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Bartell’s 17th annual School Tools donation drive supports local students

Bartell’s 17th annual School Tools donation drive supports local students

Bartell Drugs, in partnership with local radio station STAR 101.5 and World Vision, is helping set students up for success. From Aug. 4-30, Bartell’s 17th… Continue reading

  • Aug 1, 2019
Bartell’s 17th annual School Tools donation drive supports local students
Road to an electric vehicle future

Road to an electric vehicle future

PSE invites the public to free ride and drive events

  • Jul 31, 2019
Road to an electric vehicle future
OMAX’s GlobalMAX 1508 features a 0.8-by-1.5-meter cutting bed size. Like other OMAX abrasive waterjets, the GlobalMAX can cut almost any material and a wide variety of material thicknesses without any heat-affected zone. COURTESY PHOTO, OMAX

Kent-based OMAX to showcase full range of waterjets at FABTECH 2019

Show set for Nov. 11-14 in Chicago

  • Jul 24, 2019
OMAX’s GlobalMAX 1508 features a 0.8-by-1.5-meter cutting bed size. Like other OMAX abrasive waterjets, the GlobalMAX can cut almost any material and a wide variety of material thicknesses without any heat-affected zone. COURTESY PHOTO, OMAX
Muckleshoot Casino expansion project reaches milestone

Muckleshoot Casino expansion project reaches milestone

Project scheduled for completion in early 2021 and includes an 18-story, 400-room luxury hotel

  • Jul 22, 2019
Muckleshoot Casino expansion project reaches milestone
Kent’s Blue Origin visualizes future of people living, working in space

Kent’s Blue Origin visualizes future of people living, working in space

Head of advanced development programs talks about goals, rockets

Kent’s Blue Origin visualizes future of people living, working in space
Former Mayor White gets a star

Former Mayor White gets a star

For role in bringing Kent Station shopping center to downtown

  • Jul 19, 2019
Former Mayor White gets a star
State adds 6,000 jobs in June; unemployment rate holds steady at 4.6 percent

State adds 6,000 jobs in June; unemployment rate holds steady at 4.6 percent

Washington’s economy gained 6,000 jobs in June and the state’s seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for June was unchanged at 4.6 percent, according to the… Continue reading

  • Jul 17, 2019
State adds 6,000 jobs in June; unemployment rate holds steady at 4.6 percent
City of Kent, Blue Origin reach development agreement on roadwork, stormwater facility

City of Kent, Blue Origin reach development agreement on roadwork, stormwater facility

Deal part of aerospace company’s large expansion

City of Kent, Blue Origin reach development agreement on roadwork, stormwater facility
Public invited to nominate Washington businesses that go the extra mile

Public invited to nominate Washington businesses that go the extra mile

Each year, the Office of the Secretary of State calls for nominations for the Corporations for Communities Award. Now in its tenth year, the Corporations… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2019
Public invited to nominate Washington businesses that go the extra mile
Sysco Seattle plans to expand food distribution center in Kent

Sysco Seattle plans to expand food distribution center in Kent

Warehouse along 54th Avenue South near South 228th Street

Sysco Seattle plans to expand food distribution center in Kent
Berry good

Berry good

Season pickings: strawberries, raspberries and more from a Kent patch

  • Jun 24, 2019
Berry good
Kent dentist offers free exams, teeth cleanings for kids and veterans on Fridays

Kent dentist offers free exams, teeth cleanings for kids and veterans on Fridays

Kent dentist Mike Hsieh is offering free exams and teeth cleanings for children and veterans in the community from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, June… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2019
Kent dentist offers free exams, teeth cleanings for kids and veterans on Fridays
Payroll hiring moderates slightly in May

Payroll hiring moderates slightly in May

State’s unemployment rate stays at 4.7 percent

  • Jun 19, 2019
Payroll hiring moderates slightly in May
Founder, co-owner of The BoxMaker, a Kent company, passes away

Founder, co-owner of The BoxMaker, a Kent company, passes away

David Hill driven to ‘do something different’ as innovative leader

  • Jun 18, 2019
Founder, co-owner of The BoxMaker, a Kent company, passes away

50 electric buses coming to local transit agencies; $13.3M from VW settlement used to reduce diesel pollution

The number of electric buses rolling through Washington communities will more than double in the months ahead as the Washington Department of Ecology invests $13.3… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2019
Washington’s average wage tops $65,000 in 2018

Washington’s average wage tops $65,000 in 2018

Washington’s average annual wage grew by 5.5 percent in 2018 to $65,301, according to the state Employment Security Department – representing the largest percentage increase… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2019
Washington’s average wage tops $65,000 in 2018
Group buys Kent’s Bryson Square Apartments for $43.2 million

Group buys Kent’s Bryson Square Apartments for $43.2 million

198-unit complex built in 1988 on East Hill

  • Jun 11, 2019
Group buys Kent’s Bryson Square Apartments for $43.2 million
Makerspaces essential solution to job gap | SBA

Makerspaces essential solution to job gap | SBA

By Jeremy Field, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) When it comes to finding skilled workers to fill the estimated 7.5 million job openings in the… Continue reading

  • Jun 9, 2019
Makerspaces essential solution to job gap | SBA
Half Lion Public House opens at Kent’s Riverbend Golf Complex

Half Lion Public House opens at Kent’s Riverbend Golf Complex

Company also has Sumner brewery

Half Lion Public House opens at Kent’s Riverbend Golf Complex
Farmers market season opens

Farmers market season opens

Lisa Rasmussen, owner of Designs by Lisa, Inc, above, displays some of her shirts at the Kent Farmers Market, which opened its season last Saturday… Continue reading

  • Jun 6, 2019
Farmers market season opens