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Free immunizations Sept. 15 and 23 for Kent students

The Kent School District is teaming with Public Health - Seattle King County to provide free immunizations for all students in the Kent School District.The… Continue reading

T-Birds training camp opens this weekend

Editor's note: This version corrects a previous version of this story. Due to a reporter's error, the wrong date for the rookie-camp scrimmage was listed.… Continue reading

U.S. Chamber honors Sterlitech Corporation

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce this month honored Sterlitech Corporation with its Faces of Trade award in recognition of the Kent-based company’s impact on its… Continue reading

Kent School District parent Ben Ibale was out with his infant son Calvin on Wednesday during a rally in support of the Kent Education Association

Kent schools: Small contract items resolved in first round of mediator talks

Mediation began Wednesday between the Kent Education Association and the Kent School District in hopes of averting a strike that could delay the start of… Continue reading

Kent School District parent Ben Ibale was out with his infant son Calvin on Wednesday during a rally in support of the Kent Education Association
Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

Kent Downtown Partnership event is tonight at Allied Waste Services

Kent Downtown Partnership’s monthly networking event runs 5-7 p.m. tonight at Allied Waste Services, 22010 76th Ave. S., Kent, a waste hauler for the City… Continue reading

Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

Elephants to underpants: ShoWare lining up the acts for a busy fall

Mixed martial arts, the circus, lingerie football and hockey are among the events lined up over the next few weeks for the ShoWare Center in… Continue reading

Special filing periods scheduled for general election

King County Elections will be conducting two separate special, three-day filing periods to fill positions that became vacant after June’s candidate filing week. All candidates… Continue reading

Mediator starts work Wednesday on Kent teaching contract impasse

A mediator from the Washington State Public Employee Relations commission has been assigned to Kent to try to facilitate negotiations between the Kent School District… Continue reading

Annabelle Beery Johnson

Kent Old Timers Reunion brings laughs, memories

More than 100 people filled the Kent Senior Activity Center Sunday afternoon for the 20th annual Kent Old Timers Reunion. In addition to acknowledging this… Continue reading

Annabelle Beery Johnson
Harold Buresh

He digs his work: Kent man earns national honor for volunteer efforts

A Kent man was awarded the National Forest Service Volunteer of the Year Award Friday at a ceremony in Seattle that featured Secretary of Agriculture… Continue reading

Harold Buresh

Single game tickets for Seattle Thunderbirds on sale starting Wednesday

Single game tickets for the Seattle Thunderbirds' 2009-10 season go on sale 10 a.m. Wednesday.The tickets can only be purchased on the T-Birds website or… Continue reading

Officer justified in actions taken in Tubar case

I read over the July 29 report of the city settling the Tubar lawsuit several times (“City settles shooting lawsuit for $400,000,” Kent Reporter) and… Continue reading

Kiwanis helping give away free backpacks in Kent Aug. 20

The Kiwanis Club of Kent and Communities in Schools of Kent are teaming up with the Kent Parks Department to have a backpack and school… Continue reading

Praise of unions not merited

I loved Ms.Turner’s defense of unions ("Unions aren't the bad guys here," Aug. 12 Kent Reporter opinion page.) I fully agree that unions have contributed… Continue reading

Tax on toilet paper – now what?

Democrats are hitting us again! Taxing toilet paper, cooking oil, toothpaste, cosmetics and other products we dispose in our waste water, was proposed by Oregon’s… Continue reading

Selective memory over Clintons?

I usually don’t respond to letters to the editor, but in the case of James Kerr’s letter in the Aug. 5 Reporter, (“Nightmare is here;… Continue reading

John Gardner

Castle Bridge Winery’s top comedian from Friday’s Laugh the Knights Away

John Gardner, a last-minute replacement for Friday's Laugh The Knights Away program at Castle Bridge Winery, may have been the last name added ot the… Continue reading

John Gardner
The quarterback goes for the pass in an Arena Football 2 game. Kent's ShoWare Center could be seeing a team of its own in the future

Arena football: Will Kent get a team of its own?

City of Kent and ShoWare Center officials are hoping to strike a deal soon with a local ownership group to help bring an Arena Football… Continue reading

The quarterback goes for the pass in an Arena Football 2 game. Kent's ShoWare Center could be seeing a team of its own in the future