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Kent School District superintendent to get $355,000 per year

School board approves 3-year contract for Israel Vela; pay higher than recent hires in Seattle, Federal Way

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Kent School Board revotes on grant after Farah conflict raised

Director Awale Farah initially voted on funds that went to his wife’s organization Living Well Kent

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Tacoma man dies in Kent I-5 crash after making unsafe lane change

Thursday afternoon, June 30 northbound near State Route 516

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Proposal would clear longtime Green River homeless encampment

County Councilmember Reagan Dunn submits legislation for property near Kent, Auburn

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Cajun Food and Music Fest coming to downtown Kent Aug. 20

Outdoors at Burlington Green Park

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Fire displaces family of five from downtown Kent home

Nobody injured in Monday evening, June 27 blaze

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Kentridge High drama teacher earns Outstanding Educator award

Jennifer Grajewski honored by The Fifth Avenue Theatre; Kentwood, Kent-Meridian muscials also recognized

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Kent man charged in killing man who had an affair with his girlfriend

Des Moines man stabbed multiple times before body dumped in remote area near Skyway

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Kent Police involved in an officer-involved shooting

Nobody hit by shots but few details released by police about June 26 incident

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A rendering of the new light rail station, near Pacific Highway South and 30th Avenue South, that will be called Kent Des Moines Station along the extension from SeaTac to Federal Way scheduled to open in 2024. COURTESY IMAGE, Sound Transit

Sound Transit approves light rail station names in Kent, Federal Way

Kent Des Moines Station, Star Lake Station and Federal Way Downtown Station

A rendering of the new light rail station, near Pacific Highway South and 30th Avenue South, that will be called Kent Des Moines Station along the extension from SeaTac to Federal Way scheduled to open in 2024. COURTESY IMAGE, Sound Transit
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Kent high school students participate in Rotary leadership program

Students from Kentwood, Kent-Meridian and Kentlake selected for four-day camp

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Federal Way man stabbed along Pacific Highway South in Kent

Kent Police trying to determine what led to June 19 incident

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Upthegrove calls Roe v. Wade ruling ‘a seismic change’ in this country

King County Council member says ‘We will not turn our backs on women’

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Candidates wanted for vacant Kent School Board position

Applicants must live within District No. 2 boundaries; will replace Michele Bettinger who resigned

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Des Moines Police arrest murder suspect in Kent | Update

Medical examiner identifies body found June 20 in Duwamish River

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Sound Transit Board approves Julie Timm as new CEO at $375,000 per year

She replaces Peter Rogoff who left in May after board voted to replace him

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Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla says crime stats are at an historic high in the city for 2021 and 2022. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

Kent Police Chief Padilla says city crime rates at historic high

Shots fired reports up 135% in 2021 from 2019; vehicle thefts jump 76%

Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla says crime stats are at an historic high in the city for 2021 and 2022. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police
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Statewide task force to tackle organized retail crime rings

Group brings law enforcement, prosecutors, retailers together to combat growing problem

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The City of Kent Summer Concert Series lineup for July-August

Free music events at three venues across town: Morrill Meadows Park, Kent Station and Lake Meridian

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Michele Bettinger resigns from Kent School Board

Says it ‘has rarely felt like a healthy or safe place to work towards constructive change’

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