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Drama students earn kudos

The drama departments from two Kent-area high schools have been nominated for awards at the sixth annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Construction workers on Jan. 9 prepare to install beams at the Kent Events Center. A labor dispute last week resulted in workers walking off the job. Construction has since resumed

Kent Events Center walk-off gets called off

Construction workers were back on the job Tuesday at the Kent Events Center.

Construction workers on Jan. 9 prepare to install beams at the Kent Events Center. A labor dispute last week resulted in workers walking off the job. Construction has since resumed

Guns, freedom and common sense

Pretty much everyone agrees that people shouldn’t have guns in planes and bars. Guns don’t mix well with alcohol. But what about other places?

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
The Pacific Ballroom Dance Team shows its flair during a recent performance.

Dance team plans showcase event

The Pacific Ballroom Dance Team will showcase May 30 and 31 its winning Latin and standard performances along with many other dances at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, located at 915 4th St. N.E. in Auburn.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
The Pacific Ballroom Dance Team shows its flair during a recent performance.

Duo deliver state berth to KL

Regular season or postseason.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

The empty road and a full life

Gary Garner says he spent the first part of his life in the pursuit of money and material gain, but he wants to finish life in a much different way.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Police Blotter

Police arrested a man for investigation of vehicle prowl, after he reportedly took perfume and reading glasses at 3:04 a.m. March 20 from a car in the 100 block of North Railroad Avenue.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Elana Klopfenstein

Elana Marie Klopfstein, 8, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Washington Pageant.

Elana Marie Klopfstein, 8, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Washington Pageant.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Elana Klopfenstein

Nineteen people escaped safely from a fire that struck at an apartment complex

Nineteen people escaped safely from a fire that struck at an apartment complex 10 a.m. Saturday at the Valli Kee apartments in the 23400 block of 104th Avenue Southeast on Kent’s East Hill.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

If it’s spring, it’s time for road work in Kent

Drivers in the Kent Valley soon will have to navigate through several road-construction projects.

Hearing on recall petition starts Thursday

A date has been set for a hearing on the recall petition against Don Jacobson, the president of Valley Medical Center’s commissioners.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Briefly

Want to put your name on a piece of local history? The City of Kent has scheduled what it’s calling a “Topping Out” ceremony for the upcoming Kent Events Center, and the public is invited.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Radio dramas offered weekly

Radio drama fans of all ages can come together for listening sessions 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Man arrested after brother says he was choked

A fight between two adult brothers March 24 ended with the arrest of one of them for investigation of fourth-degree assault. The incident took place at a home in the 13100 block of Southeast 258th Street.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Gov. Chris Gregoire opens her campaign April 7 at the Rainbow Cafe in Auburn. On the left is congressman Norm Dicks. On the right is Gregoire’s husband Mike Gregoire.

Gregoire kicks off re-election bid in Auburn

Gov. Christine Gregoire launched her reelection campaign April 7 in Auburn’s Rainbow Café, a few feet from where she once sat after school while her single mother cooked flapjacks and flipped burgers.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service
Gov. Chris Gregoire opens her campaign April 7 at the Rainbow Cafe in Auburn. On the left is congressman Norm Dicks. On the right is Gregoire’s husband Mike Gregoire.

Clerk stabbed in robbery attempt

Kent Police are searching for a man in connection with an attempted robbery that left a female clerk injured April 8 at the Days Inn motel, 1711 W. Meeker St.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Teenage girl arrested after stabbing death of Kent man

By Reporter staff

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Sentencing scheduled in hate-crime attack

A 21-year-old Kent man, who pleaded guilty to a hate-crime attack against a Kent taxi-cab driver is scheduled to be sentenced at 3:30 p.m. Friday before Judge Monica Benton at the King County Superior Courthouse in Seattle.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Court rules VMC recall petition as insufficient

King County Superior Court Judge Michael Trickey ruled last week that Chris Clifford’s recall petition of Valley Medical Center/Hospital District 1 Commissioner Don Jacobson isn’t sufficient.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service

Shirt-cutting episode ends in altercation, arrest

A domestic dispute broke out 10:06 p.m. March 31 at an apartment in the 24900 block of 103rd Avenue Southeast, after a woman became upset at her boyfriend for hanging up a phone on her.

  • Jun 2, 2008
  • BY Wire Service