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Kent Police Blotter: Feb. 9-18

Drive-by shooting, kidnapping, robbery among incidents

  • Feb 24, 2021
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Karen Keiser

State Senate passes Keiser bill to protect frontline workers during pandemic

Employees would qualify for workers’ compensation if infected by COVID-19 on job

  • Feb 24, 2021
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Kent teen charged with murder of teen during gun exchange

Two Renton teens also charged in September shooting in Kirkland

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Kent man, woman arrested for allegedly killing East Hill resident

Apparent dispute over home repair payment on Monday night, Feb. 22

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A South King Fire & Rescue firefighter places a used test swab into a secure COVID test vial on Nov. 18, 2020, at a Federal Way testing site. (Sound Publishing file photo)

Masks are still king in combating new COVID strains

A top UW doctor talks new strains, masks and when normal could return.

A South King Fire & Rescue firefighter places a used test swab into a secure COVID test vial on Nov. 18, 2020, at a Federal Way testing site. (Sound Publishing file photo)
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City of Kent offers free recycling event March 6 at Hogan Park

For items not accepted at curbside pickup

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City of Kent to spend $545,000 on ShoWare Center for fan safety during COVID-19

Safer environment for when crowds can potentially return later in the year

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo

Democrats look to allow noncitizens to serve on school boards

A Senate bill takes aim at a state law requiring anyone seeking elected office to be a citizen.

  • Feb 22, 2021
  • By Jerry Cornfield jcornfield@soundpublishing.com
Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
A CVS pharmacist prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at Village Green Retirement Campus in Federal Way on Jan. 26. Olivia Sullivan/Sound Publishing

State health leader: We have a plan, we don’t have the supply

Two months after the COVID vaccine landed in Washington, many still struggle to secure their shots.

A CVS pharmacist prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at Village Green Retirement Campus in Federal Way on Jan. 26. Olivia Sullivan/Sound Publishing
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How the pandemic and coronavirus variants can show us evolution in real time

Scientists say viruses reproduce and mutate at higher rates, creating viral variants.

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Gov. Jay Inslee talks about schools reopening during a Tuesday news conference. (TVW)

Inslee signs $2.2 billion COVID relief package

The federal funds will go to fight COVID, aid renters and reopen shuttered schools and businesses.

  • Feb 20, 2021
  • By Jerry Cornfield jcornfield@soundpublishing.com
  • Coronavirus
Gov. Jay Inslee talks about schools reopening during a Tuesday news conference. (TVW)
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Kent man, 43, charged with dealing, possessing child porn

Reportedly used Kik app to view images

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Kent man, 19, faces robbery charge after taking man’s BMW at gunpoint

Police track down suspect through attempted gun purchase from undercover officer

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St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way. Photo courtesy of CHI Franciscan

41 positive COVID-19 cases linked to January outbreak at St. Francis Hospital

No new cases found as of Feb. 15 at Federal Way hospital

St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way. Photo courtesy of CHI Franciscan
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Kent ranks as 8th most ethnically diverse city in the nation

Jersey City, New Jersey ranks first, according to WalletHub study

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Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, an ob-gyn with the University of Washington School of Medicine and senior author of the report (Photo Credit: University of Washington School of Medicine)

UW study shows high COVID infection rates among pregnant women

Study shows infection rates to be two to four times higher than expected among minority groups.

Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, an ob-gyn with the University of Washington School of Medicine and senior author of the report (Photo Credit: University of Washington School of Medicine)
A shot looking north of the columns being constructed in SeaTac Feb. 10, part of the Federal Way Link Extension. COURTESY PHOTO, Sound Transit

Federal Way Link Extension design-build contract over 25% complete

Sound Transit aiming for mid-2021 finish of design-build contract.

A shot looking north of the columns being constructed in SeaTac Feb. 10, part of the Federal Way Link Extension. COURTESY PHOTO, Sound Transit
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Apartments rise on Kent’s West Hill

285-unit complex under construction at Military Road South and Veterans Drive

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Nyaruot Chuol. COURTESY PHOTO

Kent man pleads not guilty to fatally stabbing 20-year-old woman

Nyaruot Chuol died from multiple stab wounds

Nyaruot Chuol. COURTESY PHOTO
Snow piles up over the weekend at the new Willis Street roundabout and city of Kent sign. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Kent

Snow weekend recap: A total of 12 inches in Kent area | Photos

Snow comes and goes after three days

Snow piles up over the weekend at the new Willis Street roundabout and city of Kent sign. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Kent