New name for the Kent Events Center ·
Nov 19 2008, 4:12 PM · UPDATED It's official: ShoWare Center at Kent is the name of what was formerly the Kent Events Center. The Kent City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a naming-rights agreement with ShoWare by VisionOne, Inc., a company based in Fresno, Calif. ShoWare offers box-office services, including online ticket selling and distribution... more ›

Kentwood stunned in state soccer opener
Nov 17 2008, 4:21 PM · UPDATED The opportunities were there for the Kentwood High girls soccer team Wednesday night. The goals were not. The top-ranked Conquerors outshot Shorewood by a 27-7 margin in a first-round Class 4A state playoff game at French Field. But it hardly mattered... More ›

• Issaquah, Gellatly thwart Kentwood’s comeback bid
  Nov 17 2008, 5:00 PM
• Thunderbirds cut down the Wheat Kings
  Nov 16 2008, 9:10 PM · UPDATED
• Shutouts galore: Kentwood, Tahoma snag state berths
  Nov 15 2008, 1:00 AM

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Business briefly
Nov 18 2008, 10:56 AM · UPDATED Kent business receives award A Kent-based business was one of three statewide to receive the 2008 Associate of the Year honor from the Utility Contractors Association of Washington. Pape Machinery, located on the West Valley Highway, provides construction equipment to the... More ›

• Kent names REI 'Green Business of the Year'
  Nov 14 2008, 3:20 PM · UPDATED
• Chamber comes out against rail measure, caregiver measure
  Nov 02 2008
• Keeping it raw: Kent gym is old school all the way
  Oct 31 2008

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Des Moines church gets its first pipe organ
Today, 6:48 PM · UPDATED Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines has installed its first-ever pipe organ, an instrument the church was able to acquire used from the Golden Gate Lutheran Church in San Francisco. The church has scheduled a series of activities... More ›

• Hot dog! Wienermobile comes to Kent
  Nov 19 2008, 3:30 PM · UPDATED
• Making your dollars work
  Nov 12 2008, 11:11 AM · UPDATED
• Kent trio pours it on in martini contest
  Nov 09 2008, 1:00 AM

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Newspapers not dead – not by a long shot
Nov 19 2008, 1:00 AM The times they are a-changing – that is for sure. It used to be that when you were a print journalist, that’s what you did – print news, meaning newspapers. Straying outside the path meant maybe being useful with a... More ›

• Celebrating Christmas, without the political correctness
  Nov 19 2008, 1:00 AM
• It matters most what happens at your house
  Nov 16 2008, 10:41 PM · UPDATED
• Fighting the secrecy of domestic violence
  Nov 16 2008, 10:40 PM · UPDATED

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Republicans aren’t the bad guys in this political equation
Nov 18 2008, 11:02 AM · UPDATED Mr. Walter Backstrom wrote an article in the Opinion section of the Reporter on Oct. 25 that caught my eye. He asked the question “What were the Republicans thinking?” when they seemingly only “sent” 38 African Americans to be... More ›

• Keep columns coming
  Nov 11 2008, 11:44 AM · UPDATED
• Columnist gave reader hope with his words
  Nov 11 2008, 11:43 AM · UPDATED
• Pressure to have abortion can be tremendous
  Nov 07 2008, 3:16 PM · UPDATED

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