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Kent-based Seattle Mist reveals 2017 women’s football schedule

Kent-based Seattle Mist reveals 2017 women’s football schedule

The Seattle Mist women’s football team will play home games on May 20 and July 15 at the ShoWare Center in Kent. The Legends Football… Continue reading

Kent-based Seattle Mist reveals 2017 women’s football schedule
Rally gets legislators’ attention on education funding mandate

Rally gets legislators’ attention on education funding mandate

By Grace Swanson/WNPA Olympia News Bureau More than 6,500 students, educators and parents assembled across the Capitol steps Monday, to shout out their frustrations overt… Continue reading

Rally gets legislators’ attention on education funding mandate
Waltman secures MASL Team Of The Week selection

Waltman secures MASL Team Of The Week selection

Stars goalie makes 19 saves in shootout victory

Waltman secures MASL Team Of The Week selection
AG Ferguson proposes bipartisan bill to end Washington’s death penalty

AG Ferguson proposes bipartisan bill to end Washington’s death penalty

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday proposed bipartisan legislation to abolish the death penalty in Washington. In a demonstration of broad, bipartisan support for… Continue reading

AG Ferguson proposes bipartisan bill to end Washington’s death penalty

Avoiding déjà vu all over again | Brunell

Rhe late Yogi Berra coined the phrase “it’s déjà vu all over again!” It is used extensively to describe political miscues. Case in point: ObamaCare.… Continue reading

Highline celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with free events

Attendees will be challenged to reflect on race, faith, gender, social justice issues

With ‘healthy’ food, you don’t always get what you pay for | Gustafson

With ‘healthy’ food, you don’t always get what you pay for | Gustafson

“You get what you pay for” is an old truism that many of us take for granted. At times that may be a justifiable assumption,… Continue reading

With ‘healthy’ food, you don’t always get what you pay for | Gustafson
Kent’s Puget Sound Fire call report: Jan. 8-14

Kent’s Puget Sound Fire call report: Jan. 8-14

A weekly look at the number of calls to the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority that serves Kent, Covington and SeaTac: Jan. 8-14 Total:… Continue reading

Kent’s Puget Sound Fire call report: Jan. 8-14
T-Birds stretch win streak to 5 games | WHL

T-Birds stretch win streak to 5 games | WHL

True has two goals, Bear has three assists in 6-4 win over Chiefs

T-Birds stretch win streak to 5 games | WHL
Academy Schools to co-host Empty Bowl at Northwest Harvest in Kent

Academy Schools to co-host Empty Bowl at Northwest Harvest in Kent

Academy Schools co-hosts an Empty Bowl event at Northwest Harvest’s Kent warehouse on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. For a tax deductible… Continue reading

Academy Schools to co-host Empty Bowl at Northwest Harvest in Kent
Shane, HomeStreet Bank take home top honors at H1 Champions Gala

Shane, HomeStreet Bank take home top honors at H1 Champions Gala

Driver Jimmy Shane, of Covington, and the HomeStreet Bank unlimited hydroplane racing team received national championship trophies at the 2016 H1 Unlimited Champions Gala in… Continue reading

Shane, HomeStreet Bank take home top honors at H1 Champions Gala
Keegan Kolesar and the Thunderbirds pulled off a road win Saturday night in Everett. COURTESY PHOTO, Brian Liesse/T-Birds

T-Birds knock down Silvertips in overtime | WHL

Kolesar gets game winner with 15.9 second left for 4-3 win over Everett

Keegan Kolesar and the Thunderbirds pulled off a road win Saturday night in Everett. COURTESY PHOTO, Brian Liesse/T-Birds
Stars survive Rampage, 3-2 | MASL

Stars survive Rampage, 3-2 | MASL

Gjertsen wins match in sixth round of shootout

Stars survive Rampage, 3-2 | MASL
Kent Downtown Partnership to lobby state legislators to raise B&O tax incentive cap

Kent Downtown Partnership to lobby state legislators to raise B&O tax incentive cap

Representatives of the Kent Downtown Partnership will head to Olympia on Jan. 25 in an effort to get legislators to increase the state cap on… Continue reading

Kent Downtown Partnership to lobby state legislators to raise B&O tax incentive cap

Transportation Commission traces reform in road maintenance, construction funding

By Tim Gruver/WNPA Olympia News Bureau In 2012, the Washington State Transportation Commission and a 25-member stakeholder committee researched road usage charges as an alternative… Continue reading

Changes to I-405 on-ramp start next week in Renton

Changes to I-405 on-ramp start next week in Renton

Travelers who use the Talbot Road South on-ramp to access northbound Interstate 405 in Renton should prepare for a new configuration starting next week. On… Continue reading

Changes to I-405 on-ramp start next week in Renton
Road-usage charges may replace gas tax as WSDOT prepares to launch test program

Road-usage charges may replace gas tax as WSDOT prepares to launch test program

By Tim Gruver/WNPA Olympia News Bureau You could be paying by the mile rather than by the gallon if a new program by the Washington… Continue reading

Road-usage charges may replace gas tax as WSDOT prepares to launch test program
Stars put perfect home record on the line against Rampage

Stars put perfect home record on the line against Rampage

MASL match kicks off at 7:35 p.m. Friday

Stars put perfect home record on the line against Rampage

Deadly force, abortion limits, marijuana in schools draw legislators’ attention in pre-session bill filings

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa/WNPA Olympia News Bureau As the 105-day session of the 2017 Washington Legislature began Monday, several contentious issues loomed in… Continue reading

The blinding truth of glaucoma: A workshop to understand the realities of the disease

The blinding truth of glaucoma: A workshop to understand the realities of the disease

A doctor at the Kent Eye Clinic is bringing together people in the community for a glaucoma workshop and happy hour to learn about the… Continue reading

The blinding truth of glaucoma: A workshop to understand the realities of the disease