Kent Police arrested a 27-year-old man for investigation of possession of marijuana after a call to police to report a man jogging and smoking marijuana near 64th Avenue South and West Meeker Street.
Garbage hauler contract talks between Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 are scheduled to continue Tuesday afternoon as the two sides try to reach a settlement and keep nearly 350 employees on the job in King and Snohomish counties, including the city of Kent.
The Kent Lions and 12 other Lions clubs from the region have scheduled their sixth-annual Special Needs Youth Fishing Derby for April 24 at the Auburn Mill Pond Park, at 600 Oravetz Road.
Chopping back the brush: Cris LeCompte chops down a blackberry bush at the site for the new off leash dog park next to Morrill Meadows Park, Saturday, March 27.
The city of Kent is looking for volunteers for two work parties at city parks.
The city needs help pulling weeds, clearing trails, planting trees or bushes and other chores from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday April 17 and April 24.
The Kent Fire Department will conduct fire training exercises from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 13-16 at 15328 S.E. 280th St., and 15406 S.E. 280th St
Each spring Kent School District elementary schools invite next year’s kindergartners and their families to their boundary school "Kindergarten Roundup."
Quientin Poil, Kent's parks supervisor for grounds, street trees and the nursery, didn't give up on his love for coaching baseball. He coached a select baseball team in Kent for about six years and for the last seven years has helped coach and run the Pierce County-based Puget Sound Baseball Club for players ages 10 to 18.
Kent residents can bring up any topic they want at a series of Kent City Council Town Hall meetings on April 21, 24 and 28.
State Attorney General Rob McKenna, among the high-profile Republican opponents of recent national health-care reform legislation passed last week, is the guest of honor Saturday at a GOP Caucus in Kent.
Unlike Tax Day or Election Day, Census Day is not an absolute deadline. Rather, April 1 is the reference point for the once-a-decade “snapshot of America.”
An independent review by three engineers has concluded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking the right steps for temporary and permanent fixes to stop seepage through a damaged abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam.
Garbage and recycling haulers from Teamsters Local 174 an 117 reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday night with Allied Waste Services, which serves nearly 16,200 Kent single-family homes.
The Des Moines United Methodist Church has begun offering a new style of worship at 11:30 a.m. Sunday mornings. The pNEWma Worship Service (pneuma is the Greek word for spirit) features a worship band, diverse musical styles, interactive events and contemplative rituals.
The commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Thursday in Washington D.C., that design alternatives for a permanent fix to a leaky right abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam would be ready by June.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revealed plans Thursday to extend a grout curtain as a temporary fix for the next several years as engineers design and construct a permanent fix to stop a leak through a damaged abutment next to the Howard Hanson Dam.
King County officials expect to release a draft plan by early next week to Kent and other cities of a new regional model for animal control and sheltering to be funded by the cities rather than the county.
The clock is ticking on two contracts that could affect garbage pickups for more than 1 million residences and businesses in the Puget Sound area, including those in Kent.
The coaching staff of the Kent Predators decided before their game against the Tri-Cities Fever to let quarterback Charles McCullum run and throw the ball as much as possible.
Businesses struggling to find flood coverage due to a weakened dam in south King County may soon get some help, thanks to a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Chris Gregoire.
