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Legislation creates new no-contact order to protect human trafficking victims

Legislation creates new no-contact order to protect human trafficking victims

An agency request bill from state Attorney General Bob Ferguson to protect human trafficking victims from their traffickers passed the House of Representatives with unanimous,… Continue reading

Legislation creates new no-contact order to protect human trafficking victims
Hit-and-run crash kills Kent woman | Update: victim identified

Hit-and-run crash kills Kent woman | Update: victim identified

Kent Police are still looking for a hit-and-run driver involved in a crash that killed a 44-year-old Kent woman on Saturday night in the 25200… Continue reading

Hit-and-run crash kills Kent woman | Update: victim identified
Stars trample Ambush for 9-5 win | MASL

Stars trample Ambush for 9-5 win | MASL

Cairel, McNeley score 2 goals apiece for Tacoma

Stars trample Ambush for 9-5 win | MASL
Kent student runs for ASB president at Washington State University

Kent student runs for ASB president at Washington State University

Jordan Frost, of Kent, has announced his candidacy for president of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU) for the 2017-18 academic year. Garrett… Continue reading

Kent student runs for ASB president at Washington State University
KDP offers Downtown Breakfast Hour on Feb. 17

KDP offers Downtown Breakfast Hour on Feb. 17

Attend the next Downtown Breakfast Hour sponsored by the Kent Downtown Partnership to learn about several city issues. Topics to be discussed include the Sound… Continue reading

KDP offers Downtown Breakfast Hour on Feb. 17
Empty Bowls filled

Empty Bowls filled

Academy Schools partners with Northwest Harvest – to date, 12,377 meals provided

Empty Bowls filled
Puget Sound Fire call report | Feb. 5-11

Puget Sound Fire call report | Feb. 5-11

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority that serves Kent, Covington and SeaTac: Feb. 5-11 Total:… Continue reading

Puget Sound Fire call report | Feb. 5-11

Free training at Highline College to explore evidenced-based policing

Are there data-driven ways to reduce robberies, drunk driving and violence through better resource allocation? Proponents of evidenced-based policing (EBP) believe there are. EBP is… Continue reading

Lady Antebellum, special guests to bring country music party to the state fair

Lady Antebellum, special guests to bring country music party to the state fair

Seven-time Grammy Award winning trio Lady Antebellum performs at the Washington State Fair on Saturday, Sept. 2, part of the Columbia Bank Concert Series. Special… Continue reading

Lady Antebellum, special guests to bring country music party to the state fair

Kentridge girls zap Kentlake, reach regional round of state 4A playoffs

The Kentridge girls returned the favor in their fourth meeting against Kentlake on Friday. The Chargers, behind freshman Jordyn Jenkins’ game-high 18 points, handled the… Continue reading

Kentwood boys earn ticket to the Dome; Chargers in must-win situation

Beau Roggenbach scored 17 points and Eli’Sha Sheppard added 13 points, propelling fifth-ranked Kentwood to a 76-60 win against Emerald Ridge in the quarterfinals of… Continue reading

Torrid Thunderbirds sock Winterhawks, 8-5 | WHL

Torrid Thunderbirds sock Winterhawks, 8-5 | WHL

Barzal delivers 6-point night for division-leading Seattle

Torrid Thunderbirds sock Winterhawks, 8-5 | WHL
T-Birds stop Americans to jump into first place | WHL

T-Birds stop Americans to jump into first place | WHL

Kolesar, Barzal, Bear and Gropp have multi-point nights in 6-2 victory over Tri-City

T-Birds stop Americans to jump into first place | WHL

Sexual assault cold cases earn legislators’ attention

By Tim Gruver/WNPA Olympia News Bureau In past decades a rape case could have been dismissed because it lacked DNA evidence necessary for courts to… Continue reading

Kent picks Marta Gonzalez as city Employee of the Year

Kent picks Marta Gonzalez as city Employee of the Year

The city of Kent named Marta Gonzales, an IT technical support specialist, on Thursday as its 2016 Employee of the Year. Hired as a temporary… Continue reading

Kent picks Marta Gonzalez as city Employee of the Year
Richard Cummins

WGU Washington names new chancellor

Cummins has more than 25 years’ experience in Washington higher ed to new role

Richard Cummins
House speaker appoints Reichert to President’s Export Council

House speaker appoints Reichert to President’s Export Council

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., on Friday appointed Congressman Dave Reichert, R-Auburn, chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, to the President’s… Continue reading

House speaker appoints Reichert to President’s Export Council

Kent awarded USA/ASA softball national tournament award

The USA/ASA Softball has awarded the city of Kent its highest honor for excellence in national tournament hosting. The city received the James Farrell Award… Continue reading

Library providing more than it should

The definition of a library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources. It provides physical or digital access to material. A library’s… Continue reading

Tax torpedo would damage our state

Tax torpedo would damage our state

Regarding the Feb. 3 Reporter’s editorial, “Change in property tax formula seen as revenue stream”: Very revealing – to the elected officials of this state,… Continue reading

Tax torpedo would damage our state