The trial for a Tukwila man accused of shooting a man to death in November 2008 at the Westfield Southcenter Mall has been rescheduled to Jan. 19, 2011 at King County Superior Court in Kent.
Kent firefighters rescued a disabled man from a house fire in the 10500 block of Southeast 211th Street at about 8:54 p.m. Aug. 1 in what was first reported to be an outdoor smoke investigation.
Work begins Aug. 2 on State Route 18 near Peasley Canyon in Auburn to permanently repair damage from a large landslide in January that has closed the westbound truck-climbing lane between Highway 167 and Interstate 5.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to install additional drains as well as extend an existing drainage tunnel to repair the Howard Hanson Dam rather than extending a temporary grout curtain.
The corps revealed the new plans at a press conference Friday in Seattle organized by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to announce how the corps would spend the $44 million approved for repairs as part of a $59 billion emergency supplemental spending bill approved earlier this month by Congress and signed July 29 by President Obama.
Pat Ellis started Cops With Cancer to help make sure Greg Duffin's dream to support his fellow police officers fighting the disease became a reality.
Ellis, a city of Kent crisis intervention coordinator and chaplain for the police and fire departments, sat down at a table sandwiched between a 1932 Ford Roadster and a classic Harley-Davidson in the showroom at the Kent Performance Auto Center to discuss the endeavor. The center will host the Second Annual Greg Duffin Car and Motorcycle Show July 31, a fundraiser for Cops With Cancer, a Kent-based nonprofit set up to support officers struck by cancer.
The Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey team will play its home opener for the 2010-11 regular season at 7:05 p.m. Sept. 25 against the Portland Winterhawks at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The T-Birds, who released their tentative schedule July 28, open the Western Hockey League regular season against the Everett Silvertips Sept. 24 at Comcast Arena in Everett.
Michelle McDowell walked out on the dock behind her Lake Meridian home and looked at the Meridian Belle before crews started to tear apart the 40-year-old boat.
"She's just falling apart," said McDowell, who carefully stepped up on the boat but took only a few steps because of the weak floorboards.
The boat had once been the queen of the lake hosting dinner parties and even a brass band as it traveled around the lake on Kent's East Hill. But nobody had used the boat for a couple of years because of its bad condition.
That, however, is all about to change.
Janet Nance discovered planning became much easier this year for the annual National Night Out gathering Aug. 3 at the Pheasants Hollow neighborhood in Panther Lake because the area has annexed into the city of Kent.
King County Sheriff’s Office detectives are looking for a 51-year-old man suspected in the rape of a woman earlier this week at a Covington house.
After the alleged assault the man reportedly made the woman drive to an ATM in Renton and withdraw money. He then stole her car, according to a Sheriff's Office media release.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 308-108 Tuesday to approve a $59 billion emergency supplemental spending bill that includes $44 million to repair the Howard Hanson Dam that helps protect the Green River Valley from flooding.
A 59-year-old Kent man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to sexual exploitation of a child in connection with his January trip to Cambodia to have sex with underage girls.
Craig Thomas Carr faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and up to 30 years in prison as well as lifetime supervised release, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Washington media release.
Owners of unlicensed dogs and cats have until Oct. 1 to register their pets in order to avoid a fine.
The city of Kent has started a campaign to get owners to license their pets as part of the new Regional Animal Services program that serves King County and 27 cities.
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The Kent City Council did not take any action at its July 20 meeting about whether to form a transportation benefit district in order to charge Kent residents an annual city vehicle-license registration fee that would cost anywhere from $10 to $20, and would be used to fund city street projects.
Take your sailboat to join the race or just watch the races each Thursday from July 22 through Aug. 12 on the Puget Sound in Des Moines.
The fifth annual Mid-Sound Summer Sailing Social raises funds for Hospitality House and the Des Moines Food Bank. The fun races are hosted by the Three Tree Point Yacht Club, The Poverty Bay Power Squadron and the Des Moines Marina.
Residents can testify about a proposed height restriction and other amendments to the city of Kent's Downtown Commercial Enterprise Zoning District at 7 p.m. July 26 at the Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
The U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a $60 billion emergency supplemental spending bill July 22 that includes $44 million to repair the Howard Hanson Dam that helps protect the Green River Valley from flooding.
The bill now goes back to the House for consideration. The House is expected to consider the bill soon because Congress is scheduled to take its August recess Aug. 9 to Sept. 12.
A former teacher in the Kent and Renton school districts pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for reportedly having sex with a 17-year-old male student last month when she was a teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle.
When Elma residents Chani Hayes and Gary Cobb took their dog Littlegirl to a family activity in Des Moines last September, little did they know less than a month later their dog would be dead, and they would be suing King County Animal Control for the lack of care they claim occurred at the county’s Kent-based shelter.
Represented by Bellingham animal-welfare lawyer Adam Karp, Hayes and Cobb are now suing King County Animal Care & Control, and veterinarian Marilyn Christensen, for damages in the death of their dog.
Auburn Police have tracked down a Portland, Ore., man as a person of interest in connection with the May 21 killing of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent video program coordinator.
"We would like there to be an arrest but what we have now is not to the point where (King County) prosecutors want us to make an arrest," said Auburn Police Sgt. David Colglazier during a Wednesday phone interview. "What we have is not enough to charge him, but he is a person of interest."
