For the past 44 years, Carol Calbom and Susan Stroomer have taught together in the Kent School District, including job sharing for 25 years.
Thanks to a grant from the Kent Schools Foundation students of iGrad will receive transportation assistance in the form of bus vouchers.
Calvin Watts recognizes inequities in the public school system and racial problems in society. And he wants to profoundly reach out and make his community better with the genuine support of others.
From music to poetry, food to vendors, the Juneteenth celebration sparkled under the sunshine Saturday at Morrill Meadows Park.
Consumer firework sales across the state, including 22 stands in Kent, will begin at noon on Sunday, June 28 and continue until 9 p.m. on July 5.
The Kent School District Board of Directors approved a resolution directing the state Legislature to fully fund public education.
The Washington Youth Academy celebrated the graduation of 16 students from the Kent and Auburn areas during commencement ceremonies on June. 20.
Kent Police plan a boom and bust approach this year to anyone discharging illegal fireworks.
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 have signed center Elijah Brown to a Western Hockey League standard contract.
Raymond Lau has been awarded the 2015 Osness Scholarship from the Greater Kent Historical Society.
Area dive teams pulled a teenager from Lake Wilderness on Tuesday afternoon.
Residents have an opportunity to influence the city of Kent’s parks system for years to come.
State Fire Marshal Charles M. Duffy said on Tuesday that there were 155 suspected fireworks-related fires in 2014 in Washington so it's important to use fireworks carefully.
A motorcyclist reportedly twice made an obscene gesture with his hand toward a Kent Police officer during a 1-mile pursuit on the East Hill.
Calling it a “base budget,” House Democrats on Monday in Olympia unveiled a no-new-revenue operating budget that they said meets the basic needs of the state, doesn’t rely on unsustainable gimmicks, and, if approved by the Senate, would avoid a government shutdown if a budget isn't approved by Tuesday, June 30.
There were 432 fireworks-related injuries and fires reported to the state Fire Marshal’s Office by fire departments and hospitals in 2014.
A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:
With heat and drought rapidly increasing fire danger in Western Washington, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Monday expanded last week’s burn ban from DNR-protected lands in Eastern Washington to include those west of the Cascades.
Rainier Youth Choirs, a nonprofit, community-based program, concluded the 2014-2015 Imagine season with a concert featuring all four choirs and several small community outreach performances.
