Kent and King County officials unveiled a new message Wednesday on a Clear Channel Outdoors billboard in the 18900 block of 84th Avenue South (East Valley Highway) to help make people more aware of the fight against human trafficking.
Two days after a woman reported Jan. 20 to Kent Police that her 28-year-old brother had been missing for about two weeks, officers discovered the man in the city jail.
The Kent School District is in the process of implementing a plan to incorporate teacher and principal evaluation formats in schools.
Yoshiko Harden, vice president of diversity at Bellevue College and a Kent resident, is one of 11 women who will be honored at the Women of Color Empowered luncheon Thursday, Jan. 31 in Seattle.
A trial date for a former Kent-Meridian High School teacher and track coach charged with communication with a minor for immoral purposes has been continued to Feb. 5.
Shea Theodore had two goals and an assist and Alexander Delnov had three assists Tuesday night to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 6-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars at the ShoWare Center.
The East Hill Partnership has organized a quarterly cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 9.
State Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, is one of the sponsors of House Bill 1504 to repeal the death penalty in Washington in favor of a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole.
Faculty, almuni, current students, and more came out to celebrate forty years of theCourt Reporting program at Green River Community College.
The Medical Reserve Corps is having an orientation for volunteers at the Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb 21.
A 23-year-old Renton man pleaded not guilty Monday to third-degree assault for reportedly punching and head butting a Seattle Police detective outside a courtroom Jan. 14 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
The following students made the Seattle Pacific University autumn quarter dean's list. Students on the dean's list have completed at least 12 credits and attained a 3.50 or higher grade point average.
Four adults and a child were displaced following a fire at their home in the 11300 block of Southeast 227 Place.
It was a large, community effort. A volunteer force of 77 strong – from 4-year-old Sophie McManus to those in their 70s – came together to help pick up debris along the Interurban Trail during the fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service litter clean-up on Jan. 21
Kent firefighter Art Weichbrodt will have plenty of motivation when he runs up 69 flights of stairs at the Columbia Center skyscraper in Seattle in full fire gear and a self contained breathing apparatus.
A Washington state law that criminalizes intentionally infecting other persons with HIV without their consent may be expanded to include any disease that is dangerous or deadly.
Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman's right to an abortion, turned 40 years old Jan. 22. In Olympia, the contentious issue of reproductive rights has already become a major social policy topic in the Washington Legislature this session with two bills, each representing an opposing side of the debate, currently twisting through the lawmaking process.
The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 in overtime Friday night at the ShoWare Center.
Steve Strachan, former Kent Police chief and King County Sheriff, is one of five finalists to be the new Bremerton police chief.
A man injured after he lost control of his pickup truck in Kent and crashed into a tree has died.
