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Puget Sound is not a sewer | Loomis

Puget Sound is not a sewer | Loomis

We must stop treating Puget Sound like a sewer if we are going to restore the fish, shellfish, wildlife and other natural resources it supports.… Continue reading

Puget Sound is not a sewer | Loomis
Group offers retirement seminar to public school employees past and present

Group offers retirement seminar to public school employees past and present

Retirement planning is hard work – it isn’t as easy as it seems. A group of retired school employees from Washington State School Retirees Association’s… Continue reading

Group offers retirement seminar to public school employees past and present
Puget Sound Fire call report

Puget Sound Fire call report

Type, number of incidents

Puget Sound Fire call report
State House approves Orwall bill to clear untested rape kit backlog

State House approves Orwall bill to clear untested rape kit backlog

More than 8,000 kits in police custody statewide

State House approves Orwall bill to clear untested rape kit backlog
Children can explore and create things at the 30th annual Kent Kids’ Arts Day, Saturday, March 9 at the Kent Commons. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter

Celebrate kids’ creativity at Kent Kids’ Arts Day on Saturday, March 9

Event features hands-on projects, music and dance

Children can explore and create things at the 30th annual Kent Kids’ Arts Day, Saturday, March 9 at the Kent Commons. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
Emerald Park Elementary School’s VanHoomissen honored as Teacher of the Year

Emerald Park Elementary School’s VanHoomissen honored as Teacher of the Year

Emerald Park Elementary School’s David VanHoomissen is the 2019 Kent School District Teacher of the Year. VanHoomissen, who teaches sixth grade, has been an educator… Continue reading

Emerald Park Elementary School’s VanHoomissen honored as Teacher of the Year
HealthPoint opens new Urgent Care Clinic in Kent

HealthPoint opens new Urgent Care Clinic in Kent

Offers fast, convenient, quality care to the community

HealthPoint opens new Urgent Care Clinic in Kent
Strong payroll hiring continues into January

Strong payroll hiring continues into January

Monthly report: Washington adds 12,300 jobs; unemployment rate at 4.5 percent

Strong payroll hiring continues into January
Senate passes Das bill to ban single-use plastic bags

Senate passes Das bill to ban single-use plastic bags

Measure goes to House next

Senate passes Das bill to ban single-use plastic bags
NAOMI ALICE STEWARD

NAOMI ALICE STEWARD

Naomi Woyak Steward, daughter of Rhonda Titus Woyak and John Woyak, died February 22, 2019 at the age of 86. Naomi was born on July… Continue reading

NAOMI ALICE STEWARD

JENNIFER RUTH WAGNER

May 15, 1958 - February 9, 2019 Jennifer Ruth Wagner was born May 15, 1958 at Mambisanda, Papua New Guinea. Her parents were missionaries. She… Continue reading

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  • Mar 5, 2019

Believe, Achieve, and Thrive program comes to Kent on March 9

The Community Network Council hosts Believe, Achieve, and Thrive – a youth and family celebration – on Saturday, March 9 at Kent Masonic Hall, 805… Continue reading

Orwall bill expands K-12 language interpretation services

Orwall bill expands K-12 language interpretation services

More than 200 languages spoken in state’s public schools

Orwall bill expands K-12 language interpretation services
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Ferguson contacts WA sheriffs about enforcing gun control measure

Letter addresses points of confusion over Initiative 1639

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Dick’s Drive-In rallying support to save Kent location

Dick’s Drive-In rallying support to save Kent location

Sound Transit might remove restaurant for new light rail maintenance facility

Dick’s Drive-In rallying support to save Kent location
King County Metro is working to improve the transit network serving the Kent, Auburn and Renton communities and expand RapidRide bus service to the area. COURTESY PHOTO, King County Metro

Metro invites input from Kent residents on future RapidRide line and other area improvements

King County Metro releases survey to gather feedback from communities on transportation needs

King County Metro is working to improve the transit network serving the Kent, Auburn and Renton communities and expand RapidRide bus service to the area. COURTESY PHOTO, King County Metro
A wildfire near Darrington in 2017. Photo courtesy of Northwest Washington Incident Management Team

National Guard could see pay bump for wildfire response

House passes bill with 94-0 vote

A wildfire near Darrington in 2017. Photo courtesy of Northwest Washington Incident Management Team
State Fair welcomes RB artist Charlie Wilson on Sept. 21

State Fair welcomes RB artist Charlie Wilson on Sept. 21

Pre-sale tickets available March 6, general public March 9

State Fair welcomes RB artist Charlie Wilson on Sept. 21
King County taking applications for Voter Education Fund

King County taking applications for Voter Education Fund

Grants to help reach more voters

King County taking applications for Voter Education Fund