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Best of Me prevails in State Legislators showdown
EMERALD DOWNS

Best of Me prevails in State Legislators showdown

Wright picks up another stakes victory

Best of Me prevails in State Legislators showdown
Five Kent-Meridian High School students became Why Not You Scholars. At the presentation were, from left: K-M Principal David Radford; Carly Young, executive director of the Why Not You Foundation; scholars Djamila Oumarou; Katie Liu; Najma Abdirizak; Monserrat Palacios-Aguirre; Aye Aye Aung; and Raquel Rodgers; and Erika Enciso-Castillo, CPA, College Success Foundation. COURTESY PHOTO, Why Not You Foundation

Why Not You Foundation awards scholarships to five Kent-Meridian students

Program is part of Ciara and Russell Wilson’s work with DREAM BIG: Anything is Possible teen empowerment campaign

Five Kent-Meridian High School students became Why Not You Scholars. At the presentation were, from left: K-M Principal David Radford; Carly Young, executive director of the Why Not You Foundation; scholars Djamila Oumarou; Katie Liu; Najma Abdirizak; Monserrat Palacios-Aguirre; Aye Aye Aung; and Raquel Rodgers; and Erika Enciso-Castillo, CPA, College Success Foundation. COURTESY PHOTO, Why Not You Foundation
Kent’s Frager Road South to close June 24 through July 26

Kent’s Frager Road South to close June 24 through July 26

Between West Valley Highway and West Meeker Street for salmon, flood project

Kent’s Frager Road South to close June 24 through July 26

Is our country safer loaded with guns?

I find it telling that Mr. Malinski’s May 24 letter (“Stricter gun laws do not reduce crime”) left off a part of the Second Amendment.… Continue reading

Ima Happy Cat and Rocco Bowen clear in the stretch en route to capturing the $50,000 Seattle Stakes last year. COURTESY TRACK PHOTO
EMERALD DOWNS

$50,000 Washington State Legislators draws big field

There appears to be no shortage of older fillies and mares this season at Emerald Downs. Last month’s Hastings Stakes drew a field of nine… Continue reading

Ima Happy Cat and Rocco Bowen clear in the stretch en route to capturing the $50,000 Seattle Stakes last year. COURTESY TRACK PHOTO
Pack pedals away in World Relief’s fifth annual SEA-TRI-KAN bike ride

Pack pedals away in World Relief’s fifth annual SEA-TRI-KAN bike ride

Across-the-state ride for refugee resiliency

Pack pedals away in World Relief’s fifth annual SEA-TRI-KAN bike ride
Springbrook Elementary celebrates 50 years | Schools briefly

Springbrook Elementary celebrates 50 years | Schools briefly

Around 500 people gathered at Springbrook Elementary on June 6, celebrating multicultural night and the school’s 50th anniversary. The celebratory night included a variety show… Continue reading

Springbrook Elementary celebrates 50 years | Schools briefly
Area veterans join 30th annual Flag Day celebration

Area veterans join 30th annual Flag Day celebration

Veterans throughout King County attended the 30th annual Flag Day Celebration at the King County Aquatic Center last Saturday. Soroptimist International of Federal Way and… Continue reading

Area veterans join 30th annual Flag Day celebration
Taste your way through five self-guided food trails in Kent

Taste your way through five self-guided food trails in Kent

Foodie destination sizzles with tasty, authentic local and global fare

Taste your way through five self-guided food trails in Kent
Kent dentist offers free exams, teeth cleanings for kids and veterans on Fridays

Kent dentist offers free exams, teeth cleanings for kids and veterans on Fridays

Kent dentist Mike Hsieh is offering free exams and teeth cleanings for children and veterans in the community from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, June… Continue reading

Kent dentist offers free exams, teeth cleanings for kids and veterans on Fridays
Olsen becomes new president of Kent Rotary

Olsen becomes new president of Kent Rotary

Lawyer has volunteered his time in the community

Olsen becomes new president of Kent Rotary
Kent-Meridian students channel culture, history and passion with dance

Kent-Meridian students channel culture, history and passion with dance

African heritage comes alive in Teen Voices program

Kent-Meridian students channel culture, history and passion with dance
Kent Police to add extra patrols for fireworks ban enforcement

Kent Police to add extra patrols for fireworks ban enforcement

Extra officers to hit streets July 1-6

Kent Police to add extra patrols for fireworks ban enforcement
At the breakfast were, from left: King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer; Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus; HUD Region X Administrator Jeff McMorris; Kent Mayor Dana Ralph; and Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell. COURTESY PHOTO

HUD distributes $40 million in housing subsidies to South King County annually

Jeff McMorris, regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska discussed Region X and the… Continue reading

At the breakfast were, from left: King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer; Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus; HUD Region X Administrator Jeff McMorris; Kent Mayor Dana Ralph; and Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell. COURTESY PHOTO
First of new Sound Transit light rail vehicles arrives

First of new Sound Transit light rail vehicles arrives

152 vehicles ordered for $642 million; will serve Kent, Federal Way line in 2024

First of new Sound Transit light rail vehicles arrives
ARLENE FAYE (WILK) ROHRBAUCK

ARLENE FAYE (WILK) ROHRBAUCK

Arlene Faye (Wilk) Rohrbauck, 85, of Bellingham, WA died at a nursing home with family at her side after a brief illness of pneumonia following… Continue reading

ARLENE FAYE (WILK) ROHRBAUCK
Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raises $1.7 million for Victory Junction

Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raises $1.7 million for Victory Junction

250 participants complete Ride’s longest route ever, nearly 3,700 miles – from Kent to Key Largo – to raise funds to provide a life-changing camp experience for children with chronic medical illnesses

Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raises $1.7 million for Victory Junction
Payroll hiring moderates slightly in May

Payroll hiring moderates slightly in May

State’s unemployment rate stays at 4.7 percent

Payroll hiring moderates slightly in May

Reader poll

Which of these missions is the most important for NASA?… Continue reading

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Three members of international drug trafficking conspiracy receive prison sentences

Three members of international drug trafficking conspiracy receive prison sentences

Group used homes in Kent, Burien, Tukwila, Seattle to grow marijuana

Three members of international drug trafficking conspiracy receive prison sentences