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Farmers market opens Saturday in Kent

Expect to see fruits, vegetables, flowers, crafts - even frozen beef - at this year’s Kent Farmers Market.Sponsored by the Kent Lions Club, the market… Continue reading

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Town Hall meeting Thursday in Kent to discuss transportation

Residents can discuss future transportation options and financing during a Town Hall meeting Thursday, hosted by Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke and King County Councilwoman Julia… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Police are looking for this man in connection with a May 26 bank robbery.

Police seek bank robber

Kent Police are seeking a man who reportedly robbed the Home Street Bank, 505 W. Harrison St., in downtown Kent at about 11:30 a.m. May… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Police are looking for this man in connection with a May 26 bank robbery.
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Thousands put in the laps during Kent Relay for Life

A total of 81 teams and several thousand people gathered May 29 and 30 at Kent's French Field for the 11th-annual Kent Relay for Life.… Continue reading

Chamberlain’s Dreamers
Curator John DeNure demonstrates how a mid-19th century press was used. It took two men and 13 movements to make a single impression. The Thorniley Collection at West Coast Paper possesses many turn-of-the-century items.

Like presses? Then you’re John DeNure’s type

The job would normally take two people, but John DeNure, curator for the Thorniley Collection at West Coast Paper, dutifully shows the 13 steps it… Continue reading

Curator John DeNure demonstrates how a mid-19th century press was used. It took two men and 13 movements to make a single impression. The Thorniley Collection at West Coast Paper possesses many turn-of-the-century items.
Vincent Housley at left

‘I’ve done a horrendous thing’: Panther Lake man sentenced in killings of his parents

Just moments after Dennis Housley watched a judge sentence his older brother Vincent Housley on Friday to 50 years in prison for killing their parents,… Continue reading

Vincent Housley at left

Panther Lake man gets 50 years for killing his parents

A King County Superior Court Judge on Friday sentenced Vincent Wayne Housley to 50 years in prison for killing his parents in their Panther Lake… Continue reading

Kent resident Bill Milstid has been living with brain cancer

‘I don’t let fear get to me’: Kent cancer survivor in Relay for Life

It seemed just like any other weekday when Bill Milstid headed out to lunch with co-workers on Jan. 9, 2004. He started to fill a… Continue reading

Kent resident Bill Milstid has been living with brain cancer
Mill Creek Middle School teacher Tyler Baril holds up a sign to lead the chanting Wednesday at a rally by the Kent Education Association outside school District offices.

Kent teachers stage rally over labor contract

Teachers in Kent rallied again before the Wednesday school board meeting in support of their bargaining unit, currently in contract negotiations with the school district.More… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2009
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Mill Creek Middle School teacher Tyler Baril holds up a sign to lead the chanting Wednesday at a rally by the Kent Education Association outside school District offices.
Kevin Cronin

ShoWare rock concert becomes family affair

On Wednesday the “Can’t Stop Rockin’ Tour” stormed the ShoWare Center in Kent, highlighting the live shows of classic rock stalwarts REO Speedwagon, Styx and… Continue reading

Kevin Cronin

Kent schools: Fewer teachers to see layoffs

After months of bad news regarding the budget, there is finally a glimmer of hope in the Kent School District, as new budget projections will… Continue reading

ShoWare is topic of board meeting

Financial and marketing updates about the ShoWare Center will be on the agenda when the Public Facilities District board meets at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in… Continue reading

  • May 27, 2009
  • BY Wire Service

City seeks help for trailwork

Volunteers are wanted to help the city of Kent build a new trail and make other improvements at Glenn Nelson Park, South 268th Street and… Continue reading

  • May 27, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
Pro wrestler A. J. Styles

TNA Wrestling comes to ShoWare

Kent residents can choose to be exposed to a whole different type of entertainment when Total Nonstop Action Wrestling makes its debut at the ShoWare… Continue reading

Pro wrestler A. J. Styles
U.S. Air Force veteran Robert Boyd
U.S. Air Force veteran Robert Boyd
Participants in the 2007 Kent Relay for Life do a lap together at French Field during the opening ceremony of the relay. Organizers are hoping to raise funds and cancer awareness with the event.

Kent relay is for life, hope and a cure

Nearly 800 participants and a crowd as large as 5,000 are expected at the Relay for Life of Kent Friday and Saturday at French Field… Continue reading

Participants in the 2007 Kent Relay for Life do a lap together at French Field during the opening ceremony of the relay. Organizers are hoping to raise funds and cancer awareness with the event.

Candidate announces for Kent Council race

Dennis R. Higgins wants to bring the perspective of a downtown-Seattle commuter to the Kent City Council.

Kent-Meridian student actor Hork Do

Kent students get sobering message with bloody wreck demonstration

The scene opens with the sound of a car crash and a curtain is pulled back to reveal two cars crunched together with shattered glass… Continue reading

Kent-Meridian student actor Hork Do

Swine flu: It’s here in Kent

The Kent School District has confirmed that the district has confirmed cases of the virus formally known as swine flu (H1N1), though they are not… Continue reading

  • May 24, 2009
  • BY Wire Service
A color guard from the 2006 Memorial Day services at Tahoma National Cemetery strides in unison during the event.

Kent cemeteries mark Memorial Day with services

It will be day of tribute to the fallen, come Monday at these Kent-based locales:• Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 S.E. 240th St.The cemetery's Memorial Day… Continue reading

A color guard from the 2006 Memorial Day services at Tahoma National Cemetery strides in unison during the event.