A 35-year-old Auburn man pleaded not guilty Monday in King County Superior Court to a charge of second-degree rape of a 71-year-old woman at a Kent assisted-living facility where he worked as a certified nursing assistant.
The Kent City Council's Operations Committee will consider a resolution to approve a grandfather clause to allow the Great American Casino to remain in business after July 1 when the city annexes the casino and the rest of the Panther Lake area.
Former Kent Police Chief Jay B. Skewes died Feb. 21 in Sequim after a lengthy illness.
Skewes, 71, of Port Angeles, served as the Kent police chief from 1976-84, said Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, who announced the death of Skewes at the March 2 City Council meeting.
Quarterback Charles McCullum, receiver Andre Jordan and kick returner Jarvious Dunn each had great debuts for the Kent Predators in their first professional Indoor Football League game.
About a half-dozen Auburn residents showed up at a public hearing March 3 before the Kent hearing examiner to oppose a revised application by a Kirkland developer for a proposed East Hill commercial development on the southern edge of Kent.
The celebration of St. Patrick's Day starts early this year in Kent with a Men of Worth concert.
Parents can take their children to try all types of hands-on projects at the 23rd annual Kids Arts Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
Thousands of trees might have to be removed along the Green River levees from Kent to Tukwila because of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft policy that states the roots of trees can damage the levees and need to be taken out, a Kent city official said.
Kent Police cited a 19-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and interfering with the reporting of a domestic-violence case after he reportedly attacked his girlfriend at 10:16 p.m. Feb. 19 at an apartment in the 25800 block of 110th Avenue Southeast.
King County prosecutors on Feb. 23 charged a 35-year-old Auburn man with second-degree rape for allegedly assaulting a 71-year-woman at a Kent dementia-care and assisted-living facility where he worked as a certified nursing assistant.
It's a numbers game for Aaron Hasenoehrl as the new Kent city jail-population manager.
Hasenoehrl just started the newly created job last week. City officials came up with the position in an effort to keep jail capacity at 80 inmates or lower.
It won't take long for the Kent Predators to find out how well they can compete in the professional Indoor Football League.
The Predators open the season Feb. 28 at the Billings (Mont.) Outlaws, the defending league champion and a franchise that has played in several indoor leagues over the last nine years.
A Kirkland developer has returned to Kent city officials with a revised application for a proposed East Hill commercial development that the City Council denied two years ago.
The Kent City Council voted 6-0 Feb. 16 to recommend voters approve an April 27 ballot measure to form a regional fire authority merging the Kent Fire Department and King County Fire District 37.
The Green River Glass Show isn't just for Depression-era glass items anymore.
Steve Armstrong perked up when he heard about temporary jobs for the U.S. Census Bureau at a community jobs forum hosted by local state legislators Feb. 20 at Kent City Hall.
Dog lovers are pumped that there could be a new off-leash park coming this summer to Kent's East Hill.
Kent city officials are working with residents in an effort to open a canine-friendly park on an undeveloped 3-acre site between Morrill Meadows Park and East Hill Park along Southeast 248th Street. The city-owned site sits just east of 104th Avenue Southeast.
The Kent Predators players are ready for some football.
Receiver Blaine McConnell, one of two dozen or so players who attended the Predators kickoff press conference Friday at the ShoWare Center, can't wait to get out on the field to play in the professional Indoor Football League.
Few players have as much fun playing basketball as the Harlem Globetrotters. They also make sure the fans join in that fun.
A Seattle-area developer still wants to build a six-to-seven story, mixed-use apartment complex in the Mill Creek neighborhood on the edge of downtown Kent.
