The House confirmed State Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, on Monday in Olympia as deputy speaker pro tempore.
A criminal trial stemming from a 2012 drive-by shooting in Seattle was interrupted Monday morning when a fight broke out outside a third-floor courtroom at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Kent Fire Department officials are warning people to stay off frozen ponds and lakes.
Design work will soon begin on extending South 224th Street over Highway 167 and eventually up the East Hill to Benson Road.
Kent Police issued an Amber Alert Friday for an 8-year-old girl reportedly taken by her father during a domestic dispute.
Ronald Moore had not yet had a chance to decorate his office walls on his first day as the new Kent city clerk.
The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority launched a new website on Thursday to get more information to the public.
Kent firefighters used a ladder to rescue a resident trapped on a balcony by an apartment fire early Thursday in the 23900 block of 111th Place Southeast.
The women's Lingerie Football League is now the Legends Football League.
A second medical marijuana collective garden store has opened in Kent.
King County Sheriff’s detectives seized approximately 1 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine and $4,000 in cash during a search warrant served Jan. 5 at a Kent house.
Seattle and King County will launch a Gun Safety Initiative with a gun buyback Saturday, Jan. 26 in downtown Seattle.
King County Sheriff’s detectives said Tuesday that two trailers and a box truck that were reported stolen Dec. 16 from SeaTac and were loaded with 7,000 Wii-U game consoles have been recovered empty.
Kent Police busted a mother-daughter shoplifting duo who allegedly worked together to take items from WinCo Foods, 21100 91st Pl. S.
The city of Kent awarded a $385,000 contract to Stantec Consultant Services to conduct a community-wide assessment for contaminated sites.
The city of Kent has changed how it dedicates money from the general fund to human services agencies after a large decrease in 2011 required a $95,000 adjustment.
Kent has hired Ronald F. Moore as its new city clerk.
Goodwill has confirmed its new Outlet Store in Kent will open Jan. 17.
Just after noon Wednesday, Natalie and Paul Delaurenti of Kent adopted Crookshanks, an orange tabby cat. Crookshanks is the first pet adopted from Regional Animal Services of King County in the New Year.
The murder trial has been continued to Feb. 11 for the Oregon man charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident.
