The job would normally take two people, but John DeNure, curator for the Thorniley Collection at West Coast Paper, dutifully shows the 13 steps it… Continue reading
The weather may have been heating up outside, but things sure were cool May 26 at the Emerald Park Elementary School auditorium, where the fifth-… Continue reading
They descended on Kent from all over the region with one goal in mind: Finding a job.Thousands of job-seekers began lining up early May 14… Continue reading
The Kent Downtown Partnership has selected Barbara Smith of Shelton, Wash., as the group’s new executive director.Smith will replace Jacquie Alexander, who is retiring at… Continue reading
Like most good ideas, the kernel of Elisa Hope’s new business grew out of a need at her house.One night two years ago, the mom… Continue reading
More than 30 members of the business community and Kent city government were on hand May 21 at the ShoWare Center for a Kent Transportation… Continue reading
After months of bad news regarding the budget, there is finally a glimmer of hope in the Kent School District, as new budget projections will… Continue reading
The scene opens with the sound of a car crash and a curtain is pulled back to reveal two cars crunched together with shattered glass… Continue reading
One by one the signs appeared, all about science and inventing.“Science is messy” read one.“Doesn’t always work” read another.But as Rick Hartman, also known as… Continue reading
Customers downtown looking to make a quick stop at their local post office may find themselves heading up the hill.The U.S. Postal Service's plans to… Continue reading
A single picture may be worth a thousand words, but for the Kentridge High School Photography Club, 14 pictures were worth something even more: A first-place victory.
The home of the 12th Man shifted for a short time this past week from its traditional home at Qwest Field to Glenridge Elementary School… Continue reading
Approximately 200 members of the Kent Education Association - the local teachers’ union - staged a rally May 13 at the Kent Administration Center before… Continue reading
It had been a long time since Heather Bell had her hair professionally done.“I’ve been cutting my own hair since I was 17,” said Bell,… Continue reading
Last week the hallways of Meridian Elementary were transformed from a traditional school setting into a museum of modern art, filled with more than 3,000… Continue reading
Like most teenagers, I couldn’t wait to get out of high school.And though today when I look back on my days at Whitney Point Central… Continue reading
The call can come at any time so even though their own kids are past the diaper-and-bottle phase, the garage at the Ury home is… Continue reading
After months of number-crunching and nail-biting, the rubber finally hit the road for the Kent School District’s budget cuts on Monday as layoff notices went… Continue reading
