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Woman Rescued from Green River in Kent

Shortly after 8 Sunday night, Kent Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team, Kent Police and King County Medic One responded to a report of a woman… Continue reading

  • Nov 17, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Kent city staff has recommended the Council approve an increase in storm-drainage rates next year to help pay for Green River levee repairs

City Council remains undecided when to raise fees

The Kent City Council remained undecided at a Nov. 4 workshop on when to increase water rates and storm-drainage rates for residents as part of… Continue reading

Kent city staff has recommended the Council approve an increase in storm-drainage rates next year to help pay for Green River levee repairs

Boeing, SPEEA reach tentative contract agreement

Boeing and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) Local 2001 reached tentative agreement today on new four-year contracts covering 21,000 engineers and… Continue reading

  • Nov 15, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
A memorial stands Tuesday near the Green River

Family, friends keep vigil for missing 13-year-old in Green River

Family and friends of 2-year-old Hunter Beaupre and 13-year-old Austin Fuda had kept up an anxious vigil for days.They milled around a memorial set up… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
A memorial stands Tuesday near the Green River
Robyn Lorain

FORE! Kent schools teeing up for new program

Last school year, students at Panther Lake Elementary School, along with a handful of others in the Kent School District, got their first swing at… Continue reading

Robyn Lorain

Kent soccer team sponsors gear drive

Typically during the weekend, the South County Futball Club U-12 boy’s soccer team is practicing drills and gearing up for another league game. But the… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Kent Council sets three public hearings for Tuesday

The Kent City Council will conduct three public hearings 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at City Hall. They are in regard to:• The draft six-year Transportation… Continue reading

Police Blotter: Two arrested in Kent after father, son report gun threat

Police arrested two men and confiscated firearms Oct. 20, following a report that gunmen had threatened a father and his adult son that day at… Continue reading

Leslie Armstrong holds a painting she did entirely with coffee as a tribute to Paul Newman. It depicts Newman in his role as Butch alongside Robert Redford in the movie

Caffeinated art on display in downtown Kent

Leslie Armstrong prefers her coffee with a paint brush.Armstrong, an arts teacher at Kentwood High School, uses coffee to paint portraits.Armstrong’s works, as well as… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Leslie Armstrong holds a painting she did entirely with coffee as a tribute to Paul Newman. It depicts Newman in his role as Butch alongside Robert Redford in the movie

King County executive declares local proclamation of emergency

Due to the recent severe weather conditions that produced heavy rain, flooding and strong wind conditions, King County Executive Ron Sims declared a Local Proclamation… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Kent man pleads not guilty in shooting of teenager

Edward Earl Cobb pleaded not guilty Thursday in King County Superior Court to a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Kent man pleads not guilty to Oct. 16 stabbing death of girlfriend

Christel David Murphy pleaded not guilty Nov. 3 in King County Superior Court to a charge of first-degree murder of his Kent girlfriend.King County prosecutors… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Food Bank volunteers Michael Frydenlund

Kent food bank sees the brunt of bad economy

As the economy continues to slide, more and more working-class families around the country and right here in Kent are trying to find ways to… Continue reading

Kent Food Bank volunteers Michael Frydenlund
A memorial stands Tuesday near the Green River

Two-year-old boy recovered from Green River; teen remains missing

Recovery crews from the King County Sheriff's Office pulled a submerged car from a swift and swollen Green River that contained the body of a… Continue reading

A memorial stands Tuesday near the Green River

Coastal highways hit with standing water

Most fared well, but Nature's deluge did not spare all state highways Wednesday.Today coastal areas in Clallam, Grays Harbor, and Pacific counties, in addition to… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Puget Sound Energy prepares for power outages

Puget Sound Energy is closely monitoring the National Weather Service forecast of heavy rains and high winds, and is prepared to respond to power outages that may result from the storm front that is expected to reach the Puget Sound region Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. The utility is also getting ready to respond to natural gas system requirements as a result of flooding or landslides.

  • Nov 12, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Bill Graney

Repairs completed on three Green River levees in Kent

Repairs ended last month on three Green River levees along the Riverbend Golf Course in Kent.Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, King County… Continue reading

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Bill Graney
Kaz Fujita a retired World War II veteran

An American Hero: WWII vet spent time in internment camp, then U.S. Army

Just one month after Kaz Fujita graduated from Fife High School in 1942, he and his family received an order from the federal government to… Continue reading

Kaz Fujita a retired World War II veteran

Kent teens charged in shooting death of Boulevard Park teen

King County prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Friday against a 15-year-old Kent teenage boy in connection with the Oct. 30 shooting death of a… Continue reading

Green River search continues for flooded car, occupants

The King County Sheriff’s office said Monday morning that with river flows dropping, it would mount aggressive efforts Monday and Tuesday to recover a car… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2008
  • BY Wire Service