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State Ecology grant to pay for 3 electric school buses in Kent, 2 in Renton

State Ecology grant to pay for 3 electric school buses in Kent, 2 in Renton

22 districts to get buses funded by Washington’s Volkswagen diesel emission settlement

State Ecology grant to pay for 3 electric school buses in Kent, 2 in Renton
State Board of Education recognizes five Kent schools for achievements

State Board of Education recognizes five Kent schools for achievements

Kent Mountain View Academy, Daniel, Meadow Ridge, Panther Lake and Ridgewood elementary

  • Apr 29, 2020
State Board of Education recognizes five Kent schools for achievements
Driver who crashed vehicle into train in Kent arrested for murder | Update

Driver who crashed vehicle into train in Kent arrested for murder | Update

Female passenger killed by strangulation not collision

Driver who crashed vehicle into train in Kent arrested for murder | Update
MultiCare Health System announces new treatment for COVID-19 patients

MultiCare Health System announces new treatment for COVID-19 patients

Seeks plasma donations from people recovered from coronavirus

  • Apr 28, 2020
MultiCare Health System announces new treatment for COVID-19 patients
Puget Sound Fire call report

Puget Sound Fire call report

Type, number of incidents

  • Apr 28, 2020
Puget Sound Fire call report
Local governments to get funding from federal stimulus package

Local governments to get funding from federal stimulus package

$300 million to cities, counties across state

  • Apr 28, 2020
Local governments to get funding from federal stimulus package
Nolte State Park is a 117-acre Washington state park located 6 miles northeast of Enumclaw at the western edge of the Cascade Mountains. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks

Inslee to loosen restrictions on outdoor recreation: “Data, not dates, determine how we act”

Boat ramps, trailheads and golf courses can reopen with social-distancing measures in place.

Nolte State Park is a 117-acre Washington state park located 6 miles northeast of Enumclaw at the western edge of the Cascade Mountains. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks
COVID-19 deaths climb to 30 in Renton, 23 in Kent, 21 in Enumclaw

COVID-19 deaths climb to 30 in Renton, 23 in Kent, 21 in Enumclaw

‘We still have way too many cases occurring each day,’ Health officer says

COVID-19 deaths climb to 30 in Renton, 23 in Kent, 21 in Enumclaw
Kent sets live video information sessions for high school seniors

Kent sets live video information sessions for high school seniors

Questions, concerns, graduation ceremony ideas to be addressed

  • Apr 27, 2020
Kent sets live video information sessions for high school seniors
Six staff members test positive for COVID-19 at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent

Six staff members test positive for COVID-19 at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent

Public Health – Seattle & King County to offer voluntary testing this weekend at facility

Six staff members test positive for COVID-19 at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent
Kent reopens city parks for trail use | Update

Kent reopens city parks for trail use | Update

Playgrounds, restrooms, gathering spaces still closed

Kent reopens city parks for trail use | Update
Construction worker installs siding to a building in Snoqualmie. File photo

Inslee gives construction a green light

It was unclear when sites would re-open, but employees will have to have PPE and stay six feet apart.

Construction worker installs siding to a building in Snoqualmie. File photo
Medic One Foundation’s Gratitude Meals offer support to first responders, local businesses

Medic One Foundation’s Gratitude Meals offer support to first responders, local businesses

The initiative provides hearty lunches to first responders staffing the COVID-19 testing sites as they work to test their colleagues.

  • Apr 24, 2020
  • By Hannah Sheil UW News Lab
Medic One Foundation’s Gratitude Meals offer support to first responders, local businesses
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Renton man federally charged for murdering woman in Olympic National Forest

Alejandro J. Aguilera Rojas is accused of killing 21-year-old woman in February.

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Auburn mayor asks governor to restore streamlined sales tax funds

Auburn mayor asks governor to restore streamlined sales tax funds

City could lose $2 million per year; already facing deficit of up to $9 million in 2020

Auburn mayor asks governor to restore streamlined sales tax funds
Puget Sound Fire call report

Puget Sound Fire call report

Type, number of incidents

  • Apr 23, 2020
Puget Sound Fire call report
Man faces murder charge in Auburn boat shop case

Man faces murder charge in Auburn boat shop case

Reportedly shot worker at close range during robbery attempt

Man faces murder charge in Auburn boat shop case
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. (Sound Publishing file photo)

No one fails: School districts won’t give out Fs this year

State Superintendant Chris Reykdal said Wednesday the lowest grade a student can earn is an incomplete.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. (Sound Publishing file photo)
One killed in Kent train-vehicle collision

One killed in Kent train-vehicle collision

Near South 212th Street early Wednesday

One killed in Kent train-vehicle collision
Building demolition continues on Kent’s West Hill to make room for light rail
Building demolition continues on Kent’s West Hill to make room for light rail