A Kent Police officer reached a wrongful death settlement in federal court with the mother of the man he shot during a mental health crisis in 2022 while with the Olathe Police Department in Kansas. U ...

Whether cuts are expected to be needed for the Kent School District in the 2025-2026 budget remains to be seen, but future budgets will require an estimated $7.5 million reduction each year for three ...

A Seattle man has been charged with three counts of murder following a Renton incident that resulted in the death of two women and a child. Steve Vasquez, 46, was charged July 23 by King County ...

The King County Council last week approved a 0.1% sales tax increase, equal to 10 cents on an $100 purchase, to go toward criminal justice, behavioral health and public safety systems. The sales tax ...

In the United States, the ability to access and use a reliable high-speed home internet connection can be essential to unlocking economic mobility and delivering benefits that include better ...

Unlike many industries vulnerable to economic cycles or technological disruption, healthcare demonstrates remarkable resilience. Aging demographics ensure consistent demand growth, while emerging ...

A 25-year-old man died in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Monday morning, July 21 in the 4400 block of South 272nd Street in Kent. Lamarae S. Jackson died of blunt force injury of the chest, ...

State Sen. Claudia Kauffman, D-Kent, reaffirmed her commitment to protecting Native communities in response to a recent social media post by right-wing conservative pundit Ann Coulter that said, “We ...

A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries after a collision with a car at about 12:27 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 in the 13300 block of SE Kent-Kangley Road on the East Hill in Kent. Initial ...

Save the Cedar River is a group formed in response to the proposed plant. The group has expressed concerns about potential leaks to the nearby Cedar River and wetlands, noise and light pollution, ...

Kent’s Theatre Battery will present “The Threepenny Opera” on Thursdays through Sundays from Aug. 14-31 at the Kent Station shopping center. All tickets are free. It’s a social satire musical ...

DAWN Rising, a Kent-based non-profit dedicated to assisting survivors of domestic violence, recently received a donation of new laptops from Comcast.