Steve Hunter

Kent-based Blue Origin, other companies deliver lunar lander mockup to NASA

Kent-based Blue Origin, other companies deliver lunar lander mockup to NASA

Part of National Team to help return astronauts to the Moon in 2024

Kent-based Blue Origin, other companies deliver lunar lander mockup to NASA
Group demands city leaders to defund Kent Police | Photos

Group demands city leaders to defund Kent Police | Photos

Peaceful protest Monday outside of City Hall, Police Department

Group demands city leaders to defund Kent Police | Photos
Kent mayor plans status quo budget for 2021

Kent mayor plans status quo budget for 2021

Budget cuts in May due to COVID-19 carrying over into next year

Kent mayor plans status quo budget for 2021
Kent mayor drops plan for ballot measure to hire more police

Kent mayor drops plan for ballot measure to hire more police

Proposal would have raised property taxes

Kent mayor drops plan for ballot measure to hire more police
ForFortyTwo group plans defund Kent Police rally Aug. 17

ForFortyTwo group plans defund Kent Police rally Aug. 17

Protesters to gather from 5:30-7:30 p.m. downtown outside Police Department

ForFortyTwo group plans defund Kent Police rally Aug. 17
Two men face charges in Pacific Highway shooting in Kent

Two men face charges in Pacific Highway shooting in Kent

July 13 incident injured seven people

Two men face charges in Pacific Highway shooting in Kent
Kent School District delays start to Sept. 3

Kent School District delays start to Sept. 3

Orginal starting date was Aug. 27; students to begin with remote learning

Kent School District delays start to Sept. 3
Reds Wine Bar to reopen at Kent Station

Reds Wine Bar to reopen at Kent Station

Opening is Tuesday, Aug. 18

Reds Wine Bar to reopen at Kent Station
595 employees to lose jobs with closure of Kent aerospace company

595 employees to lose jobs with closure of Kent aerospace company

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies impacted by decline in air travel

595 employees to lose jobs with closure of Kent aerospace company
REI CEO Eric Artz.

REI still leaving Kent headquarters but not for Bellevue | Update

Company confirms Kent closure; to focus on remote work

REI CEO Eric Artz.
Group plans petition drive to recall Kent School Board members

Group plans petition drive to recall Kent School Board members

Claims board has not ‘performed their duties in accordance with the laws of the state’

Group plans petition drive to recall Kent School Board members
Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla invites the crowd to take a knee with him on the lawn of the Maleng Regional Justice Center on June 11 prior to a protest march along downtown streets after the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

Kent Police plan equity and social justice reform

Chief Padilla meeting with City Council, mayor, community to come up with resolution

Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla invites the crowd to take a knee with him on the lawn of the Maleng Regional Justice Center on June 11 prior to a protest march along downtown streets after the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter
Kent man charged with vehicular homicide

Kent man charged with vehicular homicide

Head-on crash killed man Aug. 4 along Kent Black Diamond Road SE

Kent man charged with vehicular homicide
Lake Meridian/City of Kent File Photo

Man, 43, drowns in Lake Meridian in Kent | Update

Medical examiner rules death accidental

Lake Meridian/City of Kent File Photo
Kent man, 53, charged with Seattle murder

Kent man, 53, charged with Seattle murder

Reportedly beat to death 60-year-old man outside Rainier Valley convenience store

Kent man, 53, charged with Seattle murder
Che Apalache, a four-man “Latingrass” string band based in Buenos Aires, performed Oct. 19, 2019 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Kent

City of Kent cancels fall Spotlight Series due to COVID-19

Reschedules concerts for fall 2021

Che Apalache, a four-man “Latingrass” string band based in Buenos Aires, performed Oct. 19, 2019 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center. COURTESY PHOTO, City of Kent
File Photo

LA Fitness to reopen all locations Aug. 10

Gyms will follow state guidelines

File Photo
South 228th Street overpass project in Kent plugs along

South 228th Street overpass project in Kent plugs along

Girders placed for bridge to go over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks

South 228th Street overpass project in Kent plugs along
Kent man killed in head-on collision along Kent Black Diamond Road SE

Kent man killed in head-on collision along Kent Black Diamond Road SE

Kent driver arrested for DUI; faces potential vehicular homicide charge

Kent man killed in head-on collision along Kent Black Diamond Road SE
City of Kent awards $721,381 in grants for housing, food, medical needs

City of Kent awards $721,381 in grants for housing, food, medical needs

A total of 19 grants from federal CARES Act funds to local groups

City of Kent awards $721,381 in grants for housing, food, medical needs