A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:
The Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center host its annual spring plant sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 8 and 9.
Metropolitan King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove sees the future of light rail in the city of Des Moines along Interstate 5.
Shea Theodore, a Western Hockey League All-Star and the Seattle Thunderbirds' all-time leader in goals scored and points for a defenseman, is moving on in his young career.
A Kent African hair braider asked a federal court judge on Friday to dismiss her lawsuit against the state Department of Licensing (DOL) after the agency agreed to exempt hair braiders from having a cosmetology license.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke and the City Council chose the five residents on Tuesday who will determine in the next few months if the mayor and seven-member council deserve pay increases.
Sound Transit will pick a preferred light rail route this summer for a more than $1 billion project to extend tracks from SeaTac to Kent and eventually to Federal Way.
The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBA) is offering $30,000 in scholarship funds to college/trade/technical school students of sophomore to senior status enrolled in residential construction-related programs.
Parks projects in Des Moines and Kent are funded in the 2015 capital budget proposed this week by the Senate, Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, announced.
Rachel Beal of Des Moines served as a page in the state Senate during the week of March 23.
Kent Police traffic investigators responded on Thursday to a collision between a car and a semi-truck in the 24800 block of Pacific Highway South.
Residents can check out the Third Thursday Art Walk from 4-8 p.m. on April 16 in downtown Kent.
Kent-based Blue Origin recently completed acceptance testing of its BE‑3 rocket engine, the first new hydrogen engine to be developed in the United States in more than a decade.
Hundreds of Kent-Meridian High School students, staff and community members gathered last Friday to remember Lupo Benson with a candlelight vigil at French Field, where Benson had spent much time practicing and playing football for the Royals.
Seattle Thunderbirds center Mathew Barzal and defenseman Ethan Bear will play for Team Canada at the Under-18 World Championship on April 16-26 in Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland.
Ivar's and Kidd Valley Restaurants are calling on all kindergarten through eighth-graders to nominate their favorite teacher for a chance to take home 2015 Teacher of the Year honors.
Parents and students in the Kent School District can now view school breakfast and lunch menus on their smartphones or tablets using the My School Menus app.
One of Kent's most dedicated volunteers and business owners was honored Wednesday by the Washington State Senate in a resolution.
Excel Public Charter School, the first of its kind in Kent, is preparing to open its doors to its first students in August.
A service-oriented and community-minded society shares a long history and a special place in Kent.
