The count of ballots through May 4 shows voters in Kent, King County Fire District 37 and Covington are overwhelming approving Proposition No. 1 to form a regional fire authority that would merge the Kent Fire Department and Fire District 37.
Safe Havens, the Kent-based domestic violence visitation and exchange center, will close for at least one week as Kent city officials decide whether enough private donations have come in to keep the facility going for the rest of the year.
The pieces are coming together for Kent's celebration of all that is about women.
Now in its fifth year, the "Wine Women Wow!" bash will take place 6-10 p.m. May 7 at the Kent ShoWare Center.
The artwork of a Cedar Heights Middle School student in Kent was recently posted on CNN's Web site as part of an article about Anne Frank.
More than 200 Waste Management garbage haulers voted May 2 to ratify a new five-year contract between Teamsters Local 174 and Waste Management.
Early last month, Sunrise Elementary teacher Chris Knutkowski, was named STAR 101.5’s Teacher of the Week in a local contest conducted by the radio show. Knutkowski, a first-grade teacher, was nominated by her student, Zachary Cohen.
Early last month, Sunrise Elementary teacher Chris Knutkowski, was named STAR 101.5’s Teacher of the Week in a local contest conducted by the radio show. Knutkowski, a first-grade teacher, was nominated by her student, Zachary Cohen.
A U.S. District Court judge April 30 in Seattle sentenced a 28-year-old Everett man to six years, five months in prison for human trafficking in connection with forcing a woman to work as prostitute in 2007 and 2008 along Pacific Highway South in Kent and Des Moines.
Census takers will be fanning out into Washington State and knocking on the doors of households that didn’t mail back their 2010 forms beginning May 1.
A King County Superior Court jury in Seattle found a Kent-area man guilty of second-degree murder April 28 for the drowning death of his 3-year-old stepdaughter in 2003 at a pool in his backyard.
Parents and their teen-age children are invited to participate in a community conversation about the dangers of alcohol and prescription-drug use.
The free event runs from 6-8 p.m. May 6 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St., and includes dinner.
Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 negotiators reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night on a new five-year contract for garbage haulers.
Negotiators met for 15 hours on Monday and continued bargaining talks on Tuesday before reaching agreement on a new contract. A federal mediator assisted with the talks.
Voters in Kent, King County Fire District 37 and Covington are overwhelming approving Proposition No. 1 to form a regional fire authority that would merge the Kent Fire Department and Fire District 37.
After the first count of ballots Tuesday night, Proposition No. 1 had received 10,859 (72.96 percent) yes votes and 4,025 (27.04 percent) no votes, according to the King County Elections officials. Ballots had to be postmarked by April 27 to count in the election.
Residents can attend a public hearing before the Kent city hearing examiner about a conditional-use permit application by the city of Kent to add an off-leash dog park at Morrill Meadows Park on the East Hill.
Brandon Fagerlie and Nicholas Lintz, seniors at Kentridge High School, and Alex Pfaff and Michael Moloney, seniors at Kentwood High School, will compete as teams against eight other Washington high schools to diagnose and debug a Ford vehicle in 90 minutes at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills state finals May 4.
Contract talks for garbage haulers resumed Tuesday between Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 negotiators after a 15-hour bargaining session on Monday.
The session lasted until after 1 a.m. Tuesday, said Susan Robinson, director of public sector services for Waste Management, in an e-mail Tuesday to Kent city officials.
A local group is preparing for another summer of international relations.
The Kent-Auburn-Tamba Sister Cities Committee had its big fundraiser for the year April 24 at the Green River Community College, and organizers say it went so well that the KAT organization is in a good position to fund its activities for the year.
An outdoor festival April 22 at the internationally acclaimed Herbert Bayer Earthworks Park in Kent drew an excited crowd of onlookers. They were there to see art on multiple levels: from a major new art installation by Mandy Greer, to the music of the Paul Rucker Quintet, to the performance of the acornDance troupe at sundown.
The Kent Fire Department recognized several individuals at its annual awards ceremony earlier this month for their contributions in 2009 to the community and department.
Negotiators from Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 were to meet Monday morning with a federal mediator in an effort to resolve the contract dispute between the company and garbage haulers.
