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City of Kent renews jail food services contract for 5 more years

City renews jail food services contract for five more years

Kmart in Kent will remain open despite another round of closing stores by the company.

Kent’s Kmart to stay open; company to close 64 stores across nation

The Kmart in Kent isn't on the latest list of 64 Kmart stores closing across the nation.

Kmart in Kent will remain open despite another round of closing stores by the company.
Kent city officials are considering housing laws to help protect low-income renters.

Kent City Council considers laws to help, protect renters

The Kent City Council will consider adopting laws to help low-income residents find and stay in rental housing.

Kent city officials are considering housing laws to help protect low-income renters.
L’Oréal USA will lay off 120 at its Kent and Redmond facilities.

L’Oréal USA to lay off 120 in Kent, Redmond

L'Oréal USA will lay off 120 employees at its Kent distribution center and Redmond manufacturing facility.

L’Oréal USA will lay off 120 at its Kent and Redmond facilities.
Kent Police Blotter. File Photo

Driver swallows heroin after Kent officer pulls him over | Police Blotter

A man reportedly swallowed more than a gram of heroin in an effort to hide the illegal drug as he pulled his car over with a Kent Police vehicle behind him.

Kent Police Blotter. File Photo

Man pleads not guilty to murder at Kent home

A 27-year-old Seattle man pleaded not guilty on Monday to a first-degree murder charge for shooting a Tukwila man on Sept. 4 at a Kent home.

Kent Police investigate drive-by shooting on East Hill

Kent Police responded to a drive-by shooting last Thursday afternoon along Southeast 256th Street, behind the Washington Park Apartments on the East Hill.

A proposal to remodel Kent’s City Hall would turn a breezeway between the police station and City Hall into offices. Courtesy Graphic

Kent continues to study remodeling City Hall for more space

Kent city officials are still trying to determine whether remodeling several city buildings can provide enough space for police, public works, parks and other departments.

A proposal to remodel Kent’s City Hall would turn a breezeway between the police station and City Hall into offices. Courtesy Graphic
Adults and children enjoy the pool at the Matt Griffin YMCA in SeaTac. The YMCA of Greater Seattle plans to open a facility with a gym and pool on Kent’s East Hill in the next two to four years. COURTESY PHOTO

City of Kent studies where at East Hill park to build YMCA

Kent city officials and the YMCA are getting closer to figuring out where the facility should go as Morrill Meadows and East Hill parks are combined.

Adults and children enjoy the pool at the Matt Griffin YMCA in SeaTac. The YMCA of Greater Seattle plans to open a facility with a gym and pool on Kent’s East Hill in the next two to four years. COURTESY PHOTO
Rita’s plans to open its ice and custard store this fall at the Marketplace at Lake Meridian in Kent.

Rita’s to open ice, custard store in Kent

Rita's, whose motto is 'Ice, custard, happiness," will open a store this fall in Kent at the Marketplace at Lake Meridian.

Rita’s plans to open its ice and custard store this fall at the Marketplace at Lake Meridian in Kent.
Kent Police Blotter.

Kent woman throws boyfriend’s clothes out of house onto lawn | Police Blotter

A Kent woman apparently decided everything must go when she threw her live-in boyfriend's clothes out of the house and onto the driveway, lawn and stairway.

Kent Police Blotter.

Kent fire damages caboose converted into home; dog dies

No one was hurt on Monday afternoon in Kent after a caboose which had been converted into a small house caught fire in the 28700 block of 144th Avenue Southeast.

Seattle man says he shot man in Kent because he refused to stay up and drink

A 27-year-old Seattle man told Kent detectives he shot and killed a Tukwila man because the man decided to go to bed and refused to stay up and drink alcohol with him.

A photo simulation looking south of what the new South 228th Street overpass will look like going across the Union Pacific railroad tracks.

Kent’s South 228th Street, Interurban Trail closures begin Monday

Get ready to take alternate routes to South 228th Street in Kent over the next several weeks as preparation works begins for an overpass across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

A photo simulation looking south of what the new South 228th Street overpass will look like going across the Union Pacific railroad tracks.
This section of 80th Avenue South shows the type of cracking that Kent residents want the city to repair.

Resident survey shows where city of Kent needs to improve services

The Kent City Council plans to use the results of an extensive survey of 511 residents by a consultant to help focus on ways to make the city better.

This section of 80th Avenue South shows the type of cracking that Kent residents want the city to repair.

Man says anger over argument led him to shoot man Sunday in Kent

An undisclosed dispute that angered a Seattle man reportedly led to a 39-year-old Tukwila man being shot to death on Sunday at a house in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue South.

An Auburn developer wants to build about 500 apartments as part of mixed-use project at the city of Kent's Riverbend Golf Complex.

Potential developer would build 500 apartments at Kent’s Riverbend par 3 golf course

A developer has proposed to build approximately 500 apartments as part of a mixed-use project at the city of Kent’s Riverbend par 3 golf course.

An Auburn developer wants to build about 500 apartments as part of mixed-use project at the city of Kent's Riverbend Golf Complex.

Kent Police investigating four shooting deaths in four weeks

Four people have been shot and killed in Kent in the last four weeks.

Cracks along Central Avenue South and the sidewalks prior to the city's project to repave the street south of Willis Street. City officials plan similar repairs along the East Valley Highway north of South 196th Street.

City of Kent plans to repave portion of East Valley Highway

Drivers can expect a much smoother East Valley Highway in Kent over the next couple of years.

Cracks along Central Avenue South and the sidewalks prior to the city's project to repave the street south of Willis Street. City officials plan similar repairs along the East Valley Highway north of South 196th Street.
Kent Police want the public's help to solve a Aug. 26 shooting death of a man on the East Hill.

Kent Police seek public’s help to solve East Hill shooting death

Kent Police are seeking the public’s help to track down who shot and killed a 37-year-old Kent man on Aug. 26 on the East Hill.

Kent Police want the public's help to solve a Aug. 26 shooting death of a man on the East Hill.