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Party time: Kent plans its fifth-annual downtown block party

First Avenue South in downtown Kent turns into a party zone Sept. 11.Merchants along the street will throw the fifth-annual First Avenue Block Party from… Continue reading

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Kent Council races: looks to be Albertson versus Koepp

Come Nov. 3, incumbent Elizabeth Albertson will likely face off against challenger Geoff Koepp for a seat on the Kent City Council.As of Aug. 24,… Continue reading

Sound Transit light rail expansion to Highline Community College and South 272nd may force the business near the college and on Pacific Highway to relocate for a light rail station.

Envision Midway: Future rail corridor from airport to Kent slowly taking shape

When Sound Transit expands light rail along Pacific Highway from Sea-Tac Airport to Kent by 2020, city officials want to help turn the area into… Continue reading

Sound Transit light rail expansion to Highline Community College and South 272nd may force the business near the college and on Pacific Highway to relocate for a light rail station.

Kent caregiver found guilty in rape of mentally disabled woman

Bessie Clark cannot comprehend how a caregiver could do such a thing as rape her stepdaughter, a physically and mentally disabled woman who was under… Continue reading

Kent Youth Soccer League Coach Deb Tulloch preps her team before a 2008 game at the Pea Patch soccer fields. The popular location could be closing.

Park quandary: Pea Patch soccer fields one of several on closure list

Kent Youth Soccer Association and city officials are scrambling to deal with a proposal by Acting King County Executive Kurt Triplett to shut down four… Continue reading

Kent Youth Soccer League Coach Deb Tulloch preps her team before a 2008 game at the Pea Patch soccer fields. The popular location could be closing.
Renton resident Al Chmura grows nearly 250 dahlias at the Kent Pea Patch

Coming up dahlias in Kent: Flower show comes to Kent Commons

It will be easy to figure out next week where all of the flowers have gone. Well, at least all of the dahlias.Nearly 3,000 blooms… Continue reading

Renton resident Al Chmura grows nearly 250 dahlias at the Kent Pea Patch
Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

Waste haulers putting in bids for Kent garbage contract

City staff soon will sort through proposals from five companies that want to earn Kent’s next garbage and recycling services contract.Allied Waste, CleanScapes, Greenwaste Recovery,… Continue reading

Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

Man dies in Panther Lake house fire; cause was stove burner accidentally left on

A 32-year-old man died early Saturday in a Panther Lake house fire in the 10900 block of Southeast 212th Street in unincorporated Kent.King County fire… Continue reading

Joseph Thurura of Kent was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison for the rape of Karen Clark while he was the woman's caregiver.

Judge sentences Kent caregiver to 8 1/2 years for rape

A 32-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday to the maximum 8 1/2 years in prison for the second-degree rape of a physically and mentally disabled… Continue reading

Joseph Thurura of Kent was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison for the rape of Karen Clark while he was the woman's caregiver.
Charles Cortes/ Reporter/ 08/11/09 Tonya Carlone holds up her son Gavin and poses for a photo Aug. 11 with Mariners starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith. Rowland-Smith

M’s pitcher Rowland-Smith hits one out of the park in Kent

Sheryl Sharp pulled her hair back to show off her earrings after she collected an autograph from Seattle Mariners pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith Tuesday at TOP… Continue reading

Charles Cortes/ Reporter/ 08/11/09 Tonya Carlone holds up her son Gavin and poses for a photo Aug. 11 with Mariners starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith. Rowland-Smith
Jennifer Hanke and Orval Dealy of Kent demonstrate their dancing skills at the Kent Senior Activity Center. Hanke and Dealy are will be dance partners during the center’s first-ever Summer Ball. CHARLES CORTES

Dance the night away at Kent Summer Ball

Jennifer Hanke wants people to know that dancing to live bands at the Kent Senior Activity Center isn’t just for seniors.Hanke, 53, of Kent, dances… Continue reading

Jennifer Hanke and Orval Dealy of Kent demonstrate their dancing skills at the Kent Senior Activity Center. Hanke and Dealy are will be dance partners during the center’s first-ever Summer Ball. CHARLES CORTES

Husband arrested after reportedly punching, hitting his wife while she breast-fed their baby

AssaultPolice arrested a 46-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly punched and hit his wife as she breast-fed their baby at about… Continue reading

Valley Medical Center board candidates lob issues at each other

Valley Medical Center board candidates lob issues at each otherBy Steve Huntershunter@kentreporter.comThe race is heating up early between incumbent Mike Miller and challenger Aaron Heide… Continue reading

In the running: Three candidates vying for Kent Council post

Geoff Koepp and Barbara Phillips each want to bring a fresh perspective to the Kent City Council, while incumbent Elizabeth Albertson believes her experience makes… Continue reading

Lit cigarette the cause of major I-5 brush fire near Kent

A lit cigarette tossed out of a vehicle ignited a large brush fire that broke out early Wednesday afternoon between the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 just north of South 200th Street, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A temperature gauge at Meridian Dental Clinic on Smith Street in the Kent Valley registers 105 degrees at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday.

A real scorcher for Kent: Heat wave goes over the 100-degree mark

Louise Paulson has lived for 44 years in Kent and she's never felt heat like this."I don't like it," Paulson said as she played cards… Continue reading

A temperature gauge at Meridian Dental Clinic on Smith Street in the Kent Valley registers 105 degrees at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday.

City of Kent settles police-shooting lawsuit for $400,000

The city of Kent has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a civil lawsuit filed against the city by a man who was shot and… Continue reading

Bethany and Brady Carson join their mother

Mail thieves make the rounds: Kent family’s mailbox raided five times

Kent resident Debbe Carson wants residents to know that people do steal mail out of mailboxes. She's had mail taken twice in June, for a… Continue reading

Bethany and Brady Carson join their mother
Army Corps Project Manager Mamie Brouwer describes the the purpose of the engineered log jams and the gravel supplementation July 15 along the Green River. The Army Corps of Engineers is working to rebuild salmon habitat in the watershed for the Green and Duwamish rivers.

Feds, local governments working to bring back salmon, steelhead runs to Green River

Numerous salmon-restoration projects are hatching along the Green River by federal and local governments, in an effort to boost the number of fish in the… Continue reading

Army Corps Project Manager Mamie Brouwer describes the the purpose of the engineered log jams and the gravel supplementation July 15 along the Green River. The Army Corps of Engineers is working to rebuild salmon habitat in the watershed for the Green and Duwamish rivers.
Kent resident Bonnie Bingham is conducting a car wash and bake sale with the help of East Ridge Baptist Church on July 18 to help raise money for a blind boy in Califorina whose father savagely attacked him. She heard about the story on the radio and decided to help out.

Kent benefit raises more than $3,000 for child whose eyes were eaten

Car washers in Kent raised approximately $3,300 Saturday to help a 4-year-old California boy recovering from an attack by his father, who mutilated the child’s… Continue reading

Kent resident Bonnie Bingham is conducting a car wash and bake sale with the help of East Ridge Baptist Church on July 18 to help raise money for a blind boy in Califorina whose father savagely attacked him. She heard about the story on the radio and decided to help out.