A King County Superior Court Judged ruled Thursday that the state is failing to meet its "paramount duty" of fully funding education.
A Kent man and a Renton man each pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Kent to first-degree robbery charges in connection with an alleged drug deal that went bad Jan. 15 near a Kent apartment complex.
On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, along with U.S. Reps. Adam Smith, Dave Reichert, Norm Dicks, Jim McDermott, Jay Inslee, Brian Baird and Rick Larsen sent a letter to Lt. General Robert Van Antwerp urging the Army Corps of Engineers to continue working at full speed to complete the study phase of the Howard Hanson Dam fix and move into the design-and-construction phase of the project.
Kent city staff told the City Council Tuesday that a small work group of King County and city officials from throughout the county expect to have a recommendation by March 31 regarding a new regional model for animal control and sheltering.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke couldn't say goodbye quickly enough to 2009, during her fifth-annual State of the City Address at the Kent Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday at the ShoWare Center.
DATE/TIME: February 3, 2010, 3:15 p.m.
DESCRIPTION: A roll-over collision was blocking all lanes on SR 167 at SR 516 near Kent.
LOCATION: Southbound SR 167 at SR 516 in Kent
The Kent Education Association, the union that represents the teachers of the Kent School District, is hosting a rally this weekend in support of the Kent School District Levy, which is on the Feb. 9 ballot.
A 47-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Jan. 25 in King County Superior Court in Kent to first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping of a 14-year-old Federal Way girl.
The annual Kent School District Technology Expo drew thousands of visitors to the ShoWare Center for the Jan. 27 event.
The plan was simple: At the start of third period on Jan. 22, members of the Kentridge High School Leadership class would collect money from their classmates in an envelope, which would then be run down to the cashier’s office, all within two minutes.
On Feb. 4, the Kent School District is hosting a "Beyond High School" event, geared toward ninth-, 10th- and 11th-graders at its four high schools and those at Tahoma High School. The event is designed to get students and their parents thinking about their life after graduation.
The Kent School District is planning to postpone and reschedule several construction projects from the 2006 bond due to the dip in the economy.
A 17-year-old Kent teenager pleaded not guilty Jan. 28 to first-degree malicious mischief in connection with an attack of a Metro bus driver Jan. 23 in Tukwila.
If ShoWare Center officials can book at least seven major concerts in 2010, they expect the Kent arena to lose less money in 2010 than it did in 2009.
King County prosecutors on Jan. 25 charged a 39-year-old Kent man with one count each of first-degree assault and first-degree robbery for allegedly stabbing a woman and threatening to rape her outside the Muckleshoot Bingo Hall Jan. 19 in Auburn. He also reportedly attempted to run over a witness.
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Kent Fire Department put out an apartment fire in the 11000 block of Kent Kangley Road this afternoon.
A new club at Mill Creek Middle School is hoping to make a lot out of a little.
The micro-lending club, headed by language-arts teacher Christopher Crew, launched a read-a-thonearlier this month to raise start-up money to be loaned out in small amounts to poor business owners around the world.
A police bomb squad determined that a report of a suspicious package Friday morning outside of a downtown Kent bank turned out to be an empty box.
This Saturday, Kentridge High School will become the center of the Washington State dance-competition universe, as 45 teams from around the state descend on the school for the 19th annual Kentridge Chatelaines Kick It Up Competition.
Here is your second clue to the "Amazing Place" scavenger hunt, part of the Find It In Kent campaign to encourage people to shop locally. Stay tuned for a new clue each week.
