Members of the Metropolitan King County Council said today the best approach to reducing the projected $213 million deficit facing Metro Transit is to implement… Continue reading
A lit cigarette tossed out of a vehicle ignited a large brush fire that broke out early Wednesday afternoon between the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 just north of South 200th Street, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Louise Paulson has lived for 44 years in Kent and she's never felt heat like this."I don't like it," Paulson said as she played cards… Continue reading
Nearly 1.1 million ballots were delivered to the USPS Wednesday and will be arriving soon to mailboxes throughout King County. Ballots were mailed to voters… Continue reading
A large brush fire broke out early Wednesday afternoon between the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near South 188th Street and South 200th… Continue reading
Bring a chair and popcorn to catch some free outdoor movies next month in downtown Kent.The city of Kent Parks Department will show movies on… Continue reading
The U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto defended its title on Sunday afternoon at the 2009 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup in the Tri-Cities.Behind driver Steve David, the… Continue reading
With just over a month left before a meeting at which the Kent Education Association has tentatively scheduled a strike vote, negotiations between the district… Continue reading
With temperatures set to flirt with record highs all week, the city of Kent is opening up a pair of cooling centers to help resident… Continue reading
Lynn Gering, the chief appraiser in the King County Assessor’s Office for the past 11 years, was unanimously appointed Monday by the Metropolitan King County… Continue reading
The city of Kent has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a civil lawsuit filed against the city by a man who was shot and… Continue reading
Before they left their small towns back in Norway for the more than 4,400-mile journey to Kent, Alise Johannessen Hjellbrekke, 16, and Ragnhild Kringlen, 15,… Continue reading
A head-on crash injured two men at about 3:30 p.m. Friday on the West Valley Highway near South 208th Street.Both drivers, who were alone in… Continue reading
A 30-year-old, pregnant Federal Way woman sustained minor injuries after her car veered off of West Valley Highway at about 11 a.m. Friday and ran… Continue reading
High levels of ozone pollution (smog) are being forecast by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for the Cascade foothills of King and Pierce counties,… Continue reading
Drivers should expect delays on Saturday night as crews shift northbound I-405 traffic onto the new bridge over Oakesdale Avenue Southwest. The work requires lane… Continue reading
John and Carol McConnell have both been blind since birth. Each was born prematurely and that affected their vision, leaving both to spend their lives… Continue reading
Kent resident Debbe Carson wants residents to know that people do steal mail out of mailboxes. She's had mail taken twice in June, for a… Continue reading
