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Vehicle strikes, kills Des Moines pedestrian | Update: man identified

Vehicle strikes, kills Des Moines pedestrian | Update: man identified

Early Nov. 14 near Kent Des Moines Road

Vehicle strikes, kills Des Moines pedestrian | Update: man identified
Kent School District’s credit rating outlook improves

Kent School District’s credit rating outlook improves

Moody’s issues financial profile report

  • Nov 15, 2019
Kent School District’s credit rating outlook improves
Kent man fatally shot in East Hill apartment identified

Kent man fatally shot in East Hill apartment identified

Daveon Robbins had criminal history; faced 2019 burglary charge

Kent man fatally shot in East Hill apartment identified
South King County housing crisis acutely hits the LGBTQ+ community

South King County housing crisis acutely hits the LGBTQ+ community

Group, local politicians to release report Nov. 15

  • Nov 13, 2019
South King County housing crisis acutely hits the LGBTQ+ community
Civil rights activist Mendez to speak in Kent

Civil rights activist Mendez to speak in Kent

Nov. 14 at Green River College Kent Campus

  • Nov 13, 2019
Civil rights activist Mendez to speak in Kent
Kent fatal shooting last week remains a mystery

Kent fatal shooting last week remains a mystery

20-year-old man dies at East Hill apartment complex

Kent fatal shooting last week remains a mystery
Political activist Tim Eyman campaigns for Initiative 976 on Nov. 5 in downtown Bellevue. The initiative promised $30 car tabs while functionally eliminating the ability of agencies like Sound Transit to raise taxes for its projects. Photo by Aaron Kunkler

Election analysis: I-976 vote casts South King County against Seattle, Eastside

Preliminary precinct counts show support for the initiative split by region.

Political activist Tim Eyman campaigns for Initiative 976 on Nov. 5 in downtown Bellevue. The initiative promised $30 car tabs while functionally eliminating the ability of agencies like Sound Transit to raise taxes for its projects. Photo by Aaron Kunkler
Voters return three incumbents to Kent City Council

Voters return three incumbents to Kent City Council

Latest count shows one race closer but outcome unchanged from first results

Voters return three incumbents to Kent City Council
Vehicle injures pedestrian on Kent’s East Hill

Vehicle injures pedestrian on Kent’s East Hill

Saturday night along 104th Avenue SE

Vehicle injures pedestrian on Kent’s East Hill
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission calls on community for turkeys

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission calls on community for turkeys

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission needs 1,000 turkeys to help homeless men and women, and families in need for Thanksgiving Day. The Mission received 200 turkeys… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2019
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission calls on community for turkeys
Kent Sister Cities Association – Norway Committee seeks Young Ambassadors

Kent Sister Cities Association – Norway Committee seeks Young Ambassadors

Kent Sister Cities Association – Norway Committee is taking applications for summer 2020 Youth Ambassadors. Students chosen will participate in a month-long exchange between Kent… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2019
Kent Sister Cities Association – Norway Committee seeks Young Ambassadors
Kent man pleads not guilty in cold case murder

Kent man pleads not guilty in cold case murder

Killing of Burien woman in 1998

Kent man pleads not guilty in cold case murder
Mental health support in schools gets $3.4 million boost

Mental health support in schools gets $3.4 million boost

Kent School District news release Today’s students need a variety of supports to address growing mental health challenges, and schools increasingly recognize that they can’t… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2019
Mental health support in schools gets $3.4 million boost
Honoring those who served and sacrificed

Honoring those who served and sacrificed

Mission continues to recognize and help veterans

Honoring those who served and sacrificed
Small plane crashes into Lake Morton near Kent | Update
Small plane crashes into Lake Morton near Kent | Update
City of Kent’s fight continues with state to keep streamlined sales tax funds

City of Kent’s fight continues with state to keep streamlined sales tax funds

Other top legislative priorities include Panther Lake park, city gateway

City of Kent’s fight continues with state to keep streamlined sales tax funds
King County will challenge legality of I-976

King County will challenge legality of I-976

County Executive Dow Constantine: ‘We must clean up another mess that Tim Eyman has created for our state, our region, and our economy’

King County will challenge legality of I-976
Sound Transit plans meetings about light rail maintenance facility

Sound Transit plans meetings about light rail maintenance facility

Sessions in Kent, Federal Way

  • Nov 11, 2019
Sound Transit plans meetings about light rail maintenance facility
Day of honor: Kent American Legion Post 15 participates in grand parade

Day of honor: Kent American Legion Post 15 participates in grand parade

Community celebrates, remembers veterans past and present at Auburn event | PHOTOS

  • Nov 10, 2019
Day of honor: Kent American Legion Post 15 participates in grand parade
Schrier to speak at Veterans Day program at Tahoma National Cemetery on Nov. 11

Schrier to speak at Veterans Day program at Tahoma National Cemetery on Nov. 11

Congresswoman Kim Schrier, D-WA (Eighth District), is the guest speaker for the Veterans Day program at Tahoma National Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 11. The ceremony… Continue reading

  • Nov 10, 2019
Schrier to speak at Veterans Day program at Tahoma National Cemetery on Nov. 11