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Consumers could no longer buy fireworks in the city of Kent if the City Council adopts an ordinance to ban the sale

Kent voters to be asked if city should ban fireworks | Advisory proposition

An emotionally loaded question about fireworks requiring a simple yes or no answer will face Kent voters on the Nov. 3 general election ballot:

Consumers could no longer buy fireworks in the city of Kent if the City Council adopts an ordinance to ban the sale
Calvin Watts

King County committee to examine racial disparity in juvenile justice system

A new countywide steering committee will recommend solutions to a growing racial disparity in the regional juvenile justice system.

  • Jul 29, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Calvin Watts
Voters in Kent will advise the City Council on the Nov. 3 ballot whether they want fireworks banned in the city.

Kent City Council seeks pro, con statements about potential fireworks ban

People are wanted to serve on the pro and con committees to prepare written arguments in support and in opposition to a city of Kent fireworks ban, which will be included in the King County Elections local voters' pamphlet for Nov. 3.

Voters in Kent will advise the City Council on the Nov. 3 ballot whether they want fireworks banned in the city.
Noah Saylor serves up dessert to Burt Jarvis

Kent-area community calendar | July 29

Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays, June 6-Sept. 26. Fresh produce, flower, vendors. Kent Lions program. For more information, visit www.kentfarmersmarket.com.

  • Jul 29, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Noah Saylor serves up dessert to Burt Jarvis
Michael A. Santos

Kent Police investigators take armed and dangerous suspect into custody

Kent investigators tracked down and arrested a man who was wanted in the stabbing attack of a Kent man last Wednesday.

  • Jul 28, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Michael A. Santos
Learn about the operations of the Kent Police Department by attending a Community Police Academy this fall.

Sign up for Kent’s Community Police Academy

Registration is open for the fall 2015 Community Police Academy hosted by the Kent Police Department.

  • Jul 28, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Learn about the operations of the Kent Police Department by attending a Community Police Academy this fall.
Drivers near Meridian and Millennium elementary schools will see school speed zone cameras this fall as the city of Kent expands its program.

Kent to add school zone speed cameras at two more locations; 4 schools total

Drivers will discover Kent's school zone camera program spreading this fall to catch speeding violators at two additional schools.

Drivers near Meridian and Millennium elementary schools will see school speed zone cameras this fall as the city of Kent expands its program.
Michael A. Santos

Kent Police looking for armed and dangerous stabbing suspect

Kent Police investigators are asking for the public's help in locating a suspect wanted in the stabbing of a Kent man last Wednesday.

  • Jul 28, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Michael A. Santos
Hawks Birds Nest will host A Family Affair parent empowerment event Thursday

Family members of Seahawks players to speak at ShoWare Center

Family members of several Seattle Seahawks football players will host a parent empowerment event on Thursday, July 30, at the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. in Kent.

Hawks Birds Nest will host A Family Affair parent empowerment event Thursday
Sound Transit plans to ask voters in November 2016 for more money to expand train

25,000 respond to Sound Transit online survey for future rail, bus projects

Nearly 25,000 people took an online survey to help shape future projects for Sound Transit and a November 2016 ballot measure to pay for the expanded light rail, train and bus service.

Sound Transit plans to ask voters in November 2016 for more money to expand train
Last year's Experience Historical Kent celebration brought out the smiles and fitting fashion from Barbara Lester

Celebrate Kent’s history at multiple August events

Visitors and residents are invited to celebrate Kent's past at multiple events in August.

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Last year's Experience Historical Kent celebration brought out the smiles and fitting fashion from Barbara Lester
Phil and Vivian Williams

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center joins Kent’s 125th anniversary celebration

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center helps celebrate the city of Kent's 125th anniversary with historical displays, music and an art walk on Saturday, Aug. 15.

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Phil and Vivian Williams
Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority call report.

Kent Fire Department call report July 19-25

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority call report.
SeaTac Police were called to South 204 Street and 30 Avenue South by a maintenance worker who found what appeared to be a body.

Public’s help needed on any information about a body discovered in a duffle bag

Detectives with the King County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit are looking for any information on an unidentified person whose remains were found in a duffle bag at a SeaTac apartment complex.

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
SeaTac Police were called to South 204 Street and 30 Avenue South by a maintenance worker who found what appeared to be a body.

Smoky kitchen fire displaces family of five in Kent

A smoky kitchen fire displaced a family of five from their Kent Valley apartment in the 1000 block of Central Avenue North late Sunday afternoon.

  • Jul 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Alberto Avila-Cardenas

Lakewood man convicted in shooting deaths of three men found buried in Kent in 2011

A King County Superior Court jury convicted a Lakewood man on Thursday on three counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of three men found in 2011 at a nursery plant in unincorporated Kent.

Alberto Avila-Cardenas
Mark Millbauer

Green River College cuts two programs, still faces budget woes

Two Green River College programs will be shut down in a cost-saving effort, and more cuts could follow as the college faces a $2.5 million to $3.5 million budget deficit.

Mark Millbauer
The state DOT plans to expand State Route 509 from SeaTac to Kent at I-5

Kent’s South 228th Street to become a major traffic connector

Drivers will see major changes in another decade or so traveling along South 228th Street between the Kent Valley and Seattle.

The state DOT plans to expand State Route 509 from SeaTac to Kent at I-5

So long state Liquor Control Board, hello Liquor and Cannabis Board

Effective on Friday, the state Liquor Control Board is now known as the state Liquor and Cannabis Board as part of the new laws adopted by the Legislature earlier this year.

  • Jul 24, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Light rail is expected to be ready to serve Kent's West Hill by 2023. Sound Transit will extend the system from SeaTac

Sound Transit board picks I-5 route for light rail to Kent, Federal Way

Sound Transit plans to extend light rail tracks along the Interstate 5 alignment to Kent and Federal Way rather than along Highway 99.

Light rail is expected to be ready to serve Kent's West Hill by 2023. Sound Transit will extend the system from SeaTac