The ShoWare Center operator recommended to the Kent City Council that the city charge $5 to park, add a $1 facility fee to each ticket sold and kick in hundreds of thousands of dollars as a self-promoter to attract higher-caliber concerts and shows.
Red Lion Hotels Corporation has signed a franchise license agreement with the owners of a Kent hotel.
A mandatory recount will decide the outcome of the tightly contested legislative race between State Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, and Kent Democratic challenger Bud Sizemore for the State House District 47 Position 1 seat.
King County Elections certified the results of 2012 general election Tuesday. Voters returned 993,908 ballots for a final turnout of 85 percent, with 978,377 of those ballots tabulated in the final results report.
A group of King County residents has unanimously recommended continued levy funding for King County’s extensive system of parks, trails and open space.
Kent Police cited a woman for investigation of child neglect after she reportedly left her 3-year-old son alone in a vehicle for more than 20 minutes while she gambled at the Great American Casino, 20500 108th Ave. S.E.
Promoters have canceled The Soul of Boxing competition scheduled for Friday, Nov. 30 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
State Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, had his lead drop again Monday in a tightly contested race against Kent Democratic challenger Bud Sizemore for the State House District 47 Position 1 seat.
One of five military veterans, who reportedly worked with a Kent man to falsify travel claims as part of a conspiracy to defraud the Veterans Administration, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to one year in prison, three years of supervised released and $22,511 in restitution for making false claims.
King County will help Kent pay for a new playground, walking path and landscaping at Green Tree Park.
City playfields, restrooms, playgrounds, swim and fishing docks could close in Kent in the next year or two without a new revenue source to repair the facilities.
The city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex is under "scrutiny" by the Kent City Council because of operating losses and a $2.25 million debt.
The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority, Kent Firefighters Local 1747, and the Kent Firefighters Foundation are once again sponsoring and supporting the Toys for Joy program.
The city-owned ShoWare Center brought in an estimated $25 million to the local economy in 2011, according to an economic impact analysis presented to Kent City Council members at a Nov. 20 workshop.
The heavy rain Monday has caused water over the roadway on several Kent streets.
Kent Democratic challenger Bud Sizemore continued to hold on to a chance he might overtake State Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, in what remained a tight race for the State House District 47 Position 1 seat.
Torklift Central received the city's award for the 2012 Kent Green Business of the Year.
Kent-based Oberto Brands, a national leader in the meat snacks category and maker of Oh Boy, Oberto! jerky line, announced Wednesday the company will open a new production facility in Nashville, Tenn. in the first half of 2013, bringing hundreds of jobs to the area.
King County saw the fewest traffic deaths and homicides in more than 10 years in 2011, according to the King County Medical Examiner's (KCME) Annual Report released Thursday, Nov. 15.
A state audit of the city of Kent's Public Facilities District that oversees the ShoWare Center came out "good and clean."
