The Kent Association of Educational Office Professionals (KAEOP) is seeking higher pay alongside other requests while negotiating a new contract with the Kent School District.
Expect to see construction starting this summer on a five-story apartment complex along West Smith Street across from the Kent Station shopping mall.
Tim Clark, a former Kent City Councilman and current Kent School Board member, is running for mayor against incumbent Suzette Cooke.
A Kent apartment fire Tuesday morning in the 24600 block of Russell Road displaced six families from their homes after flames heavily damaged a third-floor unit.
Highline Community College faculty member Dr. Emmanuel Chiabi has been awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture and perform research in Cameroon, Africa for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Thirty-third District state legislators Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent; Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines and Rep. Dave Upthegrove, D-Des Moines will host a telephone town hall March 28 focusing on education, health care, the environment and other topics.
Volunteers are wanted to become stewards for the Green Kent Partnership to help restore city parks and open spaces.
Kent's School District chief academic officer, Merri Rieger, is one of six finalists for the Renton School District's superintendent position.
They're funny, Youtube famous and from the East Hill. They're The Fung Brothers, a dynamic duo made up of locally grown David and Andrew Fung who professionally direct, film and edit original videos on Youtube.com.
Mark Albertson, a Kent attorney and partner in the law firm of Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC, has spent over a quarter-century helping older people and their families with their legal issues.
A Kent apartment fire displaced a family of four at about 3 a.m. Monday in the 23900 block of 60th Avenue South.
The Seattle Thunderbirds secured the seventh seed in the Western Conference Playoff Standings Saturday night at the ShoWare Center after battling to a 6-5 shootout loss to the Portland Winterhawks.
By day, Nicolle McDowell is a math teacher and yearbook advisor at Mattson Middle School. By night, the Kent teacher leaves sweet "Nicolle" behind and embodies her alter ego, Narca-Lexie, a bruising blocker for the Toxic 253 roller derby team. McDowell routinely makes the evening drive from her Covington home to the Tacoma skating rink, shedding formal wear to don a helmet, pads and skates.
The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 8-4 Friday night at the Rose Garden in Portland.
Spring, the "season of renewal," is not so pretty for Puget Sound-area food banks. This time of year typically brings a drop in donations and dwindling staples on the shelves, leaving many regional food banks faced with the growing challenge in meeting critical hunger needs – including those in Thurston, Pierce and King counties.
Watch the video reporter Shawn Skager took of the drill sergeants at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif.
They come for a myriad of reasons. Some come for the chance to challenge themselves physically and mentally. Some come for the opportunity to receive an education. For some, it's an escape from poverty.
For Stormy Starkey, a 20-year-old Covington resident and graduate of the Kent Phoenix Academy, it was a chance to pursue his dream of becoming a police officer and an opportunity to serve his country and earn the title of U.S. Marine.
A Kent man was one of 13 men indicted by a grand jury for investigation of distributing large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington State.
Third- and fourth-grade students from Kent Elementary School participated in Dr. Cleo's Exercise Club sponsored by Molina Healthcare on Feb. 28.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed that "the pilot's physical impairment due to alcohol" caused a crash last year near Mount Si in North Bend that killed all three people on board, including Kentlake High School swim coach Seth Dawson.
