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State launches Ask A Teacher campaign

State launches Ask A Teacher campaign

With the 2017 legislative session underway and education dominating much of the discussion, Washington’s current and former Teachers of the Year have joined together as… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2017
State launches Ask A Teacher campaign
Special delivery: Firefighters reunite with baby born at fire station

Special delivery: Firefighters reunite with baby born at fire station

One-month-old Mia Lowery’s visit to the fire station on Saturday wasn’t her first. In the early hours of Dec. 21, Mia was born in the… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2017
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Special delivery: Firefighters reunite with baby born at fire station

Federal Way Police investigating two Saturday shootings in Kent

Staff reports/Federal Way Mirror Federal Way Police are investigating two shootings that occurred in Kent on Saturday night. At approximately 10:40 p.m. in the 2200… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2017

Ferguson continues bipartisan push to raise tobacco sale age to 21

AG to appear before committee Tuesday in support of legislation

  • Jan 23, 2017
Juchems serves as page for Rep. Gregerson

Juchems serves as page for Rep. Gregerson

Sara Juchems, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School, served as a page last week in the Washington State House of Representatives. Sponsored by state… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2017
Juchems serves as page for Rep. Gregerson
Youth Unity Rally calls out Trump

Youth Unity Rally calls out Trump

Washingtonians shout in protest of new president on the Capitol steps

  • Jan 21, 2017
Youth Unity Rally calls out Trump
Local Lifetouch employee to build school in the Dominican Republic

Local Lifetouch employee to build school in the Dominican Republic

Edina Carpenter, a local Lifetouch quality control and training specialist, will travel with Lifetouch Memory Mission to build a school in the Dominican Republic on… Continue reading

  • Jan 20, 2017
Local Lifetouch employee to build school in the Dominican Republic
Rotary Club honors Kentlake’s Webb | School news, notes

Rotary Club honors Kentlake’s Webb | School news, notes

Calista Webb, a senior at Kentlake High School, is the Kent Rotary Club Student of the Month. Webb shines in culinary arts, not only in… Continue reading

  • Jan 20, 2017
Rotary Club honors Kentlake’s Webb | School news, notes
Rotary Club of Kent-Sunrise honors Meeker leaders, students

Rotary Club of Kent-Sunrise honors Meeker leaders, students

The Rotary Club of Kent-Sunrise recently honored its January Middle School of the Month. The club sets a monthly meeting during the school year to… Continue reading

  • Jan 20, 2017
Rotary Club of Kent-Sunrise honors Meeker leaders, students
Tech Expo 2017

Tech Expo 2017

School district showcases uses, trends in tools

  • Jan 20, 2017
Tech Expo 2017
Kent to get second Sounder train parking garage

Kent to get second Sounder train parking garage

Sounder train commuters can expect a second parking garage in Kent within the next seven years or possibly sooner. Sound Transit officials started steps this… Continue reading

Kent to get second Sounder train parking garage
Legislators aim to protect, restrict gun rights

Legislators aim to protect, restrict gun rights

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa/WNPA Olympia News Bureau After the heavily backed and massively popular ballot measure, Initiative 1491, passed with 69 percent of… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
Legislators aim to protect, restrict gun rights
Page in session

Page in session

Benjamin Stebbins, a freshman at Kent-Meridian High School, spent a week working as a page for the state Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Benjamin… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
Page in session
Kent City Council adopts law to protect low-income tenants

Kent City Council adopts law to protect low-income tenants

Landlords won’t be able to discriminate against people who use government subsidies to pay rent under a new law passed by the Kent City Council.… Continue reading

Kent City Council adopts law to protect low-income tenants
Kent closes 148th Avenue SE due to large pothole

Kent closes 148th Avenue SE due to large pothole

The city of Kent temporarily closed 148th Avenue Southeast to traffic between Southeast 256th Street and Southeast 249th Street on Thursday morning due to a… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
Kent closes 148th Avenue SE due to large pothole
Feel the beat

Feel the beat

Mill Creek Middle School hosts MLK program

  • Jan 18, 2017
Feel the beat
Kent City Council approves consultant contract for Meeker Street project

Kent City Council approves consultant contract for Meeker Street project

The Kent City Council approved a $99,487 consultant contract with Seattle’s KPG for design and development of construction standards for the proposed Meet Me on… Continue reading

Kent City Council approves consultant contract for Meeker Street project
Kent man dies in I-405 crash in Tukwila | Update: man identified

Kent man dies in I-405 crash in Tukwila | Update: man identified

A 35-year-old Kent man died in a two-vehicle crash last Friday night along Interstate 405 in Tukwila near I-5. The man reportedly was speeding at… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2017
Kent man dies in I-405 crash in Tukwila | Update: man identified
Soggy and saturated

Soggy and saturated

Kent is all wet, again. The jet stream rediscovered the valley this week, bringing plenty of rain, warmer temperatures and urban and rural flooding to… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2017
Soggy and saturated
Kent plans pedestrian improvements to 132nd Avenue SE

Kent plans pedestrian improvements to 132nd Avenue SE

Pedestrians will have a much smoother walk by next fall along 132nd Avenue Southeast in Kent. The city of Kent recently received a $473,784 state… Continue reading

Kent plans pedestrian improvements to 132nd Avenue SE