The political playhouse is about to get thinned out following the Tuesday primary election.
Ballots for the mail-only primary election must be postmarked by Tuesday, Aug. 17 and the results will decide what two candidates will line up against each other in races in the 47th and 5th districts.
The state now uses the top-two primary, which means the two legislative candidates in each race with the most votes move on to the general election, regardless of party affiliation. Races with two candidates are listed on the primary ballot, which allows voters to write-in a candidate.
It didn’t take long for Richard Crisman to recall one of the highlights of the first Summer Ball last year at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
“I danced with quite a few ladies,” Crisman, 77, of Kent, said during an interview Tuesday at the senior center.
Back-to-school shopping turned out to be a thrill for 13-year-old Elisha Ellison as he joined 29 other students for a free shopping spree Tuesday at the Target store on Kent’s East Hill.
“I thought it was a pretty cool chance to get school clothes,” said Ellison, of Renton, who had T-shirts, long-sleeve shirts and cargo pants in his shopping cart, funded by an $80 gift card provided by Target to each student through the Salvation Army. “I need some.”
A 46-yeaer-old Washington State Patrol trooper suffered a mild concussion, cuts to the head and neck and bruises after he lost control of his car while chasing a group of motorcycles traveling more than 100 mph at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Seattle along northbound Interstate 5 near State Route 599, just north I-405 and Kent.
Kent Police arrested a 21-year-old Auburn man for investigation of first-degree robbery in connection with the theft of a large sword and a carjacking Tuesday on the West Hill.
Kent Police arrested a 55-year-old mother for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she reportedly bit her 27-year-old son near his right hip after an argument about her son's dating relationships.
The incident occurred at about 4:51 a.m. July 31 at an apartment in the 25200 block of 106th Avenue Southeast, according to the police report.
Starting today, drivers along northbound Interstate 5 to Seattle have have a series of new Smarter Highway signs to follow, in an effort by the state Department of Transportation to reduce traffic congestion and crashes, as well as to keep traffic moving.
A Kent Police officer shot and injured a 19-year-old Kent man after a car chase Aug. 6 on the East Hill.
The officer began to chase a vehicle at about 6:35 p.m., according to a media release from the Auburn Police. Auburn detectives are investigating the case to avoid a conflict of interest because the incident involved a Kent Police officer.
The Kent Parks Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from the PETCO Foundation to help develop an off-leash dog park on Kent's East Hill. The Foundation will present a check to Mayor Suzette Cooke at the City Council's Aug. 17 meeting. The meeting starts 7 p.m. at Kent City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Challenger Jack Michalek believes voters want a new senator in Legislative District 33. Incumbent Karen Keiser remains confident that voters want to keep her experience and values in Olympia.
The two face off in the Aug. 17 Primary Election. Both will advance to the Nov. 2 General Election. Ballots have been mailed by King County Elections. Voters must have the ballots postmarked by Aug. 17 in the all-mail election to be counted.
Auburn Police are still waiting for forensic results from the Washington State Patrol crime lab before detectives can move forward with trying to solve the May 21 killing of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee.
Neighborhoods from all over Kent - including those in the recently annexed Panther Lake area - came out in force to celebrate National Night Out Aug. 3. See how folks in the Kent area joined forces and had fun getting to know their neighbors.
Incumbent Pat Sullivan sees his strong community ties and work to reform education funding as reasons to keep him as state representative for House Legislative District 47. Challenger Rodrigo Yanez promises he would help stop raising taxes and work to follow the will of the people based on initiative votes.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce is having its second of two candidate forums for the upcoming primary elections.
Organized by the chamber's Government Affairs Committee, the next forum runs noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 10, and will cover the races of the 33rd and 47th districts. Both will take place at the Kent Centennial Building's North/South Conference Room, 400 W. Gowe St.
King County voters are returning ballots at a greater rate than projected for the first week of the Primary Election. More than 100,000 ballots have already been returned, as of Aug. 6, and Elections officials are busy processing them. As in all elections, there are some ballots that can’t be opened because of problems associated with voter signatures.
Two standing ovations from an audience of nearly 1,500 delegates from 17 countries saluted the Kent-based Rainier Youth Choir's Consonare and Colla Voice ensembles at the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Convention’s opening night July 20 at Spokane’s INB Performing Arts Center.
They were intrigued by the local history, observed two growing cities in revitalization, toured businesses at work and embraced the many sights and sounds with their intercultural friends living half a world away.
A delegation from Tamba, Japan – led by its re-elected mayor – paid Kent and Auburn a long-anticipated visit last week to strengthen a relationship that began more than 40 years ago.
King County attorneys withdrew accusations that Des Moines animal control and one of its officers played a role in the death of a dog last fall shortly after it left the Kent Shelter.
The Kent Arts Commission has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to develop and promote a 2011 bicycle tour of the earthworks projects located in the Green River Valley, including Kent.
King County Sheriff's Office detectives are looking for a man in his mid-20s suspected in the rape of a 21 year-old woman on July 28 in Covington.
The attack occurred just after midnight July 28 near the LA Fitness, 27245 172nd Ave. S.E., according to an Aug. 4 Sheriff's Office media release.
