The Kent City Council received a lesson in how to run meetings more efficiently.
Torklift Central opened 40 years ago in Kent.
Sound Transit finalized an order on Friday for 122 new light rail vehicles to meet the needs of an expanding rail network amid booming ridership.
King County Executive Dow Constantine will present his executive proposed biennial budget for 2017-18 on Monday, Sept. 26 to the County Council, which has final authority over the budget.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will present her 2017-18 biennial budget to the City Council at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Peter Rogoff described an all-too-common experience: sitting in stalled traffic on Interstate 5 as early as 7:15 a.m. on weekdays, watching HOT lanes that had been built to ease congestion jammed with buses and cars, and nothing going anywhere.
City renews jail food services contract
for five more years
The Kent City Council will consider adopting laws to help low-income residents find and stay in rental housing.
Fall is officially here and seasons are changing. Leaves are turning, days are shorter and the nights are getting a little chilly.
A plan initiated by Metropolitan King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove to expand the King County Metro human services bus ticket program was unanimously approved on Monday by the County Council.
41st Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 24, Town Square Plaza, near the Kent Station at the corner of Second and Smith streets. Features vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items and entertainment. Volunteers with the Kent Lions and Foundation operate the market. For more information, visit kentfarmersmarket.com.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, applauded the Department of Labor's announcement on Wednesday that the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County will receive $500,000 to help reduce recidivism and promote reintegration of currently and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Light rail service to Angle Lake in SeaTac opens Saturday with a dedication ceremony sponsored by Alaska Airlines at 9:30 a.m., followed by a City of SeaTac community celebration at 11 a.m.
Detectives with the King County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit would like the public's help to identify skeletal remains found on Mount Si, near North Bend.
A man reportedly swallowed more than a gram of heroin in an effort to hide the illegal drug as he pulled his car over with a Kent Police vehicle behind him.
South King County residents are invited to a community chat at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, to discuss Sound Transit Project 3 – a $54 billion tax measure residents will vote on in November.
A Kent-based shoe company donated more than 400 pairs of boots to the Kent Area Council PTA Clothing Bank during the clothing bank's opening night of the school year on Sept. 13.
A 27-year-old Seattle man pleaded not guilty on Monday to a first-degree murder charge for shooting a Tukwila man on Sept. 4 at a Kent home.
The Kent Regional Fire Authority weekly number of calls report:
Kent Police responded to a drive-by shooting last Thursday afternoon along Southeast 256th Street, behind the Washington Park Apartments on the East Hill.
