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Charting the course for technology use in Kent School District

Charting the course for technology use in Kent School District

Students, parents, teachers, administrators and community and business representatives spent last Saturday discussing the future of technology in the Kent School District. About 135 people… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2017
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Charting the course for technology use in Kent School District

Tahoma National Cemetery to honor Vietnam veterans

Tahoma National Cemetery presents a Vietnam War 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1. The cemetery is honoring the service, sacrifice and… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2017
Protesters urge Reichert to oppose ‘Trumpcare’

Protesters urge Reichert to oppose ‘Trumpcare’

Protesters took to East Lake Sammamish Parkway on March 16 and 17 yet again to send 8th Congressional District Rep. Dave Reichert a strong message… Continue reading

Protesters urge Reichert to oppose ‘Trumpcare’
Kent officer shoots, kills man armed with machete in Des Moines

Kent officer shoots, kills man armed with machete in Des Moines

A Kent Police officer shot and killed a man armed with a machete in an early Thursday morning incident at a home in the 1700… Continue reading

Kent officer shoots, kills man armed with machete in Des Moines
47th District Legislators Rep. Pat Sullivan, left, Sen. Joe Fain, center, and Rep. Mark Hargrove answered questions for 90 minutes in a town hall meeting at the Golden Steer in Kent. Dennis Box, The Reporter

Education funding leads discussion at 47th Legislative District town hall meeting

Sen. Joe Fain, Rep. Pat Sullivan and Rep. Mark Hargrove cover wide range of topics.

47th District Legislators Rep. Pat Sullivan, left, Sen. Joe Fain, center, and Rep. Mark Hargrove answered questions for 90 minutes in a town hall meeting at the Golden Steer in Kent. Dennis Box, The Reporter
Helping a dream come to life

Helping a dream come to life

Fran Hollum helped a blind woman making her dream of driving, a reality

  • Mar 23, 2017
  • By Ana Karen Perez-Guzman Reporter
Helping a dream come to life
Time to fully fund education | Kent town hall meeting

Time to fully fund education | Kent town hall meeting

Enough of the gridlock, the partisanship, the bickering. It’s time to fully fund public education. So says Legislative District 33 lawmakers as they addressed residents’… Continue reading

Time to fully fund education | Kent town hall meeting
Students from Kent and Auburn among winners in Highline College’s annual poetry contest

Students from Kent and Auburn among winners in Highline College’s annual poetry contest

“Imaginative” earned Elizabeth Abramchuk first place in the Highline College Student Poetry Contest. Abramchuk was one of 54 writers who submitted 101 poems during the… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2017
Students from Kent and Auburn among winners in Highline College’s annual poetry contest
County executive orders inquest into fatal shooting of man by Kent Police

County executive orders inquest into fatal shooting of man by Kent Police

King County Executive Dow Constantine ordered an inquest on Wednesday into the fatal shooting of Patrick Reddeck on Oct. 16, by Kent Police officers. An… Continue reading

County executive orders inquest into fatal shooting of man by Kent Police
Kent Police investigate report of gunshots near 100th Avenue SE: Update

Kent Police investigate report of gunshots near 100th Avenue SE: Update

Kent Police closed 100th Avenue Southeast between South 213th Street and South 216th Street at about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday after a report of gunshots that… Continue reading

Kent Police investigate report of gunshots near 100th Avenue SE: Update
Man reportedly stabbed to death in downtown Kent

Man reportedly stabbed to death in downtown Kent

Kent Police are investigating the death of a 48-year-old man who reportedly was stabbed to death on Monday night in downtown Kent. At about 8:41… Continue reading

Man reportedly stabbed to death in downtown Kent
Kent City Council, school board to have joint meeting March 29

Kent City Council, school board to have joint meeting March 29

The Kent City Council and Kent School District Board will have a special joint meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, at… Continue reading

Kent City Council, school board to have joint meeting March 29
Kent officers bust man on Pacific Highway for picking up a prostitute |Police Blotter

Kent officers bust man on Pacific Highway for picking up a prostitute |Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of prostitution loitering after he reportedly picked up a woman walking near South 240th Street and Pacific Highway… Continue reading

Kent officers bust man on Pacific Highway for picking up a prostitute |Police Blotter
Addis to run for Kent City Council

Addis to run for Kent City Council

Paul Addis, an Alaska Airlines business analyst in the finance division and a community volunteer, will run for the Kent City Council. In his announcement… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2017
  • By Steve Hunter
Addis to run for Kent City Council
Sound Transit would lose grants for light rail under Trump budget proposal

Sound Transit would lose grants for light rail under Trump budget proposal

A proposed 2018 budget by the Trump administration would block a $500 million request by Sound Transit for federal grants to help extend light rail… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2017
Sound Transit would lose grants for light rail under Trump budget proposal
Puget Sound Fire call report | March 12-18

Puget Sound Fire call report | March 12-18

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority that serves Kent, Covington and SeaTac: March 12-18 Total:… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2017
Puget Sound Fire call report | March 12-18
Green River College announces four finalists in presidential search

Green River College announces four finalists in presidential search

Green River College has named four finalists in the search for its next president. The Presidential Search Advisory Committee recently interviewed eight semifinalists and has… Continue reading

  • Mar 19, 2017
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Green River College announces four finalists in presidential search
Kent Police arrest two juveniles for allegedly making threats toward school bus driver

Kent Police arrest two juveniles for allegedly making threats toward school bus driver

Two boys were arrested Thursday afternoon after they allegedly made verbal threats to a Kent School District bus driver and one of the boys displayed… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2017
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Kent Police arrest two juveniles for allegedly making threats toward school bus driver
Sounder trains to run Sunday for Sounders FC opening day match

Sounder trains to run Sunday for Sounders FC opening day match

Sounders FC fans can kick off the 2017 season by hopping aboard Sound Transit’s Sounder trains to the opening day match against New York Red… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2017
  • By Heidi Sanders
Sounder trains to run Sunday for Sounders FC opening day match

City extends animal services contract

The city of Kent will pay King County about $363,000 next year to help provide animal control officers, sheltering and licensing services. The City Council’s… Continue reading