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New state car-seat laws begin Jan. 1

New state car-seat laws begin Jan. 1

Booster seats required for children 4-9 or shorter

  • Dec 26, 2019
New state car-seat laws begin Jan. 1
Keiser files bills to take on high prescription drug prices

Keiser files bills to take on high prescription drug prices

Legislature to consider in 2020

  • Dec 26, 2019
Keiser files bills to take on high prescription drug prices
Puget Sound Fire call report

Puget Sound Fire call report

Type, number of incidents

  • Dec 26, 2019
Puget Sound Fire call report
Fire strikes abandoned home on Kent’s West Hill

Fire strikes abandoned home on Kent’s West Hill

Dec. 23 along South 272nd Street

  • Dec 26, 2019
Fire strikes abandoned home on Kent’s West Hill
Pedestrians killed last week in separate Kent collisions identified
Pedestrians killed last week in separate Kent collisions identified
Portion of Kent’s 148th Avenue SE remains closed due to flooding | Monday update
Portion of Kent’s 148th Avenue SE remains closed due to flooding | Monday update
Chimney fire damages Kent home

Chimney fire damages Kent home

Sunday in 9800 block of South 262nd Place

  • Dec 23, 2019
Chimney fire damages Kent home
COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

Car pool: driver OK; Kent endures soggy stretch of rain

Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority units responded to a car in downtown Kent partially submerged in water last Friday. Luckily, the rescue went well. The… Continue reading

  • Dec 22, 2019
COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire
A train route that would shuttle people between Eastern and Western Washington could tie in with the proposed ultra-high-speed rail between B.C. and Portland. Photo courtesy RobertStafford/Pixabay.com

Catch a train: WA considers an Auburn to Spokane rail line

An east-west route could tie in with the proposed ultra-high-speed rail between B.C. and Portland.

A train route that would shuttle people between Eastern and Western Washington could tie in with the proposed ultra-high-speed rail between B.C. and Portland. Photo courtesy RobertStafford/Pixabay.com
A wrap: Toys for Joy program collects more than 5,000 gifts for local children
A wrap: Toys for Joy program collects more than 5,000 gifts for local children
Flooding in downtown Kent. REPORTER PHOTO

Flooding closes streets, roads throughout Kent

Severe rain has flooded several streets and roads, forcing closures, the city of Kent reported. Drivers are advised to avoid these areas. The latest advisory:… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2019
Flooding in downtown Kent. REPORTER PHOTO
Flooding closes Mill Creek Middle School

Flooding closes Mill Creek Middle School

Mill Creek Middle School is closed Friday because of flooding, the Kent School District reported. It is the only school in the district that has… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2019
Flooding closes Mill Creek Middle School
Pedestrian hit, killed by truck on State Route 516 near Military Road in Kent

Pedestrian hit, killed by truck on State Route 516 near Military Road in Kent

A driver of a Ford Ranger truck hit and killed a pedestrian on State Route 516 near Military Road in Kent early Thursday morning, the… Continue reading

  • Dec 19, 2019
Pedestrian hit, killed by truck on State Route 516 near Military Road in Kent
Kent Police overtime costs keep going up; force remains ‘lean’

Kent Police overtime costs keep going up; force remains ‘lean’

Chief Padilla: ‘Many variables to why the overtime is what it is’

Kent Police overtime costs keep going up; force remains ‘lean’
King County Councilman Dave Upthegrove. Reporter file photo

Upthegrove lowers expectations in Kent for new regional homelessness authority

County Council member opposed new group’s formation

King County Councilman Dave Upthegrove. Reporter file photo
Kent-Midway Post Office to reopen Friday, Dec. 20

Kent-Midway Post Office to reopen Friday, Dec. 20

Rebuilt following fire in 2016

  • Dec 18, 2019
Kent-Midway Post Office to reopen Friday, Dec. 20
Crews extinguish house fire; resident evacuates safely; 2 cats perish

Crews extinguish house fire; resident evacuates safely; 2 cats perish

Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority crews doused a house fire in Kent on Tuesday night. The resident was able to evacuate safely as firefighters attacked… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2019
Crews extinguish house fire; resident evacuates safely; 2 cats perish
Driver strikes, kills pedestrian on Kent’s East Hill

Driver strikes, kills pedestrian on Kent’s East Hill

Authorities investigating collision, fatality

  • Dec 18, 2019
Driver strikes, kills pedestrian on Kent’s East Hill
Former Kent substitute teacher faces assault charges | Update

Former Kent substitute teacher faces assault charges | Update

Man pleads not guilty to offensively touching two girls in fourth-grade classroom

Former Kent substitute teacher faces assault charges | Update
Kent School District graduation rates continue to rise

Kent School District graduation rates continue to rise

84 percent for class of 2019

  • Dec 17, 2019
Kent School District graduation rates continue to rise