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GiveBIG is back for another year of rallying the community to give back and give big to local nonprofits

Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG champions support for Kent nonprofits

The Seattle Foundation's fifth annual day of giving event, GiveBIG, returns Tuesday, May 5 and is expected to provide a big boost to 1,600 area nonprofits, several of which support Kent neighborhoods.

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
GiveBIG is back for another year of rallying the community to give back and give big to local nonprofits

Kent Police seek public’s help to find pair who shot, killed baby

Kent Police are asking for the public's help to solve a drive-by shooting that killed a 1-year-old baby girl.

Kent city officials closed a boardwalk at Lake Fenwick Park because of a lack of funds to repair the structure. It would cost about $960

City of Kent parks facilities slowly falling apart

Numerous amenities at Kent city parks are slowly but surely starting to fall apart.

Kent city officials closed a boardwalk at Lake Fenwick Park because of a lack of funds to repair the structure. It would cost about $960
Aaron and Mari Borrero

Kent schoolteacher writes book to help children with a parent in prison

Mari Borrero and her husband, Aaron, are trying to make the best of a difficult situation while helping others in similar circumstances.

Aaron and Mari Borrero
Anthony Lian

Kent-area community calendar | April 30

Downtown Kent Wine Walk: 6-9 p.m. May 8. Registration at 5:30 p.m. at Down Home Catering, 211 First Ave. S. Twelve wineries participating.

  • Apr 30, 2015
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Anthony Lian

Newcastle Police bust two Kent men for home burglary as family slept

Newcastle Police arrested two Kent men and two Renton teens for investigation of residential burglary in connection with entering a home through an open window in the middle of the night while the family slept.

New FAA offices to be built in Des Moines; Kent bid fails

The city of Des Moines beat out Kent, Renton, SeaTac and other cities for the new Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Northwest Mountain Region offices.

King County voters approve new emergency radio network

King County Executive Dow Constantine thanked King County voters for their 65-percent approval of funding for a new emergency radio network for first responders.

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Police Blotter.

Kent officers tussle with man kicking cars on South 277th Street | Police Blotter

A Kent Police officer resorted to punching a man two or three times in the head and face as officers struggled to get him into a patrol vehicle after he earlier had stepped in front of cars along South 277th Street.

Kent Police Blotter.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson

State “ticket bot” consumer-protection proposal becomes law

Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s proposal to ban “ticket bot” software into law.

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Sleep Country kicks off its annual Shoe Drive for Foster Kids on Monday

Kent-based Sleep County USA kicks off annual Shoe Drive for Foster Kids

The annual Shoe Drive for Foster Kids by Kent-based Sleep Country is underway and runs through June 7.

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Sleep Country kicks off its annual Shoe Drive for Foster Kids on Monday

Kent man receives 12-year prison sentence for role in dealing heroin, meth

A Kent man, his brother and their father received prison sentences last week in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for leading a Pierce County-based meth and heroin distribution ring.

Kent seeks applicants for city’s new Financial Sustainability Task Force

City leaders decided it's time to form a volunteer task force to help figure out how to keep Kent financially sustainable.

Kent Fire Department call report.

Kent Fire Department call report April 19-25

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

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Fire Department call report.

Fire displaces three from Covington home; cat saved

Three people were displaced following a house fire Friday in the 26400 block of Timberlane Drive Southeast in Covington. The fire was reported by a neighbor at 2:43 pm.

  • Apr 24, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
A rendering of the apartment complex Seattle developer Tarragon is building at Kent Station.

Kent Station apartment developer gets city property tax exemption

Seattle developer Tarragon will receive a property tax break each year for eight years from the city of Kent for building the 154-unit Kent Station Apartments downtown.

A rendering of the apartment complex Seattle developer Tarragon is building at Kent Station.

National Board Certified education professionals honored by Kent School Board

The Kent School District honored 40 education professionals for receiving national board certifications at a school board meeting Wednesday night.

  • Apr 24, 2015
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Kent City Council approves new LED street lights

About 2,600 city-owned street lights will get new LED lights later this year at a cost of $2.6 million that is expected to save the city approximately $230,000 a year in electricity costs.

State says former Kent Highlands Landfill site still safe for public

The former Kent Highlands Landfill site on the West Hill continues to protect public health and the environment, according to a recent periodic review by the state Department of Ecology (DOE).

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke used her veto power over the City Council for the first time on Tuesday to halt a change in how B&O tax funds are spent.

Mayor Cooke vetoes Kent City Council’s measure to change B&O tax allocations

It took the city of Kent's controversial business and occupation (B&O) tax to cause Mayor Suzette Cooke to use her veto power over the City Council for the first time during her 10 years in office.

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke used her veto power over the City Council for the first time on Tuesday to halt a change in how B&O tax funds are spent.