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The Kent Farmers Market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays

Kent-area community calendar | Sept. 17

Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 27, Town Square Plaza Park, corner of Second and Smith.

  • Sep 17, 2014
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The Kent Farmers Market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays
Metro Transit cuts next year might be less than originally projected.

King County executive proposes saving 150,000 hours of Metro bus service

Reforms, efficiencies, and a decline in fuel prices have enabled King County Executive Dow Constantine to propose preserving 150,000 hours of Metro bus service that had earlier been assumed for reduction.

  • Sep 17, 2014
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Metro Transit cuts next year might be less than originally projected.
A Kent City Council committee is looking into whether a fireworks ban would help combat the number of fireworks set off each July that lead to complaints by residents.

Kent City Council committee to study fireworks ban

A Kent City Council committee began looking into whether a fireworks ban on the Fourth of July might lower the boom on illegal devices going off.

A Kent City Council committee is looking into whether a fireworks ban would help combat the number of fireworks set off each July that lead to complaints by residents.
CERT classes begin Sept. 25 in Kent.

Kent offers Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program

Kent Emergency Management is accepting applications for the fall Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program.

  • Sep 16, 2014
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CERT classes begin Sept. 25 in Kent.

New Kent homes to be built near Garrison Creek

A city of Kent hearing examiner approved a developer's request to subdivide 3.3 acres into 20 single-family residential lots in the 22800 block of 100th Avenue Southeast.

  • Sep 16, 2014
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Kent garage sale Oct. 3-5 to benefit Willow’s Place

A Collection and Garage Sale is set for Oct. 3-5 to benefit Willow's Place, a Kent nonprofit that helps feed the homeless.

  • Sep 16, 2014
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Highline College earns national award for Excellence in Diversity

Highline College received the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

  • Sep 16, 2014
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The Platform Apartments in downtown Kent will open in October. Renters can now reserve units that run from $1

New downtown Kent apartments to open in October | The Platform

People will soon be moving in to The Platform Apartments in downtown Kent.

The Platform Apartments in downtown Kent will open in October. Renters can now reserve units that run from $1
New school in service: from left

Kent welcomes innovative early learning center

It was a ribbon-cutting ceremony with safety scissors as well as the obligatory giant shears.

  • Sep 15, 2014
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New school in service: from left

KentHOPE slates fundraising dinner

The public is invited to KentHOPE's fundraising dinner, "Hope Springs Forth." set for Nov. 1 at New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, 19300 108th Ave. SE, Kent.

  • Sep 15, 2014
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T-Birds drop preseason finale to ‘Tips | WHL

The Everett Silvertips beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1 Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent in the last preseason game for both teams.

  • Sep 14, 2014
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Gov. Jay Inslee talks to Sophia Sanders and Larry Ruffino

Gov. Inslee visits Hexcel Aerospace to meet with work force

Gov. Jay Inslee visited Kent's Hexcel Aerospace plant on Friday afternoon to discuss how various state workforce initiatives are helping people find work and employers find new talent.

  • Sep 12, 2014
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Gov. Jay Inslee talks to Sophia Sanders and Larry Ruffino
King County Councilman Dave Upthegrove proposes that police officers wear body cameras.

King County Councilman Upthegrove proposes body cameras for cops

Police departments around the country and here in Washington State are experimenting with officer-worn digital cameras, commonly referred to as body cameras.

  • Sep 12, 2014
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King County Councilman Dave Upthegrove proposes that police officers wear body cameras.
While 85 percent of the Kent Police Department is white

Kent Police seek more minority hires to combat race gap between community, staff

The Kent Police Department has the largest percentage-point differences of white officers to white residents in the state with a 39 percent difference, according to a recent New York Times story.

While 85 percent of the Kent Police Department is white
Kent Police are seeking additional witnesses to come forward in connection with the Aug. 20 shooting that killed two men at a Kent Shell station.

Kent Police ask additional witnesses of Shell station shooting to come forward

Kent Police detectives are still investigating the Aug. 20 Shell gas station shooting that resulted in the death of two employees.

Kent Police are seeking additional witnesses to come forward in connection with the Aug. 20 shooting that killed two men at a Kent Shell station.
Dr. Edward Donalson III

County leaders, residents sound off on race, law enforcement | Can Ferguson happen here?

It's hard talk, a sensitive conversation and one King County and community leaders welcome. A public forum to openly discuss county law enforcement's relationship with diverse neighborhoods it serves jammed a Tyee High School cafeteria in SeaTac on Wednesday night.

Dr. Edward Donalson III
Fire burned an abandoned home Thursday in the 20900 block of 124th Avenue Southeast.

Fire burns abandoned house on Kent’s East Hill

Fire destroyed an abandoned house early Thursday morning on Kent's East Hill.

Fire burned an abandoned home Thursday in the 20900 block of 124th Avenue Southeast.

Kent Black Action Commission plans No Ferguson in Kent rally, march on Sept. 16

The Kent Black Action Commission (KBAC) plans a No Ferguson in Kent rally and march on Tuesday evening, Sept. 16 from the Maleng Regional Justice Center to City Hall.

Kent traffic cameras catch speeders at two school zones when lights are flashing before and after school.

Kent city officials plan to keep speed traffic cameras at just two schools

Kent Police and city officials have no immediate plans to expand the school traffic camera program to catch speeders beyond the two-school pilot project.

Kent traffic cameras catch speeders at two school zones when lights are flashing before and after school.
Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell with newly named City Attorney Amy Jo Pearsall.

Pearsall gets Federal Way city attorney job; Kent’s Fitzpatrick among finalists

Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell announced Wednesday the appointment of Amy Jo Pearsall as Federal Way City attorney. Kent Deputy City Attorney Pat Fitzpatrick was one of the five finalists for the position.

  • Sep 11, 2014
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Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell with newly named City Attorney Amy Jo Pearsall.