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State AG Ferguson calls on Congress to stand with transgender service members

State AG Ferguson calls on Congress to stand with transgender service members

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and 18 attorneys general sent a letter Thursday to urge members of the United States Armed Services Committee to stand… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2017
State AG Ferguson calls on Congress to stand with transgender service members
U.S. Rep. Smith moves Town Hall meeting in Tukwila to Aug. 12

U.S. Rep. Smith moves Town Hall meeting in Tukwila to Aug. 12

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Bellevue, has rescheduled a Town Hall originally set Saturday, July 29. The event now will be from 10 to 11 a.m.… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2017
U.S. Rep. Smith moves Town Hall meeting in Tukwila to Aug. 12
Highline College president announces retirement

Highline College president announces retirement

Nearly 40 years in higher education, 22 years at Highline for Bermingham

  • Jul 27, 2017
  • By Mark Klaas
Highline College president announces retirement
Sounder trains to run Sunday for Mariners game

Sounder trains to run Sunday for Mariners game

Mariners fans can bypass weekend traffic and take Sound Transit’s popular game day Sounder train to the 1:10 p.m. game against the New York Mets… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2017
Sounder trains to run Sunday for Mariners game
Kent officers, witnesses describe fatal shooting of Joseph-McDade

Kent officers, witnesses describe fatal shooting of Joseph-McDade

Kent Police officer William Davis says he feared he would be seriously injured or killed as he stood in a street with his gun aimed… Continue reading

Kent officers, witnesses describe fatal shooting of Joseph-McDade
Excel Public Charter School in Kent joins Green Dot network

Excel Public Charter School in Kent joins Green Dot network

Excel Public Charter School in Kent is now a part of the Green Dot Public Schools network. Excel – a public, tuition-free middle school focused… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2017
Excel Public Charter School in Kent joins Green Dot network
Amazon to hire 50,000 for warehouse jobs across U.S., including Kent

Amazon to hire 50,000 for warehouse jobs across U.S., including Kent

Seattle-based Amazon announced on Wednesday it has more than 50,000 jobs available to fill across its U.S. fulfillment center network, including hundreds of jobs in… Continue reading

Amazon to hire 50,000 for warehouse jobs across U.S., including Kent
Local teens get hands-on experience at Nurse Camp

Local teens get hands-on experience at Nurse Camp

They share the same last name and compassionate spirit, but Emily and Marian Huynh are not at all related. Just fast friends who met at… Continue reading

Local teens get hands-on experience at Nurse Camp
Fire danger remains high in Puget Sound area

Fire danger remains high in Puget Sound area

With continued temperatures in the high 70s to mid-80s over the next two weeks, the fire danger in the Puget Sound area remains high. King… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2017
Fire danger remains high in Puget Sound area
Kent-based Puget Sound Fire picks new chief

Kent-based Puget Sound Fire picks new chief

The Puget Sound Fire board selected Matthew Morris, fire chief in Henderson, Nev., to be the new chief for the Kent-based agency. Morris, one of… Continue reading

Kent-based Puget Sound Fire picks new chief
Kent Police seize 240 pounds of fireworks during July emphasis patrols

Kent Police seize 240 pounds of fireworks during July emphasis patrols

Kent Police seized nearly 240 pounds of illegal fireworks this year after confiscating only about 25 pounds in previous years. With emphasis patrols from July… Continue reading

Kent Police seize 240 pounds of fireworks during July emphasis patrols
King County assessor attacks Trump’s proposed Census Bureau cuts

King County assessor attacks Trump’s proposed Census Bureau cuts

King County Assessor John Wilson criticized the Trump administration for proposed large cuts in the Census Bureau budget. “The budget for the Census Bureau proposed… Continue reading

  • Jul 25, 2017
King County assessor attacks Trump’s proposed Census Bureau cuts
Thousands answer the call, but Red Cross blood shortage continues

Thousands answer the call, but Red Cross blood shortage continues

Thousands of people have responded to the emergency call for blood and platelet donations issued by the American Red Cross in early July, but there… Continue reading

  • Jul 25, 2017
Thousands answer the call, but Red Cross blood shortage continues
Kent School District’s Saucedo named Regional Teacher of the Year

Kent School District’s Saucedo named Regional Teacher of the Year

Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) recently named Kent Elementary School teacher Denisha Saucedo the 2018 Regional Teacher of the Year. In April, Saucedo was… Continue reading

  • Jul 24, 2017
Kent School District’s Saucedo named Regional Teacher of the Year
Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | July 16-22

Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | July 16-22

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority that serves Kent, Covington and SeaTac: July 16-22 Total:… Continue reading

  • Jul 24, 2017
Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | July 16-22
Police bust 40 during illegal street racing patrols in Kent and neighboring cities

Police bust 40 during illegal street racing patrols in Kent and neighboring cities

Police officers from Kent, Auburn, Renton and Tukwila worked with the Washington State Patrol to arrest more than 40 people during a recent crackdown on… Continue reading

Police bust 40 during illegal street racing patrols in Kent and neighboring cities

Riders stable after three-horse spill at Emerald Downs

Jockeys Eliska Kubinova, Juan Gutierrez and David Martin were all reported in stable condition following a three-horse spill in the sixth race Saturday night at… Continue reading

  • Jul 23, 2017
Kent Police release reenactment videos | Joseph-McDade pursuit, shooting

Kent Police release reenactment videos | Joseph-McDade pursuit, shooting

Kent Police released several video reenactments as part of the Des Moines Police investigation of the June 24 shooting death of Giovonn Joseph-McDade on the… Continue reading

Kent Police release reenactment videos | Joseph-McDade pursuit, shooting
Valley Cities turns ‘lemons into lemonade’ with sale of Woodmont property near Kent

Valley Cities turns ‘lemons into lemonade’ with sale of Woodmont property near Kent

Two years after 250 angry parents filled a school gym in outrage against a proposed Valley Cities rehab facility that would be near a school,… Continue reading

  • Jul 21, 2017
Valley Cities turns ‘lemons into lemonade’ with sale of Woodmont property near Kent
Medical Examiner’s Office identifies Kent man who jumped from window; woman hit by train

Medical Examiner’s Office identifies Kent man who jumped from window; woman hit by train

The names of the man who died after jumping from an apartment window and the woman hit by a train in Kent were released on… Continue reading

Medical Examiner’s Office identifies Kent man who jumped from window; woman hit by train