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COURTESY PHOTO, Bloodworks Northwest

Bloodworks Northwest, car dealer team up to address urgent winter blood shortages

Donate blood, save lives, and win a new car

  • Jan 16, 2020
COURTESY PHOTO, Bloodworks Northwest
In November 2019, Washington voters approved Initiative 976, which calls for $30 car tabs. Sound Publishing file photo

Republicans try to guarantee $30 car tabs amid court hangup

Lawmakers sponsor companion bills in the House and Senate.

  • Jan 15, 2020
In November 2019, Washington voters approved Initiative 976, which calls for $30 car tabs. Sound Publishing file photo
King County Metro’s battery-electric bus. Photo courtesy of kingcounty.gov

King County could bump up Metro electrification deadlines

Transportation generates nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

King County Metro’s battery-electric bus. Photo courtesy of kingcounty.gov
Kent Mayor Ralph named new president of Sound Cities Association

Kent Mayor Ralph named new president of Sound Cities Association

Served as vice president in 2019

  • Jan 15, 2020
Kent Mayor Ralph named new president of Sound Cities Association
Lake Tapps woman dies in I-5 crash near Kent | Update

Lake Tapps woman dies in I-5 crash near Kent | Update

Driver identified in wreck near South 272nd Street in Federal Way

  • Jan 15, 2020
Lake Tapps woman dies in I-5 crash near Kent | Update
State Senate passes bill banning single-use plastic bags

State Senate passes bill banning single-use plastic bags

Measure sponsored by Kent’s Das now goes to House

  • Jan 15, 2020
State Senate passes bill banning single-use plastic bags
Kent man gets 14 years for 4 counts of vehicular homicide

Kent man gets 14 years for 4 counts of vehicular homicide

2018 Tukwila crash killed four young Kent men

Kent man gets 14 years for 4 counts of vehicular homicide
Gov. Jay Inslee delivered his 2020 State of the State Address on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Office of the Governor)

Gov. Inslee delivers State of the State Address

By Leona Vaughn, WNPA News Service OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee stood before the Washington Legislature to deliver his 2020 State of the State Address… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2020
Gov. Jay Inslee delivered his 2020 State of the State Address on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Office of the Governor)
Kent schools close again on Tuesday due to inclement weather

Kent schools close again on Tuesday due to inclement weather

More snow could hit Wednesday evening

  • Jan 14, 2020
Kent schools close again on Tuesday due to inclement weather
Flood wall rising in Kent

Flood wall rising in Kent

Along Lower Russell Levee on Green River

  • Jan 14, 2020
Flood wall rising in Kent
A 50-minute film called “Spawning Grounds,” which documents the effort to save a freshwater variety of kokanee salmon from Lake Sammamish, is finally ready for its debut in North Bend on Jan. 18. (Screenshot from film)

Spawning Grounds: Lake Sammamish kokanee documentary premieres Jan. 18

The film tracks the ‘all hands on deck’ effort to save the little red fish from extinction.

A 50-minute film called “Spawning Grounds,” which documents the effort to save a freshwater variety of kokanee salmon from Lake Sammamish, is finally ready for its debut in North Bend on Jan. 18. (Screenshot from film)
Meet the group trying to electrify America’s railroads

Meet the group trying to electrify America’s railroads

The Backbone Campaign hopes it will reduce emissions and jump-start depressed communities.

Meet the group trying to electrify America’s railroads
Puget Sound Fire call report

Puget Sound Fire call report

Type, number of incidents

  • Jan 13, 2020
Puget Sound Fire call report
Kent schools close Monday due to inclement weather

Kent schools close Monday due to inclement weather

City cancels recreational programs

  • Jan 13, 2020
Kent schools close Monday due to inclement weather
Highline College Health and Life Sciences Building opens in January

Highline College Health and Life Sciences Building opens in January

All invited to grand opening ceremony Friday, Jan. 31

  • Jan 11, 2020
Highline College Health and Life Sciences Building opens in January
Aerator system retrofit to improve Lake Fenwick water quality in Kent
Aerator system retrofit to improve Lake Fenwick water quality in Kent
Kent to open Severe Weather Shelter Jan. 13-14

Kent to open Severe Weather Shelter Jan. 13-14

Overnight at Kent Lutheran Church

  • Jan 10, 2020
Kent to open Severe Weather Shelter Jan. 13-14
Realtors endorse Kent School District levy

Realtors endorse Kent School District levy

On Feb. 11 Special Election ballot

  • Jan 10, 2020
Realtors endorse Kent School District levy
Seattle man shot, injured while driving along I-5 in Kent

Seattle man shot, injured while driving along I-5 in Kent

Eighth shooting on King County freeways in past two weeks

Seattle man shot, injured while driving along I-5 in Kent
A man works on a balcony at the Cedar Pointe Apartments, a 255 apartment complex for seniors 55+, on Jan. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Washington. (Andy Bronson/The Herald)

Washington state has been under-producing housing units for decades

A new report said there should have been an additional 225,000 units created between 2010 and 2015.

A man works on a balcony at the Cedar Pointe Apartments, a 255 apartment complex for seniors 55+, on Jan. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Washington. (Andy Bronson/The Herald)