After waiting years for the opening of the new Panther Lake Elementary school, a few more weeks was nothing.But as students all over Kent were… Continue reading
DISORDERLY CONDUCTKent Police fired a Taser gun at 24-year-old man who reportedly marched toward an officer in a fighting stance during an incident at about… Continue reading
The nearly 30,000 residents of the Green River Valley need to buy flood insurance and make plans to evacuate their homes or businesses this winter,… Continue reading
The Kent teacher strike is officially over and classes will finally begin Tuesday morning at schools all across the district.Members of the Kent Education Association… Continue reading
The 1,700 teachers in the Kent School District will have the chance to vote Monday morning on a tentative contract agreement announced in the middle… Continue reading
The two-week old strike in the Kent school district may finally be over.Kent School District Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas said by phone tonight the District… Continue reading
The Kent School District announced on its Web site Friday afternoon that school will begin Tuesday, Sept. 15, not Monday as was previously announced.This is… Continue reading
Teachers and union officials were stunned Friday when the Kent School District rejected the union's latest contract offer, one the union said had a total… Continue reading
Kent teachers and supporters were out in force Friday morning at school-district headquarters, waving signs and making it clear they wouldn't be going back to… Continue reading
Katie Ryckman's dad had a quick reaction when his daughter told him last spring she planned to play lingerie football."He didn't want me to play… Continue reading
Expect to see at least a couple of Kent firefighters all day Friday at two downtown intersections during a "Fill-the-Boot" fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy… Continue reading
The public clamor continues to grow for more soccer fields in Kent."There are thousands of kids playing soccer in Kent and over 1,500 in the… Continue reading
By Brian Beckleybbeckley@kentreporter.comFor the first day of school in Kent, will the third time be the charm?If not, teachers in the district will be looking… Continue reading
Striking Kent teachers must be back in their classrooms teaching by Monday, or they and their union will be facing serious fines.
King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas delivered the ruling this afternoon in her courtroom at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. The meeting, which started 1 p.m., was a compliance hearing for the ruling Darvas made a week ago, declaring illegal the strike by the Kent teachers and their union, the Kent Education Association.
King County Executive Kurt Triplett signed a proclamation of emergency Thursday in order to speed up preparation for an increase risk of flooding over the… Continue reading
The Kent School District was asked by the state's appointed mediator to reassemble at the mediation site 8 a.m. KEA was to put a package… Continue reading
It has been almost a full year since the top-ranked Kentwood High girls soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to unranked Shorewood in the state… Continue reading
Schools on Kent remained closed on Wednesday, but on what was scheduled to be the second first day of school this year a group of… Continue reading
Following an all-night bargaining session overnight Sunday, the mediators working to solve the Kent Education Association - Kent School District Contract Dispute dismissed both sides… Continue reading
Protesters with the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organized a rally Thursday outside the Kent ShoWare Center, protesting Ringling Brothers and Barnum… Continue reading
