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Kent School District delays start to Sept. 3

Kent School District delays start to Sept. 3

Orginal starting date was Aug. 27; students to begin with remote learning

Kent School District delays start to Sept. 3
Reds Wine Bar to reopen at Kent Station

Reds Wine Bar to reopen at Kent Station

Opening is Tuesday, Aug. 18

Reds Wine Bar to reopen at Kent Station
595 employees to lose jobs with closure of Kent aerospace company

595 employees to lose jobs with closure of Kent aerospace company

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies impacted by decline in air travel

595 employees to lose jobs with closure of Kent aerospace company
REI CEO Eric Artz.

REI still leaving Kent headquarters but not for Bellevue | Update

Company confirms Kent closure; to focus on remote work

REI CEO Eric Artz.
Group plans petition drive to recall Kent School Board members

Group plans petition drive to recall Kent School Board members

Claims board has not ‘performed their duties in accordance with the laws of the state’

Group plans petition drive to recall Kent School Board members
Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla invites the crowd to take a knee with him on the lawn of the Maleng Regional Justice Center on June 11 prior to a protest march along downtown streets after the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

Kent Police plan equity and social justice reform

Chief Padilla meeting with City Council, mayor, community to come up with resolution

Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla invites the crowd to take a knee with him on the lawn of the Maleng Regional Justice Center on June 11 prior to a protest march along downtown streets after the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
Kent man charged with vehicular homicide

Kent man charged with vehicular homicide

Head-on crash killed man Aug. 4 along Kent Black Diamond Road SE

Kent man charged with vehicular homicide
Lake Meridian/City of Kent File Photo

Man, 43, drowns in Lake Meridian in Kent | Update

Medical examiner rules death accidental

Lake Meridian/City of Kent File Photo
Kent man, 53, charged with Seattle murder

Kent man, 53, charged with Seattle murder

Reportedly beat to death 60-year-old man outside Rainier Valley convenience store

Kent man, 53, charged with Seattle murder
Che Apalache, a four-man “Latingrass” string band based in Buenos Aires, performed Oct. 19, 2019 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Kent

City of Kent cancels fall Spotlight Series due to COVID-19

Reschedules concerts for fall 2021

Che Apalache, a four-man “Latingrass” string band based in Buenos Aires, performed Oct. 19, 2019 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Kent
File Photo

LA Fitness to reopen all locations Aug. 10

Gyms will follow state guidelines

File Photo
South 228th Street overpass project in Kent plugs along

South 228th Street overpass project in Kent plugs along

Girders placed for bridge to go over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks

South 228th Street overpass project in Kent plugs along
Kent man killed in head-on collision along Kent Black Diamond Road SE

Kent man killed in head-on collision along Kent Black Diamond Road SE

Kent driver arrested for DUI; faces potential vehicular homicide charge

Kent man killed in head-on collision along Kent Black Diamond Road SE
City of Kent awards $721,381 in grants for housing, food, medical needs

City of Kent awards $721,381 in grants for housing, food, medical needs

A total of 19 grants from federal CARES Act funds to local groups

City of Kent awards $721,381 in grants for housing, food, medical needs
Superintendent Calvin Watts. FILE PHOTO

Kent School Board approves superintendent’s contract extension

3-2 vote gives Watts a contract through June 2022

Superintendent Calvin Watts. FILE PHOTO
Kent, Federal Way men arrested in drug trafficking bust

Kent, Federal Way men arrested in drug trafficking bust

Reportedly part of 12-member group distributing fentanyl, heroin, meth and cocaine

Kent, Federal Way men arrested in drug trafficking bust
Three drivers were injured in a four-vehicle crash Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, at the South 277th Street southbound off ramp from State Route 167 near the Kent/Auburn border. Washington State Patrol arrested a 19-year-old Kent man for investigation of felony eluding, vehicular assault and felony hit and run after he smashed into the rear of a vehicle following a short pursuit (that the trooper had halted) for speeding. COURTESY PHOTO, Valley Regional Fire

Kent man arrested after four-vehicle crash on Highway 167 off ramp

Reportedly speeding in BMW sedan on South 277th Street southbound exit

Three drivers were injured in a four-vehicle crash Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, at the South 277th Street southbound off ramp from State Route 167 near the Kent/Auburn border. Washington State Patrol arrested a 19-year-old Kent man for investigation of felony eluding, vehicular assault and felony hit and run after he smashed into the rear of a vehicle following a short pursuit (that the trooper had halted) for speeding. COURTESY PHOTO, Valley Regional Fire
Female inmate who died at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent identified| Update

Female inmate who died at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent identified| Update

Woman, 40, in custody less than 24 hours; cause of death pending

Female inmate who died at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent identified| Update
Courtesy Photo, YouthCare
Courtesy Photo, YouthCare
City of Kent to purchase 500 laptops for $1 million with CARES Act funds

City of Kent to purchase 500 laptops for $1 million with CARES Act funds

For work-from-home employees and to improve organizational mobility

City of Kent to purchase 500 laptops for $1 million with CARES Act funds