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Kent Police invite neighborhoods to register for National Night Out

Kent Police invite neighborhoods to register for National Night Out

Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas asks neighborhood groups to join with people nationwide on Tuesday Aug. 1, for the 34th National Night Out. Participating in… Continue reading

Kent Police invite neighborhoods to register for National Night Out
King County Council declares June Immigrant Heritage Month

King County Council declares June Immigrant Heritage Month

Some of the first people who arrived in what we call America were avoiding religious persecution. Others came to escape famine and conflict. Today, many… Continue reading

King County Council declares June Immigrant Heritage Month
AG Ferguson applauds Ninth Circuit decision to block revised travel ban

AG Ferguson applauds Ninth Circuit decision to block revised travel ban

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

AG Ferguson applauds Ninth Circuit decision to block revised travel ban
Area veterans join 28th annual Flag Day Celebration

Area veterans join 28th annual Flag Day Celebration

Veterans from throughout King County attended the 28th annual Flag Day Celebration at the King County Aquatic Center on Saturday. Soroptimist International of Federal Way… Continue reading

Area veterans join 28th annual Flag Day Celebration
Kent residents help design Highline College’s International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational

Kent residents help design Highline College’s International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational

Students from around the world will meet June 20–22 at the International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational (ICCDI) at Highline College – the first international event… Continue reading

Kent residents help design Highline College’s International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational
BNSF Railway to conduct more crossing gate tests

BNSF Railway to conduct more crossing gate tests

BNSF Railway will conduct more crossing gate tests in downtown Kent from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13. The tests, required… Continue reading

BNSF Railway to conduct more crossing gate tests
Republic Services reaches tentative contract agreement with recycle, yard waste drivers

Republic Services reaches tentative contract agreement with recycle, yard waste drivers

Teamsters Local 117 achieved a fully recommended tentative agreement with Republic Services on Wednesday night over a contract involving 120 recycle and yard waste drivers… Continue reading

Republic Services reaches tentative contract agreement with recycle, yard waste drivers
Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | June 4-10

Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | June 4-10

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority that serves Kent, Covington and SeaTac: June 4-10 Total:… Continue reading

Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | June 4-10

Emerald Downs’ live racing season extended two days

Emerald Downs’ 2017 live racing season was officially extended two days during Friday’s monthly meeting of the Washington Horse Racing Commission at Auburn City Hall.… Continue reading

Graduation ceremonies to fill up Kent’s ShoWare Center

Graduation ceremonies to fill up Kent’s ShoWare Center

Graduation ceremonies will fill up Kent’s ShoWare Center over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the schedule: • Sun, Jun 11 @ 1 PM —… Continue reading

Graduation ceremonies to fill up Kent’s ShoWare Center
Check out Kent’s Summer Art Exhibit

Check out Kent’s Summer Art Exhibit

The city of Kent Arts Commission’s Centennial Center Gallery, 400 W. Gowe St., hosts the 2017 Summer Art Exhibit through Aug. 24. The show displays… Continue reading

Check out Kent’s Summer Art Exhibit

Extra requirements?

Ever since Washington state put a ban on the culminating project as a high school graduation requirement, only some school districts in the state, including… Continue reading

Trump’s actions damaging to our planet, children

The president has announced his separation, Duterte-style, from the Paris Accord. America joins Nicaragua and Syria as the only countries on Earth to not ratify… Continue reading

Indian relay racing weekend returns to Emerald Downs

Indian relay racing weekend returns to Emerald Downs

One of the nation’s most prestigious events, the Muckleshoot Gold Cup will feature three relay heats on Friday and Saturday, and two consolations and the… Continue reading

Indian relay racing weekend returns to Emerald Downs
Sounder trains to run Sunday for Mariners game

Sounder trains to run Sunday for Mariners game

Mariners fans can bypass weekend traffic and take Sound Transit’s popular game day Sounder train to the 1:10 p.m. game against the Toronto Blue Jays… Continue reading

Sounder trains to run Sunday for Mariners game

Tensions rise as battle lingers over education | The Petri Dish

Teachers in the Everett School District incited quite a stir with their talk of striking on the first day of school this fall if the… Continue reading

The Healing Power of Food | Gustafson

The Healing Power of Food | Gustafson

By Timi Gustafson, RD/For the Reporter “Let food be your medicine” is a well-known quotation by Hippocrates, a physician and philosopher who lived in ancient… Continue reading

The Healing Power of Food | Gustafson
King County Metro, Sound Transit debut reduced summer ORCA youth fares

King County Metro, Sound Transit debut reduced summer ORCA youth fares

Metro and Sound Transit will offer reduced fares from mid-June through Labor Day to all youth who use an ORCA Youth card to pay their… Continue reading

King County Metro, Sound Transit debut reduced summer ORCA youth fares

Following the journey of grads, finances | Our schools

Spring has finally arrived in the Northwest, and that means graduations are around the corner. This year, the Kent School District will see more than… Continue reading

Super Saturday drag racing season opener comes to Pacific Raceways

Super Saturday drag racing season opener comes to Pacific Raceways

The biggest local drag race series in the Northwest opens up its season on Saturday at Pacific Raceways in Kent as Dave Barcelon’s Truck Town… Continue reading

Super Saturday drag racing season opener comes to Pacific Raceways