and emotional expense of cleaning up after a flood.”
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