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Sea-Tac Airport gears up for summer travel season

Sea-Tac Airport gears up for summer travel season

Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer travel season during which the Port of Seattle expects to welcome a record number of travelers to Seattle-Tacoma… Continue reading

Sea-Tac Airport gears up for summer travel season
Meet new Greater Kent Historical Society executive director at June 7 open house, reception

Meet new Greater Kent Historical Society executive director at June 7 open house, reception

The Greater Kent Historical Society recently hired Tessa Yeaman as its full-time executive director. The community is invited to meet Yeaman at an open house… Continue reading

Meet new Greater Kent Historical Society executive director at June 7 open house, reception
Kent School District honors Employees of the Year

Kent School District honors Employees of the Year

The Kent School District has selected 11 Employees of the Year, representing various unions and employee groups. Employee of the Year winners exemplify the Kent… Continue reading

Kent School District honors Employees of the Year
Disabled Americans Veterans present Forget-Me-Not Flower fundraiser May 28

Disabled Americans Veterans present Forget-Me-Not Flower fundraiser May 28

Members of the Disabled Americans Veterans, Chapter A-One, No. 33, Kent, a nonprofit organization, presents its annual Forget-Me-Not Flower charity fundraiser at the Fred Meyers… Continue reading

Disabled Americans Veterans present Forget-Me-Not Flower fundraiser May 28
Khalsa Day Celebration and Parade return to Kent on Sunday

Khalsa Day Celebration and Parade return to Kent on Sunday

The Sikh community presents the 10th annual Khalsa Day Celebration and Parade – a festival filled with music, food, games and demonstrations – on Sunday… Continue reading

Khalsa Day Celebration and Parade return to Kent on Sunday
Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | May 14-20

Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | May 14-20

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority that serves Kent, Covington and SeaTac: May 14-20 Total:… Continue reading

Puget Sound Regional Fire call report | May 14-20

Amazon seeks 1,000-plus workers for its Kent fulfillment center and AmazonFresh facility

Amazon is looking for 1,000-plus full-time and part-time associates to serve customers at the Kent fulfillment and sortation centers, as well as the new AmazonFresh… Continue reading

Spitfires fly past Thunderbirds at Memorial Cup

Spitfires fly past Thunderbirds at Memorial Cup

The Windsor Spitfires defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 7-1 in the Mastercard Memorial Cup at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario on Sunday night. The Thunderbirds,… Continue reading

Spitfires fly past Thunderbirds at Memorial Cup
City of Kent Arts Commission seeks artists for traffic box wrap project

City of Kent Arts Commission seeks artists for traffic box wrap project

The Kent Arts Commission seeks artists to submit qualifications to create artwork designs to be reproduced as vinyl wraps and applied to traffic signal cabinets… Continue reading

City of Kent Arts Commission seeks artists for traffic box wrap project
Barkley edges Mach One Rules in Governor’s | Emerald Downs

Barkley edges Mach One Rules in Governor’s | Emerald Downs

Barkley repeated his favorite trick Sunday at Emerald Downs. A 4-year-old chestnut with an unmistakable white face, Barkley collared Mach One Rules in the final… Continue reading

Barkley edges Mach One Rules in Governor’s | Emerald Downs

Team Sysco captures Muckleshoot Casino Washington Open Pro-Am

Sysco – led by PGA pro Hagen Dickinson and amateurs Jim Redman, Nate Spitzer, Steve Elmore and Russ Heaton – claimed team champion honors Sunday… Continue reading

Fire burns small duplex on Kent’s East Hill

Fire burns small duplex on Kent’s East Hill

A fire in a duplex broke out Sunday morning in the 400 block of East Kent and is still under investigation, the Puget Sound Regional… Continue reading

Fire burns small duplex on Kent’s East Hill
Kentridge’s Cronk soars 7-2, claims district high jump title

Kentridge’s Cronk soars 7-2, claims district high jump title

Kentridge’s Tyler Cronk continues to scale greater heights. The 6-fo0t-8 junior cleared a personal-best 7 feet, 2 inches to capture the 4A West Central District… Continue reading

Kentridge’s Cronk soars 7-2, claims district high jump title
Citizen Kitty captures dramatic Hastings Stakes | Emerald Downs

Citizen Kitty captures dramatic Hastings Stakes | Emerald Downs

Citizen Kitty gradually wore down stable mate B C Z Middleton and notched a three-quarter-length victory Saturday in the $50,000 Hastings Stakes for older fillies… Continue reading

Citizen Kitty captures dramatic Hastings Stakes | Emerald Downs
Otters down Thunderbirds in Memorial Cup

Otters down Thunderbirds in Memorial Cup

Eansor, Strand score in 4-2 loss to Erie

Otters down Thunderbirds in Memorial Cup
Two-alarm fire damages Kent apartment

Two-alarm fire damages Kent apartment

A fire damaged a Kent apartment Saturday afternoon, the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority reported. Warned by a fire alarm, everybody was able to safely… Continue reading

Two-alarm fire damages Kent apartment
Sounder trains to run for Saturday Sounders FC match, Sunday Mariners game

Sounder trains to run for Saturday Sounders FC match, Sunday Mariners game

Sports fans can skip traffic coming into Seattle this weekend by riding Sound Transit’s Sounder event trains to the Sounders FC match on Saturday and… Continue reading

Sounder trains to run for Saturday Sounders FC match, Sunday Mariners game
August primary draws races for Kent City Council, mayor

August primary draws races for Kent City Council, mayor

The Aug. 1 primary election has drawn races for two Kent City Council positions as well as mayor. Satwinder Kaur, Jeff Piecewicz, Paul Addis and… Continue reading

August primary draws races for Kent City Council, mayor

REAL ID compliance law beats federal deadline; averts potential travel disruptions

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bipartisan agreement on REAL ID compliance Tuesday. The legislation is the result of years of effort and negotiation on the… Continue reading

When should you start taking care of your health? | Gustafson

When should you start taking care of your health? | Gustafson

By Timi Gustafson R.D./For the Reporter In this day and age, we can reasonably assume that most people are familiar with diet- and lifestyle-related recommendations,… Continue reading

When should you start taking care of your health? | Gustafson