Five new officers recently joined the Kent Police force.
The Kent Reporter recently received several awards from the Washington Better Newspaper Contest.
Riverview Fall Festival: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 26, Riverview Community Church, 4135 S. 216th St., Kent. Fun fall event for families Trunk or Treat, face painting, popcorn, cookie walk, carnival games and candy.
Law enforcement and community leaders from across King County, including the Kent Police, joined together last week to announce a major initiative to reduce the demand for prostitution where the majority of sex buying now takes place – online.
Sounders FC fans can take an easy ride to the stadium Saturday by skipping traffic and taking Sound Transit's special Sounder train service to the match against the Los Angeles Galaxy at noon.
The Kent City Council has delayed until November a vote about whether to increase the garbage tax for residents and businesses.
It took a man's mother to persuade him to drop a knife after he refused a command from a Kent Police officer with his gun drawn to put the knife down.
The state Dental Commission suspended the license of a Kent dentist because of an unsanitary office and inadequate infection control.
A 57-year-old Kent man faces sexual exploitation of a minor charges for allegedly videotaping a young girl in the bathroom of his home.
Angelia Ysobel G. Miranda, of Kent, is the runner-up in the American Foreign Service Association's 2014 National High School Essay Contest.
A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:
Residents can tell the King County Council what they think priorities should be for the 2015-16 county budget at a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, in Courtroom 3F at the Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Ave. N., in downtown Kent.
Fire crews put out a house fire Saturday on Kent’s West Hill in the 3600 block of South 268th Street.
A second superior court judge agreed on Friday with an opinion issued by the state Attorney General’s Office last year, concluding that nothing in Initiative 502 overrides local governments’ authority to regulate or ban marijuana businesses, according to a state Attorney General media release.
The Kamloops Blazers defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-4 in overtime Saturday night at the ShoWare Center.
The city of Kent will host the largest creative gift boutique in all the state’s senior centers at the 28th Annual Holiday Craft Market from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The Riverview Fall Festival – a fun fall event for families – is from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 at the Riverview Community Church, 4135 S. 216th St., Kent.
The Seattle Thunderbirds lost at home to the Prince George Cougars Friday night, falling 3-1.
Tell the Kent City Council what it should prioritize in the 2015-16 city budget during a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Kent city officials are trying to find ways to track down businesses that apparently are not paying the city's business and occupation (B&O) tax even though they are required to pay.
