Les Thomas no longer is running unopposed for a fourth term on the Kent City Council.
A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:
Maintenance work by King County continues along a dozen miles of levees that protect the cities of Renton, Tukwila and Kent from Green River flooding and will require temporary, intermittent closures of sections of the Green River Trail.
Nine people were treated and two transported to a local hospital after an employee accidentally discharged a canister of bear repellent in a hotel room in the 19600 block of International Boulevard in SeaTac.
Kent city officials want residents to take the time to respond to online surveys about public transportation and city parks.
The city of Kent's newly formed Financial Sustainability Task Force grew by three more members to 18 on Tuesday partly because of a mistakenly sent email from the city.
Kent city officials want the owners of the three known medical marijuana shops in town to shut down.
Kent neighborhoods participated in the annual National Night Out celebration on Tuesday.
Kent's Trevor Cosby recently attended the Eastern Music Festival summer study program at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., a five-week competitive high school and college program training in orchestral, piano, conducting, guitar and choral performance.
If the month of June proves to be an accurate indicator, the city-owned ShoWare Center might be finally turning the corner when it comes to making money.
The Seattle Thunderbirds has acquired goalie Taz Burman from the Red Deer Rebels in exchange for forward Lane Pederson and a conditional fifth-round selection in the 2017 Bantam Draft, general manager Russ Farwell announced Wednesday.
Hazardous material teams from Kent and three other fire departments responded to a chemical leak at about 11:39 p.m. Wednesday at a shipping/receiving facility in the 6200 block of South 228th Street.
A lengthy drug trafficking investigation of a criminal group with ties to California and Mexico has resulted in 17 arrests – seven of whom are from Kent – and the seizure of pound quantities of methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes announced Thursday.
The Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) has taken action in hopes of re-establishing shared governance between Green River College administration and faculty and staff and improving morale on campus.
The U.S. Department of Education has given state education officials an allowance to correct a Kent School District clerical error in 2012 that put the highly qualified status of 177 teachers in question.
Family members of several Seattle Seahawks football players hosted a parent empowerment event last Thursday, July 30, at the ShoWare Center.
Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays, June 6-Sept. 26. Fresh produce, flower, vendors. Kent Lions program. For more information, visit www.kentfarmersmarket.com.
The Seattle Thunderbirds open training camp on Tuesday, Aug. 25, with four scrimmages at the ShoWare Center.
Repairs were under way Wednesday at Kent-Meridian High School after a fire on Monday afternoon damaged the art building on campus.
It appears Tina Budell and Hira Singh Bhullar are headed for a Kent City Council race showdown in November.
