Steve Hunter

Kent Police are seeking Abbie M. Rupnick

Kent Police seek public’s help to find woman involved in East Hill stabbing

Kent Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a wanted woman after an investigation revealed that on the early morning hours of July 22 she participated in the previously reported stabbing incident of a 64-year-old Kent man at his home.

Kent Police are seeking Abbie M. Rupnick
The Tacoma Stars will play Major Arena Soccer League games at the ShoWare Center in Kent starting in November.

Tacoma Stars owner hypes indoor soccer coming to Kent’s ShoWare Center

Lane Smith didn't hesitate to pump up his Tacoma Stars professional indoor soccer team and the ShoWare Center at a recent Kent City Council meeting.

The Tacoma Stars will play Major Arena Soccer League games at the ShoWare Center in Kent starting in November.
Consumers could no longer buy fireworks in the city of Kent if the City Council adopts an ordinance to ban the sale

Kent voters to be asked if city should ban fireworks | Advisory proposition

An emotionally loaded question about fireworks requiring a simple yes or no answer will face Kent voters on the Nov. 3 general election ballot:

Consumers could no longer buy fireworks in the city of Kent if the City Council adopts an ordinance to ban the sale
Voters in Kent will advise the City Council on the Nov. 3 ballot whether they want fireworks banned in the city.

Kent City Council seeks pro, con statements about potential fireworks ban

People are wanted to serve on the pro and con committees to prepare written arguments in support and in opposition to a city of Kent fireworks ban, which will be included in the King County Elections local voters' pamphlet for Nov. 3.

Voters in Kent will advise the City Council on the Nov. 3 ballot whether they want fireworks banned in the city.
Drivers near Meridian and Millennium elementary schools will see school speed zone cameras this fall as the city of Kent expands its program.

Kent to add school zone speed cameras at two more locations; 4 schools total

Drivers will discover Kent's school zone camera program spreading this fall to catch speeding violators at two additional schools.

Drivers near Meridian and Millennium elementary schools will see school speed zone cameras this fall as the city of Kent expands its program.
Sound Transit plans to ask voters in November 2016 for more money to expand train

25,000 respond to Sound Transit online survey for future rail, bus projects

Nearly 25,000 people took an online survey to help shape future projects for Sound Transit and a November 2016 ballot measure to pay for the expanded light rail, train and bus service.

Sound Transit plans to ask voters in November 2016 for more money to expand train
Alberto Avila-Cardenas

Lakewood man convicted in shooting deaths of three men found buried in Kent in 2011

A King County Superior Court jury convicted a Lakewood man on Thursday on three counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of three men found in 2011 at a nursery plant in unincorporated Kent.

Alberto Avila-Cardenas
The state DOT plans to expand State Route 509 from SeaTac to Kent at I-5

Kent’s South 228th Street to become a major traffic connector

Drivers will see major changes in another decade or so traveling along South 228th Street between the Kent Valley and Seattle.

The state DOT plans to expand State Route 509 from SeaTac to Kent at I-5
Light rail is expected to be ready to serve Kent's West Hill by 2023. Sound Transit will extend the system from SeaTac

Sound Transit board picks I-5 route for light rail to Kent, Federal Way

Sound Transit plans to extend light rail tracks along the Interstate 5 alignment to Kent and Federal Way rather than along Highway 99.

Light rail is expected to be ready to serve Kent's West Hill by 2023. Sound Transit will extend the system from SeaTac
The state Public Disclosure Commission fined Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober $2

State PDC fines Kent City Council candidate Stober $2,000 for campaign violations

Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober must pay a $2,000 fine as ordered by the state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) for campaign violations in 2011 and 2013 when he ran unsuccessfully for the council.

The state Public Disclosure Commission fined Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober $2

Two Kent men injured in I-5 accident near Southcenter

Two Kent men were among the four injured in an early Thursday morning single-car accident along northbound Interstate 5 near Southcenter.

Kent Police confiscated 105 pounds of fireworks during a July 1-5 crackdown in the city.

Kent City Council to seek voters’ opinions about potential fireworks ban

Kent voters will advise the City Council about whether they want personal fireworks use banned on the Fourth of July.

Kent Police confiscated 105 pounds of fireworks during a July 1-5 crackdown in the city.

Kent man suffers stabbing injuries during attack at his East Hill home

A 64-year-old Kent man suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times early Wednesday morning at his East Hill home.

City of Kent names new Financial Sustainability Task Force

A newly formed volunteer task force will help the city of Kent determine how to be financially sustainable.

Hira Singh Bhullar is a candidate for the Kent City Council on the Aug. 4 primary ballot.

Bhullar leads fundraising for Kent City Council race at $26,000

Kent City Council candidate Hira Singh Bhullar has raised nearly twice as much campaign money so far than the combined total of his opponents Bailey Stober and Tina Budell.

Hira Singh Bhullar is a candidate for the Kent City Council on the Aug. 4 primary ballot.
Light rail will be coming to Kent's West Hill in 2023 and Sound Transit will pick a preferred route on July 23

Sound Transit board to pick preferred light rail route to Kent, Federal Way

The Sound Transit’s Board of Directors on Thursday, July 23 will take public comments and is expected to identify a preferred alternative for the Federal Way Link Extension project that will expand light rail service to Kent's West Hill.

Light rail will be coming to Kent's West Hill in 2023 and Sound Transit will pick a preferred route on July 23
Bailey Stober is making his third run for the Kent City Council.

State PDC to fine Stober for Kent City Council campaign violations in 2011, 2013

Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober says he has agreed to pay a fine to resolve campaign violations found by state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) investigators when he ran unsuccessfully for the council in 2011 and 2013.

Bailey Stober is making his third run for the Kent City Council.

Three candidates seek Kent City Council seat | Primary 2015

The only Kent City Council race on the Aug. 4 primary ballot features perennial candidate Bailey Stober against newcomers Tina Budell and Hira Singh Bhullar.

Kent city officials are looking into setting up a railroad quiet zone so train whistles no longer boom through downtown.

Kent City Council approves study to fund railroad quiet zone through LID

It continues to be a slow train coming but a railroad quiet zone could be arriving someday in downtown Kent.

Kent city officials are looking into setting up a railroad quiet zone so train whistles no longer boom through downtown.
An artist rendering of what a new Green river channel at the former Downey Farmstead site will look like with the relocation of Frager Road.

Kent gets $717,255 grant to help with Green River flood protection, salmon habitat

A $717,255 grant to the city from the King County Flood Control District will help with flood protection and salmon habitat along the Green River in Kent as part of the Downey Farmstead Restoration project.

An artist rendering of what a new Green river channel at the former Downey Farmstead site will look like with the relocation of Frager Road.