The two-day ShoWare Shootout outdoor 3-on-3 basketball tournament attracted 112 teams competing for top honors in 18 divisions.
Highline College is one of the nation's best colleges to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the top national and international news source for colleges and universities.
Two adults and three children have been displaced following an apartment fire in the 23700 block of 110 Avenue Southeast this morning.
The Sound Transit’s Board of Directors on Thursday, July 23 will take public comments and is expected to identify a preferred alternative for the Federal Way Link Extension project that will expand light rail service to Kent's West Hill.
An unconscious girl was pulled from Lake Meridian in Kent on Saturday evening.
Rainier Youth Choirs again hosts its popular Summer Choir Camp for singers entering grades three through eight with a Jungle Cruise this year.
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. This work will require temporary, intermittent closures of sections of the Green River Trail, which sits atop the levee system through the Green River Valley.
Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober says he has agreed to pay a fine to resolve campaign violations found by state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) investigators when he ran unsuccessfully for the council in 2011 and 2013.
The only Kent City Council race on the Aug. 4 primary ballot features perennial candidate Bailey Stober against newcomers Tina Budell and Hira Singh Bhullar.
Washington State University's graduation list for the 2015 spring semester:
Lisa Bernhagen and Natasha Burrowes have joined the ranks of honored Highline College employees, named as winners of the college's two premier employee awards for the 2014–2015 academic year.
Communities In Schools of Kent hosts the third annual Fill The Bus school supply drive – now through Aug. 23.
Green River College will retain parent-child education and carpentry technology but eliminate geographic information systems (GIS) and auto body technology, school officials announced late Wednesday.
It continues to be a slow train coming but a railroad quiet zone could be arriving someday in downtown Kent.
In his first month on the job, Kent School District Superintendent Calvin Watts is establishing ties in the community and setting goals.
Kent-Meridian High School graduate Manuel Marroquin has been awarded a full, four-year QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame.
A valley tradition, the community celebrated the 44th annual Kent Cornucopia Days – South King County's oldest and largest festival – this weekend with a full slate of entertainment and activities.
Kent's Brandon Hoggans is launching efforts to improve the prison system from a different perspective.
An increasing number of King County residents are being poisoned by eating edible marijuana products, and health officials warn that children are particularly at risk.
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.