The Kent Fire Department presented its Gift of Life simulation and assembly at Kent-Meridian High School last week.
Late start days for Kent School District students could become a weekly event rather than monthly. The Kent School District Board of Directors is considering adding more shortened days to the school calendar to give teachers additional time for professional development. The district, which currently has nine late start days throughout the school year, could up that to as many as 30 days.
The Kent City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday night to use the city's new business and occupation (B&O) tax to cover a $2 million shortfall to fund the Southeast 256th Street project.
The city of Kent's new business and occupation tax (B&O) brought in $614,000 for the first quarter of this year.
iGrad, a partnership between the Kent School District and Green River Community College, will be graduating its first class of students at the ShoWare Center at 7 p.m. Friday, as part of the GRCC graduation ceremony.
Military veterans, politicians, motorcyclists, elementary school children and a Reserve Officers' Training Corps drill team were all part of the city of Kent's ceremony Friday to rename South 231st Way as Veterans Drive.
Kent Police responded to the West Hill to remove a drunk man from a bus and ended up arresting another man for investigation of obstructing an officer after the man reportedly refused to leave the Metro bus stop area.
A field of 60 cars lined up for the Torklift Central RV Center's second annual Classic Car and Motorcycle Show in Kent last Saturday. More than 400 attended the show, a benefit for Soldiers' Angels, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sending care packages to U.S. troops overseas.
Jaylin Miller, a fifth grader at Star Lake Elementary in Kent, was inducted into the AAA School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame last Friday in recognition of her dedication to safety, community stewardship and leadership.
King County officials will close the century-old Alvord T. Bridge just south of Kent on Wednesday, June 5, three weeks earlier than planned because too many drivers are ignoring the oversize load restrictions.
The VCA Kent Animal Hospital's third annual Furfest, a pet festival, is Saturday, June 15, behind the hospital, 10834 SE Kent-Kangley Road. It is free to the public.
Organizers of the Kent Parks Resident Camp at Waskowitz will host a pair of parent/camper informational meetings – June 12 and July 10 – from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Kent Commons, 525 4th Avenue N.
The team of seniors Ray Maung, 17, Kentwood High School, Jake Hecla, 18, Aviation High of Des Moines, and Rian Chandra, 18, Capitol High of Olympia, won the second-place grand award in physics and astronomy at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on May 12-17 at Phoenix, Ariz.
Kent Police sent out a notice Monday about a phone calling scam by someone who claims to be a representative of the city water department in an effort to obtain credit card numbers.
Technical rescue teams from several fire departments combined efforts on Friday afternoon to rescue a woman who had fallen and had been injured along a remote road along the Green River.
Practical ways to shed a bad habit or take a positive step in life will be explored at Lifetree Café at 7 p.m. Monday, June 17.
The city of Kent might sell the par 3, 9-hole golf course at its Riverbend Golf Complex but keep the 18-hole course.
A Kent man died from a gunshot wound at about 4:55 a.m. Thursday outside of his home in the 21000 block of 131st Avenue Southeast on the East Hill.
Traffic cameras to catch speeders in school zones are coming this fall to Kent.
Once upon a time, Carrie Devault opened a bookstore out of her basement. Starting with 12,000 books, she sold novels, children's classics and teen fiction to those who shared her love of the written word. A few years later, as her collection of books multiplied, Devault moved from her basement to a three-warehouse storage unit off West Valley Highway in Kent to house the now 500,000 books in her possession.
