Western Washington residents may be feeling panicked and powerless as storms, high winds and floods destroy homes, buildings and other property.
Better Business Bureau cautions homeowners, businesses and charity donors that faux charities solicit donations and fly-by-night repair companies seek to take advantage of those in need during times of natural disaster.
Assault
A 48-year-old man reportedly stabbed a 41-year-old woman in the hand with a fork during a dispute at about 12:10 p.m. Nov. 16 at a chemical dependency treatment center in the 500 block of Washington Avenue South.
While a lot of businesses close their doors for the Thanksgiving holiday, that is not the case at the Golden Steer.
Thursday afternoon, while the restaurant may be open, it won’t be for business.
A Sunday evening fire at an apartment building on the West Hill has left three Kent families temporarily homeless.
The Kent Fire Department, South King Fire and Rescue and Medic One crews were called to the scene of an apartment fire in the 23800 block of 30th Avenue South at approximately 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
A 43-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison for the stabbing death of his Kent girlfriend last year on Interstate 5.
Christel David Murphy was sentenced at the King County Courthouse in Seattle by Superior Court Judge Palmer Robinson, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office.
The state Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has rejected most of a proposed rate increase for Puget Sound Energy electric and natural-gas customers.
The Kent City Council continues to grapple with the 2010 city budget after a second public hearing about the budget this past week.
The Council will have a budget workshop 5 p.m. Dec. 2 at City Hall, and is scheduled to adopt the budget Dec. 8, although that date could change.
Seventy-two parents and players from a Kent soccer club packed the Kent City Council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall to plea for replacement of the fields lost two years ago when the city built the ShoWare Center.
Join the Army Corps of Engineers for a tour in September on a project to shore up the right embankment of the Howard Hanson Dam on the Green River. The project, completed in November, has enabled the corps to reduce the risk of floods on the river this winter.
Kent Police and Boeing officials are investigating the circumstances that led to a man dying in what appears to be an industrial accident at about 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Boeing plant in Kent.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Anthony Wright gives an update on the status of the Howard Hanson Dam, following the corps Nov. completion of a project to improve seepage issues at the flood-control facility on the Green River.
The results are in from the Nighttime Click it or Ticket patrols conducted by local law enforcement between Oct. 23 and Nov. 8.
As she prepares for her final meeting after 32 years on the Kent School Board, Sandy Collins can look back over her schools career and see how much some things have changed, and how much hasn’t.
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual report on sexually transmitted diseases.
High school students now have an opportunity to experience life as an attorney in the courtroom.
Elisa Grant of Kent was awarded the Pacific Northwest Chapter – William Hunt Scholarship, (part of the American Society of Travel Agents Scholarship Fund), in the amount of $1,500, from Tourism Cares, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the travel experience for future generations.
Soroptimist International of Kent will sponsor its Holiday Luncheon and Fashion Show 11:30 a.m. Dec. 2 at the Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. S.E.
ASSAULT
Police arrested a 30-year-old woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she reportedly threw a pop can that hit her boyfriend in the back, then punched him several times in the face.
The Neely-O’Brien PTA is sponsoring a coat and mitten drive in support of the Kent School District Clothing Bank. During conference week, Nov. 16-20, parents are encouraged to bring in new or gently used coat and mitten donations to the collection box near the office.
Voters in Valley Medical Center’s Public Hospital District 1 decided to go a new direction by picking challenger Aaron Heide over incumbent Mike Miller for Commissioner Position No. 4.
