King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas ruled Thursday in favor of the Kent School District's request to end the Kent Education Association's strike, saying the strike is illegal and the court cannot change that.
The Kent teachers' strike escalated to a court hearing Sept. 3 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.King County Superior Court Judge Andrea… Continue reading
The local candidates’ forum hosted Wednesday by the Kent Chamber of Commerce will air on Channel 21 starting Sept. 4, at 8 a.m. and 8… Continue reading
Water-filled barriers and walls constructed of concrete blocks could be used to hold back the Green River from the Maleng Regional Justice Center, but members… Continue reading
Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell on Thursday announced five T-Birds are heading to National Hockey League training camps.The five T-Birds are goalie Jacob DeSerres,… Continue reading
Residents can tell Kent city officials what changes they want to see in their city parks at a public workshop from 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 29… Continue reading
Quarterback controversy at Kentwood?Not quite. But the traditionally run-first Kentwood High football team showed off a new facet of its offense Thursday night. Behind big… Continue reading
Kent Schools Superintendent Edward Lee Vargas on Sept. 1 conducted a press conference where he announced the district's next step in the ongoing teachers' strike:… Continue reading
The Kent Education Association goes to the Sept. 1 press conference by Kent Schools chief Edward Lee Vargas, announcing the district's legal steps against the… Continue reading
Excitement. Energy. Expectations.Take your pick. All three are spilling out of the Kent-Meridian High gymnasium these days.Excitement, because after nearly 10 months of anticipation, the… Continue reading
The message is succinct and clear.Don’t count out the Kentwood High volleyball team.On paper, some might look past the Conquerors this fall. After all, they… Continue reading
SPSL NORTH: AT A GLANCE• Favorites: Kentwood, Auburn Riverside.• Contenders: Kentlake, Kent-Meridian.• Look out for: Kentridge.• Notable: Kentwood enters the season on a 51-match SPSL… Continue reading
The Kent School District's complaint and request for an injunction to end the Kent Education Association's week-long strike will take place at 3 p.m. today… Continue reading
First of all, I would like to acknowledge the difficult situation that everyone on both sides of the strike have to face and deal with.… Continue reading
Please know that the district’s bargaining team has negotiated in good faith since the bargaining process began in April. We did not want to see… Continue reading
Amen for writer Walter Backstrom.Hopefully my thoughts might help parents to think and enable children and teens to cooperate. Children and teens should not carry… Continue reading
I have a difficult time sympathizing with the Kent teachers and their plea for higher pay and less workload.This is especially true at this time… Continue reading
Picket signs,apparently prepared on school property, say "no contract, no school." Of course the teachers voted to strike - it is a win, win, win… Continue reading
I am a 2003 graduate of the Washington state public school system (Tacoma and White River districts, respectively), now living and working in Portland, Oregon.… Continue reading
As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus prepares for its opening-night performance at the ShoWare Center Thursday, the animal-rights group PETA will show… Continue reading
