With ridership nearly 7 percent higher than this time last year, Metro Transit is adding two new bus routes and more service on 20 routes throughout King County, as it kicks off its September service change beginning Saturday, Sept. 20. This includes a new route and more service for the Kent area.
Residents can help clear trails, pull weeds and plant plants from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 27 at Kent’s Turnkey Park, 23312 100th Ave. S.E.
Kent Reporter went into the classrooms at Kent-Meridian High School to ask how students feel about teacher strikes. Should teachers be allowed to strike? Hear what some high school students in Kent had to say.
What's happening in Kent and the King County region these next few weeks.
Out and About
Events
Sococulture: For information about cultural events throughout South King County, visit www.sococulture.org.
The Puyallup Fair: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, and 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays through Sept. 21. Features six free entertainment stages, exhibit buildings, midway rides, food, the PRCA Rodeo, animal shows and more. Admission: $8-$10; free for ages 5 and younger. Parking: $10-$12. Puyallup Fair and Events Center, 110 Ninth Ave. S.W., Puyallup. 253-854-1771 or www.thefair.com.
Scientists predict that Mount Rainier could erupt again, but no definite year or century is given. So we may have time to forestall most damages. If that mountain should collapse, dumping cubic miles of ice and snow into molten lava, they predict a vast mud flow on to low lands between Seattle and Tacoma, that are highly developed.
Alfalfa sprouts distributed by a Kent-based company are to believed to be the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 13 people.
From the Kentwood Conquerors’ point of view, there were no surprises about what Auburn did on the football field last Friday night.
BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF: AT A GLANCE
Kentridge boys golf coach Mark Champoux saw it coming. Inch by inch. Pound by pound. Yard by yard.
The Kent City Council has scheduled public hearings for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Council chambers to take comment on the city’s 2009 budget issues and the 2009-2014 Capital Improvement Plan.
The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Portland Winter Hawks 4-2 Saturday night at Kent Valley Ice Centre in their last exhibition game of the preseason.
Look out, Simba, there's an ogre coming your way.
With the opening of "Shrek the Musical" in its pre-Broadway engagement at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, DreamWorks Theatricals is ready to face off against Disney not only onscreen, but also onstage.
The Kent City Council has scheduled public hearings for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Council chambers to take comment on the city’s 2009 budget and the 2009-2014 Capital Improvement Plan.
I was reading along and noticed the title, “Rich are profiting from the poor”. I am saddened that people still believe this. In any country where abuses of individual rights are not protected by law, this is absolutely true.
Changes are afoot.
And for the girls soccer teams that now comprise the re-shuffled South Puget Sound League North Division, the numbers can be both daunting and inspiring at the same time.
A premises liability claim may arise when a guest (an “invitee” in legal terms) is injured on someone else’s property. All of us have heard “Clean up on aisle three!” while at the grocery store. What’s going on, besides the obvious, is the prevention of a premises liability case.
GIRLS SOCCER: AT A GLANCE
John Carlson in discussing talks with Iran refers to what he calls "the false comfort of appeasement."
He says talking with enemies is "discredited by history."
