Join the Army Corps of Engineers for a tour in September on a project to shore up the right embankment of the Howard Hanson Dam on the Green River. The project, completed in November, has enabled the corps to reduce the risk of floods on the river this winter.
Kent Police and Boeing officials are investigating the circumstances that led to a man dying in what appears to be an industrial accident at about 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Boeing plant in Kent.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Anthony Wright gives an update on the status of the Howard Hanson Dam, following the corps Nov. completion of a project to improve seepage issues at the flood-control facility on the Green River.
The results are in from the Nighttime Click it or Ticket patrols conducted by local law enforcement between Oct. 23 and Nov. 8.
As she prepares for her final meeting after 32 years on the Kent School Board, Sandy Collins can look back over her schools career and see how much some things have changed, and how much hasn’t.
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual report on sexually transmitted diseases.
High school students now have an opportunity to experience life as an attorney in the courtroom.
Elisa Grant of Kent was awarded the Pacific Northwest Chapter – William Hunt Scholarship, (part of the American Society of Travel Agents Scholarship Fund), in the amount of $1,500, from Tourism Cares, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the travel experience for future generations.
Soroptimist International of Kent will sponsor its Holiday Luncheon and Fashion Show 11:30 a.m. Dec. 2 at the Meridian Valley Country Club, 24830 136th Ave. S.E.
ASSAULT
Police arrested a 30-year-old woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she reportedly threw a pop can that hit her boyfriend in the back, then punched him several times in the face.
The Neely-O’Brien PTA is sponsoring a coat and mitten drive in support of the Kent School District Clothing Bank. During conference week, Nov. 16-20, parents are encouraged to bring in new or gently used coat and mitten donations to the collection box near the office.
Voters in Valley Medical Center’s Public Hospital District 1 decided to go a new direction by picking challenger Aaron Heide over incumbent Mike Miller for Commissioner Position No. 4.
At the Kent Area PTA Council’s clothing bank, it is sometimes the little things that can choke you up.
For clothing bank co-chair Deb Fairclough, one of those moments happened recently, soon after the clothing bank ran out of mittens.
“A little girl grabbed a mismatched pair of socks and put them on her hands and said ‘Mommy, these will keep my hands warm,’” Fairclough said Thursday.
King County plans to close its animal shelters in Kent and Bellevue by Jan. 31, and let the cities and regional, nonprofit animal-care groups take over the care of the region’s unwanted pets.
Weather forecasters predict a windstorm with speeds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 50 mph could strike Kent between Monday evening and noon Tuesday.
A bulletin from Public Health of Seattle/King County
Due to the national delay in H1N1 vaccine production, the supplies we have in the community aren't enough to meet the demand right now, and it's been a challenge for many to find vaccine.
Speak your piece about the city of Kent’s preliminary 2010 budget at a public hearing 7 p.m. Tuesday at the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
A 41-year-old Kent man will not face charges from King County prosecutors in connection with his vehicle reportedly hitting a Kent woman Oct. 27 as she tried to cross the Benson Highway to catch a bus.
With lower Green River flood odds, King County officials say they’ll keep put the cats and dogs of the Kent Animal Shelter, rather than moving them to a temporary site, as had been announced earlier this fall.
A Kent business owner died Wednesday, two days after he reportedly shot and injured a coworker and then shot himself during a Monday dispute at their office.
