Kent city officials have big plans under way to dredge Mill Creek to reduce flooding along James Street, 76th Avenue South and Kennebeck Avenue.
Before Kent’s Wiley Bowen heads off to college in San Diego later this summer, she’ll be representing the city where she’s lived all of her life as Miss Cornucopia.
A 15-year-old teen suffered critical head injuries after he ran onto State Route 516 in Kent to go after his skateboard and a semi hit the teen.
Thousands of people will fill town this weekend for the 45th annual Kent Cornucopia Days.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke says she will consider vetoing a measure passed Tuesday night by the City Council to ban medical marijuana patient cooperatives.
Five people, including two teens from Kent, were sent to hospitals last week after a high-speed, three-vehicle crash along Highway 167 in Auburn.
A city financial task force of 18 residents recommended in its final report to the Kent City Council and mayor that the city should consider removing a ban against the sale and production of recreational and medical marijuana.
Kent Police will use special emphasis patrols to crack down on illegal fireworks between July 1-5.
Two people were able to safely escape after their house caught fire early Thursday morning in the 22800 block of 135th Avenue Southeast on Kent's East Hill.
Kent Police caught a man red handed with blue and yellow spray paint on his fingers in connection with a graffiti incident at Chestnut Ridge Park.
Kent-based Blue Origin announced on Tuesday that it had broken ground earlier in June on a rocket factory in Florida.
Fire heavily damaged a portable at Scenic Hill Elementary School in Kent after a fire broke out in it shortly after midnight early Tuesday.
Firefighters responded late Monday afternoon to a house fire near 132nd Avenue Southeast and Southeast 266th Place on the East Hill, according to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority.
Expect plenty of music, games and fireworks at the city of Kent’s annual Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park.
The city of Kent will close East James Street on Saturday, June 25 through Friday, July 1 between Woodford Avenue North and Jason Avenue North to install catch basins and piping for a stormwater pump station to help reduce flooding on the street near Central Avenue.
Kent city officials are considering selling about 7 acres along Naden Avenue near downtown for development after dropping plans six years ago to build an aquatics center at the site.
The Kent City Council approved a six-month moratorium against the new four-member cooperatives to grow and cultivate marijuana for qualified medical patients that the state will allow, starting July 1.
Airways Brewing opened its new brewery and tap room on Tuesday in Kent at 8611 S. 212th St.
Ronald Moore has resigned as the Kent city clerk after three years on the job.
A man driving a stolen van took Kent Police on about a 1.7-mile, 69-second chase before an officer maneuvered a patrol vehicle to stop the van.