Seattle Police detectives are still looking for help to solve the murder of a Kent woman a year ago in West Seattle.
A Kent man jumped out of his girlfriend's car in the middle of Southeast Kent-Kangley Road and reportedly smashed out the back window of the vehicle before the woman sped away.
A Kent City Council committee voted 2-1 Tuesday on a proposal to reduce the city's gambling tax on gross revenues of casino card rooms from 11 percent to 7 percent in order to help the Great American Casino cut its losses.
About two-thirds of the way up Seattle's Columbia Center, Kent firefighter Caitlin Corey started losing momentum. "There was nothing to think about except what's inside your head and (to) step, step, step," she said. All the preparation, training and strategy in the world could only take her so far. She needed motivation. She needed a second wind. Looking up ahead of her, she got just that.
The Kent School District is offering paid classes for preschool teachers. This eight-session series aims "to increase the preschool teacher's skills and strategies in teaching early literacy skills," said Merri Rieger, chief academic officer for the school district.
Washington School Nutrition Association (WSNA) "Fills the Cupboard" Spring Food Drive – a benefit for the Kent Food Bank – continues through May 15. Please bring nonperishable food items to any Kent School District kitchen.
Kent's Heather Berg joined more than 200 American Diabetes Association volunteer advocates from throughout the country in Washington, D.C., on March 5-7 for the organization's premier national advocacy event, Call to Congress.
No longer David, Gonzaga is a Goliath in college basketball. Gary Bell Jr. and his teammates know as much. They are fully aware of their lofty position as the top-ranked Bulldogs head into the Big Dance with a bull's-eye squarely placed on their chests.
About 50 Kent residents, KentHOPE members and 13 homeless individuals came to help beautify the downtown streets by picking up litter and garbage on a breezy and misty morning last Saturday.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are teaming up with Kent area residents in the fight against hunger. Local Cub and Boy Scouts on Saturday will disperse door hangers throughout local neighborhoods to ask the community for food donations. If residents want to participate, they should leave donated items on their doorstep the following Saturday, March 30, and the Scouts will return to collect and transport donations to a local food bank.
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.
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