On Thursday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she has secured $44 million in emergency funding for critical repairs to the Howard Hanson Dam. Murray included the funds, which will go to the Army Corps of Engineers, in the Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill.
Numerous high school and college graduates will march in June through the ShoWare Center in Kent, come June.
Reservoir outflows along the Green River from the Howard Hanson Dam will increase significantly beginning late evening on May 12 and are expected to remain high through May 15.
The Friends of the Kent Library will be having an important meeting May 13.
The grassroots group is meeting noon at the Kent Regional Library to elect new officers.
The Kent City Council approved an ordinance May 4 to allow a proposed East Hill commercial development on the southern edge of town.
Kent Police blocked off the first floor of the parking garage next to city hall Tuesday so fire officials could determine what type of chemicals were being carried in the back of a pickup parked on the first level.
The Kent Police are trying to identify a woman caught on video as she reportedly broke into a vending machine used to purchase car washes at the Brown Bear Car Wash downtown.
In honor of their outstanding performance at the 2010 Dance/Drill competition, the members of the Kentridge High School Chatelaines Dance Team were recognized May 10 by the Metropolitan King County Council.
A Kent man is facing charges of having sex with child prostitutes in Cambodia.
The rapid response of two Kent Police officers and their use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) helped save the life of a 52-year-old Kent man Sunday afternoon.
Everything was against the Kentwood Astronomical Society's efforts to launch a rocket on April 2.
The club's advisor, math teacher Summer Cambridge, said they had planned to launch at Pacific Raceways in order to qualify for Team Americas Rocketry Challenge May 15 in Virginia.
Kent vehicle owners might be charged an annual $10 to $20 vehicle license registration fee as the City Council tries to come up with new ways to fund city street projects.
The Kent School District flexible enrollment process allows Kent School District students the opportunity to attend a school other than their neighborhood boundary school, if space is available.
After key meetings Thursday in Washington, D.C., state and King County leaders came away optimistic that federal officials understand the urgency of securing funding for interim and permanent repairs at the damaged Howard Hanson Dam.
The drama club at Kentwood High School in Covington presents “The Wizard of Oz” from May 5-8 and May 12-15.
Check out the show to find out if the Wicked Witch is really wicked or if she has a reason to seek the demise of Dorothy Gale and her little dog.
Kent city officials have decided to keep Safe Havens, the Kent-based domestic-violence visitation and exchange center, open for at least the rest of year and will continue to pursue a long-term operator for the facility.
The annual national food drive is May 8 by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Postal customers can leave bags or boxes of non-perishable donations on May 8 next to their mailbox for carriers to pick up.
Letter carriers will deliver a bag to customer's mailboxes during the first week of May.
Connect with nature in an urban setting Saturday at the Tukwila Backyard Wildlife Festival.
Now in its 10th year, the festival features all-day fun from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Ave. S.
The financial woes for the ShoWare Center in Kent continued in the first three months of this year.
"We are $84,000 in the hole," said Patrick McClusky, ShoWare finance director, at a Thursday meeting of the Public Facilities District board.
The 2010 season turned out to be a golden one for the Kentridge Chatelaines.
The dance team, at 52-members strong, took first and second place in the show and kick categories, respectively, at the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association 4A Dance/Drill Championships in March. In addition to that, the team walked away with the winner's trophy as the academic champions of the meet, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.54.
