The Kent Tractor Supply Company store hosts its grand opening Saturday, with specially priced merchandise on sale through Sunday. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The store, at 8420 S. 228th St., officially opened for business Feb. 20. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Kent location is Tractor Supply\u2019s 32nd store in Washington and employs 15 team members. The facility has 26,197 square feet, including sales floor and support service space. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Tractor Supply is one of the largest rural lifestyle retail store chains in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cKent is a great location for Tractor Supply Company because there are a lot of families with riding stables and hobby farms in the area,\u201d said store manager Jeremy Miller. \u201cOur knowledgeable, friendly team looks forward to providing our neighbors with Tractor Supply\u2019s legendary customer service.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Miller, a South Dakota native, joined Tractor Supply in 2008 at the Del\u2019s Feed & Farm Supply location in Auburn. Prior to joining Tractor Supply, he served in the U.S. Army for five years. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n As store manager, Miller oversees all store operations, including receiving, inventory control and merchandising, as well as customer and team member relations. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The grand opening event Saturday features the local police and fire departments and a local 4-H fundraiser, among other activities. Regular operating hours for the store are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Elsewhere<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Barry<\/strong><\/span> and <\/span>Heather Mortensen<\/strong><\/span>, two of WIN Home Inspection\u2019s Strategic Partners with a location in Kent, were honored recently at WIN\u2019s annual conference in Nashville, Tenn. They were recognized as the company\u2019s 2015 Top Revenue Single Vehicle Operator with the highest total dollar volume. They also performed the most inspections in 2015. The two serve the Burien, Federal Way, Kent and Puyallup areas, and offer home inspections, pre-listing inspections, wood destroying insect inspections, water quality testing, mold screenings and sampling. \u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n KeyBank<\/strong><\/span> has boosted customer access to surcharge-free ATMs through an agreement with Cardtronics, a retail ATM owner\/operator. As a result of the partnership, KeyBank clients can use ATMs at Alpha XR stores in Washington and Oregon without paying a surcharge. In Kent, there is a new ATM at the Alpha XR at 25605 104th Ave. SE. \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Dave Newberry<\/strong><\/span>, of Newberry Realty, celebrates 10 years of hitting the radio waves, educating people about the realities of real estate. \u201cI, along with Geoff Bell who owns our Renton office, have been broadcasting every Saturday morning from 10-11 a.m. for the past 10 years,\u201d said Dave Newberry, broker\/owner of Newberry Realty. \u201cWe talk about the real issues in real estate, including mortgages, homeownership, etc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Newberry Realty Mortgage and Real Estate Show is broadcast live on KVI 570 AM. Callers are encouraged to call in (206-421-5757) to discuss real estate matters with Newberry and Bell.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kent Tractor Supply Company store hosts its grand opening Saturday, with specially priced merchandise on sale through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-14593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14593"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}