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Kentridge's Megan Saunders lives life to the fullest

Kentridge senior shines in memory of her father

When Megan Saunders graduates from Kentridge High School on Saturday, an important person in her life won't be there to share the moment.

Kentridge's Megan Saunders lives life to the fullest
Lambert Ngenzi moved to Kent from the Congo just before he would have graduated form high school. Two years later

Kent-Meridian’s Ngenzi realizes his dream to graduate high school

When Lambert Ngenzi moved to Kent with his mom and four siblings, he was weeks shy of graduating from high school in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Lambert Ngenzi moved to Kent from the Congo just before he would have graduated form high school. Two years later
Hawa Biyad

Park Orchard Elementary celebrates diversity

Kent's Park Orchard Elementary School hosted multicultural night on June 2.

  • Jun 11, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Hawa Biyad
Proceeds from the new mattress sale benefit the Royals' football and cheer programs.

Royals organize new mattress fundraiser

The Kent-Meridian Royals Football & Cheer Boosters/PTSA hosts its inaugural new mattress fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St, Kent.

  • Jun 11, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Proceeds from the new mattress sale benefit the Royals' football and cheer programs.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke is scheduled to get a pay hike to $138

Kent mayor to get $35,808 pay hike to $138,000 per year

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke is scheduled to get a 35-percent pay jump to $138,000 per year after the city's Independent Salary Commission approved the raise by a 4-1 vote.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke is scheduled to get a pay hike to $138

Mayor to receive majority of cash payout from unused vacation time | Clarification

The majority of the nearly $20,000 cash payout Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke is scheduled to receive when her term ends will be from unused vacation time.

Teachers wave signs in front of Kent-Meridian High School on Monday afternoon.

Kent teachers express need for education funding

Nearly 600 Kent School District teachers took to the streets Monday afternoon asking the Legislature to fully fund education.

Teachers wave signs in front of Kent-Meridian High School on Monday afternoon.
Kentridge High School students Raymond Tat

Kentridge students receive National Merit Boeing Scholarship

Two students from Kentridge High School were among winners announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation to receive scholarships in the 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

  • Jun 10, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kentridge High School students Raymond Tat
The Kent Black Action Commission's Juneteenth celebration returns to Morrill Meadows Park on June 20.

KBAC hosts fourth annual Juneteenth celebration

The Kent Black Action Commission presents the fourth annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 20, at Morrill Meadows Park.

  • Jun 10, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
The Kent Black Action Commission's Juneteenth celebration returns to Morrill Meadows Park on June 20.

Kent Fire Department identifies, warns door-to-door salespeople

Over the last two weeks, the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority has been receiving complaints of door-to-door salespeople stating that they work for, or are affiliated with the fire department.

  • Jun 10, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Julene Bailie recently captured a female eagle flying into the 'Riverbend eagle's nest' with one of the eaglets watching. According to Bailie

Kent-area community calendar | June 10

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.

  • Jun 10, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Julene Bailie recently captured a female eagle flying into the 'Riverbend eagle's nest' with one of the eaglets watching. According to Bailie

Resident Camp at Waskowitz plans informational meetings

Organizers of the Kent Parks Summer Resident Camp at Waskowitz host parent/camper informational meetings – today and July 8 – from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Avenue N.

  • Jun 10, 2015
  • BY Wire Service

Stove top fire displaces family of 3 in Kent

A stove top fire that rapidly spread to the kitchen cabinets and into the wall displaced a family of three from their Kent Valley apartment Tuesday afternoon.

  • Jun 9, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
A group plans to file lawsuits to overturn state Senate Bill 5052

Group plans lawsuits to overturn state’s medical cannabis patient protection act

A team of attorneys will soon file a series of lawsuits to place an injunction on, and overturn Washington State’s Senate Bill 5052, a recently signed law that opponents say will drastically reduce the rights of medical cannabis patients in the state while closing dispensaries and establishing an illegal patient registry.

  • Jun 9, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
A group plans to file lawsuits to overturn state Senate Bill 5052
Sign up for the city of Kent's Teen Camp this summer for seventh

Registration open for city of Kent’s Teen Camp this summer

Field trips to Game Works, Snoqualmie Falls, LeMay Car Museum and a Tacoma Rainiers game are among the activities that await seventh, eighth and ninth graders (as of fall 2015) at the city of Kent’s Teen Camp.

  • Jun 9, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Sign up for the city of Kent's Teen Camp this summer for seventh

King County man receives seven-year prison sentence for eight bank robberies; two in Kent

A 31-year-old King County man received a seven-year prison sentence on Tuesday in Seattle for his involvement in eight bank robberies last year in Western Washington, including two in Kent.

Kent students among the winners in Holocaust Center Writing, Art & Film Contest

"How can lessons of the Holocaust inspire you to make the world a better place?"

  • Jun 8, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kentridge High graduates of 2014 parade through the ShoWare Center. Numerous graduations are set for June at the Kent arena.

High school, college graduates to fill up Kent’s ShoWare Center

It's that time of year when high school and college graduates will walk through ceremonies at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

  • Jun 8, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kentridge High graduates of 2014 parade through the ShoWare Center. Numerous graduations are set for June at the Kent arena.
The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority call report.

Kent Fire Department call report May 31-June 6

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

  • Jun 8, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority call report.
The northbound State Route 167 paving project will repave and resurface one mile of the freeway from South 277th Street to Green River Bridge in Kent.

Out with the old, in with the new on SR 167 in Kent

Old and deteriorating pavement on State Route 167 in Kent is about to get the boot. Work begins next week to repave the northbound lanes between South 277th Street and the Green River Bridge.

  • Jun 8, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
The northbound State Route 167 paving project will repave and resurface one mile of the freeway from South 277th Street to Green River Bridge in Kent.