The Lucy Lopez Center will offer coats and other winter items for free from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, or until supplies last.
You’ll probably never see an African marimba on MTV.
Make that the same for any Taylor Swift offerings.
For a group of student musicians at East Hill Elementary School, however, the African marimba permeates their consciousness in more ways than a Top 40 ballad ever could.
A community lunch to talk about the plight of the homeless last week netted more than 1,000 articles of winter clothing for Kent’s neediest citizens.
That was the word from Sally Goodgion, organizer of the Kent Kiwanis Club’s “Hope for Families 2010,” a fundraising lunch Dec. 9 that asked audience members to each contribute warm winter clothing as part of their admission.
The Kent City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to adopt the 2011 budget.
Lakewood Police are seeking the public's help as they investigate the disappearance of three Pierce County men who were last seen Dec. 12 at a Kent apartment complex.
The Green River levees and the Howard Hanson Dam had no trouble this past weekend handling the deluge of the winter’s first major Pineapple Express weather system.
The cities of Kent, Auburn, Tukwila and Renton escaped any major Green River flooding despite the more than 2 inches of rain that fell Sunday.
The pillars of the Kent-Meridian High wrestling program graduated last spring.
Jesus Valdez, Nick Lemmon, Andrew Smith and Thomas Reinhart — four of the South Puget Sound League North Division’s top wrestlers last season — have moved on.
“You have four outstanding kids. They were so exceptional, natural leaders,” said Kent-Meridian coach Todd Owens.
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder for the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy two years ago inside the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila.
Richard Frankel reaches the same conclusion whenever he tries to cope with his son's murder.
"It doesn't make any sense," Frankel said during a Monday phone interview from his Hawaii home. "You never expect your child to die before you, especially something so sudden.
"Even now, it's hard to believe it happened."
The Kent Police Youth Board ran a Game of Life conference for middle and high school students Dec. 7-8 at Kent Commons.
Classical KING FM is reminding the Northwest’s young musicians of the deadline to enter its second-annual Ten Grands Young Artist Awards, Jan. 14.
KING FM’s Ten Grands Young Artist Awards celebrates the talented youth of the Northwest who are pursuing their dreams in music. Youth between the ages of 6 and 18 who are non-professional acoustic instrumentalists, vocalists, or in an ensemble, and reside in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho, are invited to submit a 5-minute YouTube video showcasing their talents.
Kentlake High School students went home early Tuesday after a wind storm knocked out power to the school.
Kent Police arrested a 34-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly punched his girlfriend as well as kicked and dented her 2000 Mercedes Benz 230 after a dispute at a Kent bar.
Boeing employee and regular Lottery player David Hopkins said he is still in shock about his $280,000 Hit 5 win, which he won Dec. 13 at a Des Moines grocery store.
Now that the rain is gone, road crews are turning their attention to the massive cleanup that lies ahead.
In the wake of this weekend’s record rainfall, King County crews are responding to road problems on three fronts - keeping an eye on roads impacted by river flooding, responding to washouts and clogged storm drains caused by urban flooding and cleaning up debris from mudslides.
Currently more that 25 roads are closed in unincorporated areas of King County due to river flooding and slides.
A Kent couple who tried to help a homeless man and woman by taking them in during the winter holidays reportedly were robbed in their own home early Monday morning. Kent Police were called to the couple’s downtown Kent apartment at about 2:20 a.m. The couple told police that their guests, a 25-year-old man and 23-year-old woman, used a knife to threaten and rob them.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to watch levees around western Washington and has deployed six flood fight teams for river observation and conducting emergency operations as rivers continue to rise across western Washington.
Planned water releases from a flood-control dam in the upper Green River watershed will lead to increased flows downstream – including some minor flooding in the middle reach of the Green above Auburn Sunday evening. Meanwhile, the Tolt River has reached a Phase IV flood alert level, with major flooding possible in the Carnation area.
Kent Police provided this list of tips to help prevent vehicle thefts and prowls.
Kent Police report they're continuing to see a steady monthly rate of vehicle thefts and prowls. Thieves stole 709 vehicles in Kent from January through November of this year. But car owners can take steps to help prevent vehicle theft and prowls.
