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Joe Davis helps his stepdaughter

Kent-area community calendar | March 6

75th Annual Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show: March 7-9, CenturyLink Field Event Center, 800 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle. Approximately 2,000 dogs expected to vie for Best in Show.

  • Mar 6, 2014
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Joe Davis helps his stepdaughter
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Soroptimist International of Kent gives back

Soroptimist International of Kent recently honored individuals and organizations at its awards luncheon, Empowering Women and Girls, at the Golden Steer Steak and Rib House.

  • Mar 5, 2014
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Dave Lutes

Kent School District athletic director receives prestigious award

Kent School District Athletic Director Dave Lutes has received the United States Track & Field (Pacific Northwest Association) 2014 Youth Contributor of the Year Award for the "revolutionary" meet management program he instituted at the district.

  • Mar 5, 2014
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Dave Lutes

State issues first recreational marijuana licenses to Spokane producer

The state Liquor Control Board on Wednesday issued the state’s first licenses to produce and process recreational marijuana.

Debbie Straus

Kent School District board of directors receives national award

Kent School District (KSD) board of directors received the grand prize Magna Award from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) for its initiative in establishing iGrad, a student re-engagement program developed in partnership with Green River Community College for students who have dropped out of school.

  • Mar 5, 2014
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Debbie Straus

Kent kindergartners go to college for a day

Seattle Pacific University hosts 104 kindergartners from Scenic Hill Elementary as part of Kent School District's Kinder to College program on Wednesday, March 12.

  • Mar 5, 2014
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Kent officers arrest daughter for spitting in mother’s face | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she reportedly spit in her mother's face during a dispute.

  • Mar 4, 2014
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State to issue first recreational marijuana license on Wednesday

The state Liquor Control Board will issue its first recreational marijuana producer/processor license on Wednesday morning during its regularly scheduled meeting in Olympia.

Reagan Dunn

Dunn reappointed as King County Flood Control District chair

The King County Flood Control District completed its annual reorganization with the reappointment of Reagan Dunn as Chair of the District’s Board of Supervisors.

  • Mar 4, 2014
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Reagan Dunn

State Patrol offers Kiwanis Youth Law Enforcement Camp

Washington State high school juniors and seniors will have an opportunity to spend a week this summer in Shelton learning about the roles and job opportunities within law enforcement.

  • Mar 3, 2014
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Kent Police set community meeting for March 13

The Kent Police Department invites residents to join it for a community awareness meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Panther Lake Elementary School, 10200 S.E. 216th St.

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Sister Janet Benish comforts a baby in 2008 as a volunteer at the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent.

Kent award-winning volunteer Sister Janet Benish dies | 1921-2014

Sister Janet Benish, who won state and local awards for her volunteer work in Kent, has died.

Sister Janet Benish comforts a baby in 2008 as a volunteer at the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent.

T-Birds’ hockey Challenge raises $200,000 for RMHC

The Seattle Thunderbirds' 16th annual Hockey Challenge on Saturday at the ShoWare Center raised $200,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska (RMHC).

  • Mar 3, 2014
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Kent Fire Department call report.

Kent Fire Department call report Feb. 23 to March 1

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

  • Mar 3, 2014
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Kent Fire Department call report.
The Silvertips' Cole MacDonald and an official jar the T-Birds' Roberts Lipsbergs along the boards.

‘Tips take down ‘flat’ T-Birds, 3-1 | WHL

The Everett Silvertips beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 at the ShoWare Center on Sunday night.

  • Mar 3, 2014
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The Silvertips' Cole MacDonald and an official jar the T-Birds' Roberts Lipsbergs along the boards.
Rep. Ross Hunter

Cities scrapping for share of marijuana tax revenues

A new economic forecast predicts recreational-marijuana businesses will bring millions to the state, and the fight is underway for how the proceeds will be spent, with cities vying for a share.

  • Feb 28, 2014
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Rep. Ross Hunter
Sound Transit's Link light rail is scheduled extend to South 200th Street in SeaTac in 2016.

Board approves $32 million parking garage in SeaTac for light rail

Work on the South 200th Street Link light rail extension is moving along.

  • Feb 28, 2014
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Sound Transit's Link light rail is scheduled extend to South 200th Street in SeaTac in 2016.

Des Moines Police arrest man in skirt for taking photos in library’s women’s restroom

Des Moines Police arrested a 40-year-old Seattle man, dressed in women's clothing, for allegedly taking photos in the women's restroom Thursday at the Des Moines Library, 21620 11th Ave. S.

A Sounder train arrives in Kent.

Sound Transit sets record in 2013 for train, bus ridership

Sound Transit set annual ridership records in 2013 for boardings on its trains and buses.

  • Feb 28, 2014
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A Sounder train arrives in Kent.

Local Boy Scout STEM venture crew members take third in state finals

The Kent-Covington team of Graham Fricks, Logan Hoerth, Seth Johnson and Joshua Max – Boy Scout STEM venture crew members – placed third in the state finals of the U.S. CyberPatriot open division competitions, the nation’s premier high school youth cyber defense challenge.

  • Feb 28, 2014
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