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Kent stores apply to sell hard liquor under new law

Many stores around Kent are looking to sell hard liquor once privatization takes full effect on June 1.

Kent firefighter Steve Smith rescues one of 13 ducklings Tuesday from a East Hill storm drain.

Kent firefighters rescue 13 ducklings on East Hill

Kent firefighters rescued 13 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain Tuesday morning on the East Hill.

Kent firefighter Steve Smith rescues one of 13 ducklings Tuesday from a East Hill storm drain.
Pat Gray

Kent focus groups say no to homeless shelter

Faced with opposition from a concerned community, a proposed homeless shelter is no longer a possibility for one downtown Kent location.

Pat Gray
The World's Fair grounds in 1962 at Seattle Center.

World’s Fair exhibit to open at Kent Museum

An exhibit about the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle opens Saturday, April 21 at the Kent Historical Museum, 855 E. Smith St.

  • Apr 11, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
The World's Fair grounds in 1962 at Seattle Center.

State charges Kent businessman with L&I benefits theft; man is son of lieutenant governor

The state Attorney General's Office has charged a Kent businessman with four counts of first-degree theft and one count of forgery for allegedly receiving $19,459 from the state for a job injury claim even though he had returned to work.

Kent petition drive can start for low-enforcement marijuana offenses initiative

Sensible Washington, which filed an initiative last month with the city of Kent to let voters decide whether the city should make marijuana offenses the lowest enforcement priority by Kent Police, received the go-ahead from Kent City Attorney Tom Brubaker to start to collect signatures.

Two employees at Kent 911 center named Dispatchers of the Year

Two employees of the Valley Communications Center in Kent are being honored as King County Emergency Medical Dispatchers of the Year.

Spring theater comes to Kent high schools

Kentlake High School is putting on “Beauty and the Beast” April 18-21 and 25-28.

  • Apr 10, 2012
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Kent fire investigators wait to enter destroyed carpet recycling facility to determine cause

It is expected to take at least until Wednesday before Kent Fire Department investigators can enter a destroyed recycling facility for carpeting and carpet padding to try to determine the cause of the fire.

The city's Green Kent Partnership program wants more volunteers to help work at parks and open spaces.

City looks to expand Green Kent Partnership program

More than 700 volunteers have participated in the Green Kent Partnership restoration events at city parks and open spaces since the project started a year ago.

  • Apr 9, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
The city's Green Kent Partnership program wants more volunteers to help work at parks and open spaces.

Pilot injured in plane crash in Crest Airpark outside Covington

A pilot was critically injured when he crashed his small, single-engine airplane in a neighborhood near Crest Airpark outside Covington on Saturday afternoon, Mountain View Fire & Rescue reported.

  • Apr 8, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

Fire destroys recycling facility in downtown Kent

A two-alarm fire destroyed a recycling facility for carpeting and carpet padding in downtown Kent on Saturday.

  • Apr 8, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Alyssa McLemore

Missing: Still no answers about Kent woman 3 years after disappearance

Friends, family and the Kent Police all seem to come up with the same response about the disappearance three years ago of 21-year-old Alyssa McLemore.

Alyssa McLemore

Apartment fire on Kent’s West Hill displaces 10 people; damage estimated at $600,000 | Update

Ten people were displaced as a two-alarm fire caused an estimated $600,000 damage to six apartments on Kent's West Hill.

Crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend in Seattle for repairs.

Viaduct in Seattle to close this weekend for repairs

Crews will close the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend to reinforce a two-block section of the structure located above the path of the future SR 99 tunnel.

  • Apr 6, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend in Seattle for repairs.
Emergency responders will conduct numerous mass casualty incident drills April 30 through May 3 at the ShoWare Center parking lots in Kent.

Be aware of emergency response drills at Kent’s ShoWare Center

Expect to see large numbers of emergency vehicles traveling and in the parking lots of Kent's ShoWare Center on eight days over the next four weeks as part of a mass casualty incident drill.

Emergency responders will conduct numerous mass casualty incident drills April 30 through May 3 at the ShoWare Center parking lots in Kent.
Dave Ellis

Washington egg farmers help struggling Kent families

Washington’s Wilcox Farms donated 108,000 eggs to Kent's Northwest Harvest on April 4 to help families struggling with food insecurity.

Dave Ellis
Sisters Hailey

Kent Station plans Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday

Kent Station will run its annual Easter Egg Hunt and Scavenger Hunt from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7.

  • Apr 6, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Sisters Hailey
Luis CdeBaca

State Department ambassador addresses sex trafficking

Sex trafficking continues to be a growing problem in Kent and the rest of the nation.

Luis CdeBaca
William Phillip is scheduled to go to trial June 20 for the 2010 murder of Seth Frankel

Phillip’s trial date continued to June 20 for murder of Kent city employee Seth Frankel

The trial date has been continued to June 20 for a 31-year-old Oregon man charged with first-degree murder in the May 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident.

William Phillip is scheduled to go to trial June 20 for the 2010 murder of Seth Frankel