Hundreds of people assembled in the ShoWare Center's west parking lot to enjoy an enormous, 165-team tournament for all grades and ages last weekend.
Kacey Kretzler and Joe Caputo meet Pumpkin, a pit bulldog mix, at the Tacoma Humane Society's booth at the Adopt and Shop event at Kent Station last Saturday.
With kitten season in full swing, Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) during the month of August is offering half price off a second kitten with the adoption of one kitten at the normal fee of $100. Regular pet licensing fees apply.
Green River Community College recently concluded its portion of the Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders (SUSI) to whirling skirts and colorful dresses.
The Daughters of the American Revolution recently presented the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) medal to Cadet Madeline Zacher, a sophomore at Kentwood High School.
Baldwin Chiropractic, a Kent business at 10700 SE 208th St., recently donated a check for $1,100 to KentHOPE, a community organization whose goal is to open a day center and shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Kent.
Kent School District (KSD) received its 28th consecutive Certificate of Excellence award in Financial Reporting.
For anyone curious about what one of the oldest homes in Kent looks like on the inside, make plans to tour the Neely-Soames Historic Homestead between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17.
An important part of King County’s flood-prevention infrastructure in the Green River Valley is about to be upgraded, when the Black River Pump Station in Renton gets some much-needed improvements.
Following the voter initiative creating a state licensing system for production and sales of recreational marijuana, a King County agency has developed proposed standards for the zoning of marijuana-related businesses that would be regulated by the state and located in unincorporated King County, outside of cities.
A pregnant woman wearing a scrub top and brown jail pants allegedly walked away from the Valley Medical Center in Renton after Kent Police officers had transported her from the city jail to the hospital to be treated for spotting from her pregnancy.
The King County Sheriff’s Office is looking for someone who is missing a box of cremated remains that were found last week near the Soos Creek Trail in unincorporated Kent.
Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark has banned all outdoor fires on lands protected by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), including campfires in all state, local and private campgrounds.
A Kent man received a 37-month prison sentence Tuesday for his role in taking kickbacks on fraudulently inflated travel vouchers when he worked at Seattle's Veterans Affairs Hospital.
More than 10,000 Kent residents across the East Hill, West Hill and in the Valley are expected to participate Tuesday, Aug. 6 in National Night Out (NNO), a nationwide program aimed at reducing crime by neighbors getting to know each other.
Ginuwine and Jon B are among the headliners at a R&B Ladies Night Out concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The Kent-based Institute for Community Leadership received a $275,000 grant in Washington's new capital budget for purchase of the program's office building, ensuring continuation of agency operations, along with $270,000 from the state's operating budget to provide a nonviolence and leadership training program over the next two years.
Kent Police were part of the FBI Seattle Division task force that recovered three child victims and arrested nine people in Western Washington for investigation of child abuse and related crimes as part of a Operation Cross Country nationwide crackdown to address commercial child sex trafficking.
The USO Northwest recently was granted $335,000 from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound.
The trial date has been continued yet again for a man who reportedly made as much as $200,000 as a pimp in Kent and Seattle.
