The three men found March 10 in a plant nursery near Kent were identified Friday by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as the three missing Pierce County men.
All three died from gunshot wounds, according to the Medical Examiner's Office.
Now is your chance to tell the Kent School District where to cut an estimated $6 million to $7 million from the 2011-2012 budget.
The district has scheduled a Community Budget Session and Public Hearing to discuss the potential cuts. The meeting is from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 at the Kentwood High School gym, 25800 164th Ave. S.E., in Covington.
The annual Tip-A-Cop fundraiser for Special Olympics Washington will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at the Kent Red Robin, 25207 104th Ave. S.E., on the East Hill.
Kent’s new contract with Allied Waste Services of Kent for garbage and recycling service is designed to boost the recycling rate and save the city money on disposal fees.
Here are some of the changes that will transform the way residents deal with their waste and recyclables, along with a few helpful tips as provided by Tom Watson.
She doesn’t need a nickname.
In fact, the name she was born with serves perfectly, especially for a kid on the fastpitch diamond who can swing the bat with the kind of authority that Kentridge High’s Haley Crusch delivers on a regular basis for the Chargers.
As stated, Crusch crushes. Over the plate. Inside. Outside. High. Low.
It really doesn’t matter to the Kentridge junior. She hits ‘em all.
“That’s kind of my nickname,” Crusch said about her last name. “It fits well.”
"American Idol" viewers found out Thursday night that Kent's Stefano Langone advanced to the top 10 and a spot on the summer tour.
Traffic investigators with the Kent Police Department responded to a fatal traffic collision Wednesday evening on the East Hill.
Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the 11700 block of Southeast 233rd Place at 6:55 p.m. March 23. Initial reports indicated that a baby had been struck by a car.
A 40-year-old Maple Valley man, Troy Allen Hewitt, was charged with second degree murder and first degree assault by the King County Prosecutor March 23, in superior court.
Hewitt is alleged to have stabbed to death James Reed III and wounded Reed's 49-year-old father with a knife, March 20, following a bar fight at the at the Red Dog Saloon located at 18605 S.E. Renton-Maple Valley Road in unincorporated King County.
Barb Drumheller lives in the Country Club Village neighborhood on Kent's East Hill where people know each other's names and help each other.
Many have been neighbors since they bought new houses in the area in the 1990s. So after Drumheller lost her husband Ed Drumheller to cancer in 2006, the neighborhood decided to join for the first time in the Relay for Life of Kent, the annual June event that raises money for the American Cancer Society.
A stove top fire has displaced six people in the 17100 block of SE 267 Street in Covington at 6:50 p.m. today, March 23.
No one was injured in the fire that heavily damaged the cabinets located above the stove top, but smoke traveled extensively through the two story house.
The sickly state budget dominated discussions when Washington journalists trekked to Olympia to hear from legislators and the state’s elected department heads.
Those who control millions of taxpayer dollars and oversee thousands of employees took turns lamenting the state of the budget on March 17, a day when new projections were announced. By mid-day, all knew the budget gap had reached $5.1 billion
Kent-Meridian High School will host the 14th Cherry Blossom Festival from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 25.
Kent's Stefano Langone will sing a Motown hit as one of the 11 "American Idol" finalists Wednesday night on Fox.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office filed a first-degree sexual misconduct charge Tuesday in Superior Court, a class C felony, against Barbara Jeanne Anderson, a Kentlake High School teacher.
The 37-year-old math teacher is alleged to have had sexual contact with a 17-year-old male student who was in her class at the school.
The Kent-Auburn-Tamba Sister City Committee is accepting donations through its nonprofit, 501c3 status to forward to friends in Tamba, Japan for them to distribute toward earthquake relief.
The city of Kent launches a new garbage and recycling program April 1.
Kent’s new contract with Allied Waste Services of Kent for garbage and recycling service is designed to boost the recycling rate and save the city money on disposal fees.
Kent residents can purchase rain barrels and compost bins at a city-sponsored Recycled Products Sale from 9 a.m. until the items run out March 26 at Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road.
The King County Sheriff's office reported a woman teacher at Kentlake High teacher was arrested and booked into the King County jail Thursday, March 17, for investigation of sexual misconduct with a minor, first degree, a class C felony.
Sgt. John Urquhart, spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office stated the 37-year-old woman is alleged to have had sexual contact with a 17-year-old male student.
The identities and manner of death of the three sets of human remains found March 10 at a nursery near Kent remained under investigation Monday by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
A 30-year-old Oregon man pleaded not guilty Monday to a first-degree murder charge in connection with the May 21 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a Kent city employee.
