Life experiences have a way of twisting our perspectives, forcing us to see what we purposely overlooked before. This summer I was given an opportunity to spend 3 weeks in China, and my way of seeing the world is irreversibly altered because of it.
While no one can say for sure if or when there will be a flood this winter, the advice is the same from the governor to the chamber to the city to everyone in between, including Mike Howard, External Affairs Director for FEMA Region 10.
The first, small amounts of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) vaccine have been released by the federal government and will be arriving locally next week in King County for immunization of health-care workers. The larger amounts of vaccine that are needed to begin broader-scale vaccination for people who are at higher risk for H1N1 are projected to begin arriving in mid-October.
While some schools in the Kent School District are scrambling to make room for larger-than-expected populations, overall enrollment in the district is down so far this year by 130 students, which could cost the district hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding they are counting on to meet their budget.
A mandatory recount in the Kent School District Director District No. 5 primary election earlier in September revealed no changes in the vote total to either candidate, meaning Dale Smith, who has unofficially dropped out of the race, will remain on the second ballot line this fall.
The race for the second ballot line for this fall's open Kent School Board is officially headed to mandatory recount.King County Elections Officials Sept. 2… Continue reading
The Kent Chamber of Commerce conducted an elections forum Sept. 2 for the candidates for Kent Mayor and City Council.
Not sure who to vote for in the Kent School Board race?How about Mickey Mouse?Don't laugh. According to 2009 Primary Election Recount Write-In Report, the… Continue reading
King County Elections Sept. 28 opened the doors of the new temporary headquarters in Tukwila, adjacent to Boeing Field at 9010 East Marginal Way S.
Metropolitan King County Councilmembers Dow Constantine and Julia Patterson today praised the efforts of Western Washington’s Congressional delegation in securing a $3.45 million allocation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to purchase 400,000 sandbags and other flood-fighting materials for use in the Green River Valley.
Help support the Kent Historical Society by attending its annual dinner and auction 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. Tickets are $40 per person and include appetizers, a buffet style dinner with choice of prime rib or salmon entrees, beverages, and auction entertainment.
As a Kent resident, Denton Hanford’s worried that city officials could put the city budget in a deep financial hole because of what he called an “unrealistic” projection of an increase in sales tax revenue for 2009.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., came to Kent Monday to let Green River Valley residents know the federal government is prepared to help protect them from flooding.
Flood insurance options aren't looking good for businesses in the Kent Valley. Alarm ringing by state and local officials has caught the ear of insurance providers who are declining new policies because of increased flood risks. The Seattle Times has details.
The first school board meeting of the year brought congratulations, thank yous and further discussions of both class size and funding issues during the public-comment section of the Kent School Board’s Sept. 23 meeting.
Kent city officials expect to join with other cities to form and pay for a new regional animal care and control service group as King County prepares to get out of the animal-care business by next June.
Just two weeks before his trial, a 43-year-old Kent man pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing death last October on Interstate 5 of his Kent girlfriend.
King County officials plan to close the Kent animal shelter by Nov. 1 because of the risk of flooding this winter in the Green River Valley due to reduced capacity at the reservoir behind the Howard Hanson Dam.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish construction of a grout curtain by Nov. 1 to slow the water leaking through a damaged abutment at the Howard Hanson Dam.
But it remains to be determined how much more capacity the $8.9 million temporary fix will give the corps to store water at the reservoir behind the dam in order to reduce the risk of flooding this winter in the Green River Valley.
The tone was set early for the Tahoma High football team Friday night at French Field.And it was all to the Bears' liking.Thanks to three… Continue reading
