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Highline to host 7th annual cyber defense competition

College students from throughout the Pacific Northwest will flex their cyber muscles in the seventh Annual Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition March 22–23 at Highline Community College.

  • Mar 13, 2014
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Kent City Council cuts neighborhood traffic calming programs from B&O project list

Kent business owners won out over residents during the City Council's decision about how to spend business and occupation (B&O) tax revenue this year on street repairs.

Cynthia Higgins

Mill Creek making creative alternatives to IEP programs

How do you tell a middle school student who struggles with equations and is well behind academic standards that he has to give up his favorite course to take another math class?

Cynthia Higgins

Kent’s PASA receives Special Recognition Award | School briefs

Several Kent School District programs were finalists in The Road Map Project Awards Program on March 4.

  • Mar 13, 2014
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Expect increased DUI patrols and bar visits on St. Patty’s Day

Don't count on the luck of the Irish to get you home safely if you've had too much to drink over the St. Patrick's holiday.

  • Mar 13, 2014
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Firefighters responded to and extinguished an apartment fire in SeaTac on Wednesday night. The fire damaged two apartments and forced the evacuation of several more.

Two-alarm fire damages SeaTac apartment units

Firefighters from several local fire departments responded to a two-alarm apartment fire in the 17800 block of 32 Avenue South Wednesday night.

  • Mar 13, 2014
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Firefighters responded to and extinguished an apartment fire in SeaTac on Wednesday night. The fire damaged two apartments and forced the evacuation of several more.
The T-Birds' Ryan Gropp scores a goal during a 6-4 home loss to Spokane on Tuesday. Seattle will open playoff action next week. Tickets go on sale Monday.

T-Birds’ single-game playoff tickets go on sale Monday

Single-game playoff tickets for the Seattle Thunderbirds will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at the ShoWare Center Box Office, 625 W. James St., Kent, and on the T-Birds website.

  • Mar 12, 2014
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The T-Birds' Ryan Gropp scores a goal during a 6-4 home loss to Spokane on Tuesday. Seattle will open playoff action next week. Tickets go on sale Monday.
A King County jail guard brings William L Phillip into court Monday in Kent for his retrial on the first-degree murder charge for the 2010 death of Seth Frankel.

Phillip on trial again for killing city of Kent employee Frankel

The question of whether Williams L. Phillip Jr. or someone else killed city of Kent employee Seth Frankel in 2010 at his Auburn home dominated the opening statements Monday at the retrial of Phillip just as it did last year at his initial trial.

A King County jail guard brings William L Phillip into court Monday in Kent for his retrial on the first-degree murder charge for the 2010 death of Seth Frankel.

Sea-Tac plugs in 36 additional electric vehicle charging stations

Getting 'plugged-in' is easier than ever at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

  • Mar 12, 2014
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Julia Patterson.

Municipal League to honor ex-King County Councilwoman Patterson

The Municipal League of King CountyFormer Metropolitan King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson in April as the 2014 Public Official of the Year.

  • Mar 12, 2014
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Julia Patterson.

Kent Human Services Commission seeks applicants for service provider funding

The city of Kent Human Services Commission has announced the release of the 2015/2016 Request for Proposals for human services.

  • Mar 12, 2014
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Some drivers could see new tab fee next year

Some Washington drivers could see a new fee added to their vehicle-tabtransactions starting next year.

  • Mar 12, 2014
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The Thunderbirds' Scott Eansor battles for position in front of the Chiefs' goal.

Chiefs turn back T-Birds, 6-4 | WHL

The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-4 Tuesday night at ShoWare Center.

  • Mar 12, 2014
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The Thunderbirds' Scott Eansor battles for position in front of the Chiefs' goal.
Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 20100 block of 13 Avenue South in SeaTac on Tuesday. The home has burned for the second time in a month.

SeaTac house burns for a second time

An unoccpied home in the 20100 block of 13 Avenue South in SeaTac has burned for the second time in a month.

  • Mar 11, 2014
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Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 20100 block of 13 Avenue South in SeaTac on Tuesday. The home has burned for the second time in a month.
Karen Keiser

Keiser, Orwall, Gregerson schedule telephone town hall for March 19

Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Kent) and Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Des Moines) and Rep. Mia Gregerson (D-SeaTac) will host a telephone town hall for 33rd Legislative District residents from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19.

  • Mar 11, 2014
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Karen Keiser

Beware of magazine solicitors claiming to represent Boys & Girls Clubs of King County

Boys & Girls Clubs of King County (BGCKC) has discovered that recent suspicious activity has been wrongly attributed to the organization.

  • Mar 10, 2014
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Boy Scouts team up to fight hunger

In an effort to increase community participation in serving others, the Western Washington councils of the Boy Scouts of America are teaming up with local residents in the fight against hunger.

  • Mar 10, 2014
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Montana man pleads guilty to 1996 killing of Kent co-worker

A Victor, Mont., man pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for the 1996 killing of a Kirkland mother he met when both worked at Bowen Scarff Ford in Kent.

  • Mar 10, 2014
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The Thunderbirds' Jaimen Yakubowski fires a shot at Giants goalie Payton Lee. Seattle outshot Vancouver

Thunderbirds outlast Giants in shootout for 40th win | WHL

The Seattle Thunderbirds beat the Vancouver Giants 4-3 in a shootout Sunday night at the ShoWare Center, getting their 40th win of the WHL season.

  • Mar 10, 2014
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The Thunderbirds' Jaimen Yakubowski fires a shot at Giants goalie Payton Lee. Seattle outshot Vancouver
Kent Fire Department call report.

Kent Fire Department call report March 2-8

A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:

  • Mar 10, 2014
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Kent Fire Department call report.