Don’t forget to change your clocks on Sunday morning as we “spring forward” one hour, beginning at 2 a.m. and go to Daylight Savings Time,… Continue reading
Legal protections would be available to more victims of sexual assault under legislation sponsored by Sen. Joe Fain, which passed the state Senate on Wednesday.… Continue reading
Residents and businesses will see a small rate increase on their garbage bills starting April 1. The city of Kent approved the 0.45 percent increase… Continue reading
By Grace Swanson/WNPA Olympia News Bureau Educators throughout the state seem relieved after the Legislature voted to avoid the levy cliff Thursday, but some, such… Continue reading
Political newcomer Andrew Swansen will challenge two Kent City Council members in the race for mayor. Swansen, who has lived in Kent for 17 years… Continue reading
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will give her final State of the City address at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 5 at the ShoWare Center, 625… Continue reading
Kent Police are still trying to determine who shot and killed a 52-year-old Kent man who died March 3 in a bar parking lot on… Continue reading
Police offering $6,000 reward to find suspect in shooting of man who is a member of Sikh religion.
The Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) applauded the Legislature efforts to resolve the school-funding “levy cliff” so districts could more accurately budget for the… Continue reading
Thanks to an expansion of recycling services and an increase in customers with sorted recyclable and compostable materials, recycling volumes at King County Solid Waste… Continue reading
By Tim Gruver/WNPA Olympia News Bureau In floor action, the House of Representatives passed two measures on March 3 that affect the cost of providing… Continue reading
Suspect in bold attack against Sikh man remains unidentified
WGU Washington surprised Auburn School District employee Richard Robertson with the news he had been chosen to receive a $10,000 scholarship. On Monday, staff from… Continue reading
In documents to be filed in federal court on Thursday, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson contends that the injunction he obtained blocking key sections of… Continue reading
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to fix the looming $358 million levy cliff crisis facing public schools next year. Without the bill, school districts… Continue reading
On International Women’s Day, a major new bill providing protections for pregnant women in the workplace passed the state Senate unanimously. Sponsored by Sen. Karen… Continue reading
The city of Kent plans to increase the water pressure for many properties on the East Hill by performing a “pressure zone switchover.” This project… Continue reading
City leaders are trying to assure residents Kent remains a safe place and that a police and FBI investigation into a potential hate crime will… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee issued the following statement Sunday on the reported hate crime shooting and injuring of a Sikh man on the East Hill in… Continue reading
Police, FBI conducting manhunt
