Mark Klaas

Show of heart

Show of heart

Willow’s Place Hope for Families takes in donations for those in need

Show of heart
Honoring a forgotten Civil War veteran

Honoring a forgotten Civil War veteran

Kent couple work to give Pvt. Powers, who died 95 years ago, his due: a proper military burial

Honoring a forgotten Civil War veteran
Penguins migrate to Kent as temporary art landmark

Penguins migrate to Kent as temporary art landmark

Creators lease seabirds to KDP for a year

Penguins migrate to Kent as temporary art landmark
Royals look to make some noise in NPSL play | Boys basketball

Royals look to make some noise in NPSL play | Boys basketball

Hall, Fuentes lead retooled lineup for Kent-Meridian

Royals look to make some noise in NPSL play | Boys basketball
Stars come out

Stars come out

Poet, singers, dancers shine in Kent Has Talent program

Stars come out
Sprucing up a park for others to enjoy

Sprucing up a park for others to enjoy

Kent crew, volunteers converge to celebrate Arbor Day, fall style

Sprucing up a park for others to enjoy
Reaching out to help the homeless

Reaching out to help the homeless

Sleepless in Seattle program offering care packages for those in need

Reaching out to help the homeless

Nov. 11, 2016 Poll

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Kent-Meridian High School students walk out in protest of President-elect Trump

Kent-Meridian High School students walk out in protest of President-elect Trump

Group says Republican poses a threat to his own country

Kent-Meridian High School students walk out in protest of President-elect Trump
Dave Wyman, former Stanford and NFL linebacker, was in Kent last Friday, working as an analyst for 710 ESPN Seattle Radio. Wyman joins a panel of guest speakers for a Town Hall on Concussions & Youth Sports at the Kentwood High School Performing Arts Center in Covington on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter

Taking a closer look at concusssions and sports safety

Kent School District and 710 ESPN Seattle Radio to host town hall on Tuesday, Nov. 15

Dave Wyman, former Stanford and NFL linebacker, was in Kent last Friday, working as an analyst for 710 ESPN Seattle Radio. Wyman joins a panel of guest speakers for a Town Hall on Concussions & Youth Sports at the Kentwood High School Performing Arts Center in Covington on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
Election 2016: Last-minute voters deliver ballots on decision day

Election 2016: Last-minute voters deliver ballots on decision day

On a spring-like afternoon, Ryan Mann enjoyed the task of collecting ballots as streams of motorists drove up to the curbside ballot dropbox at the Regional Justice Center in Kent.

Election 2016: Last-minute voters deliver ballots on decision day
Conks KO’d in district playoffs | Prep football

Conks KO’d in district playoffs | Prep football

Eastlake rolls past Kentwood, ending NPSL Cascade Division champion’s season

Conks KO’d in district playoffs | Prep football
As incumbent Mark Hargrove

Candidates expand on issues as election looms

Local candidates, including familiar personalities who occupy seats in the state House of Representatives, agreed on many issues during a two-hour forum Oct. 19 at Kent Commons.

As incumbent Mark Hargrove
As incumbent Mark Hargrove

Candidates expand on issues as election looms

Local candidates, including familiar personalities who occupy seats in the state House of Representatives, agreed on many issues during a two-hour forum Oct. 19 at Kent Commons.

As incumbent Mark Hargrove
Adriana Vera gathers and places pesky blackberry bushes and other brush into a Dumpster during the 15th annual “ReLeaf” Green Kent Day event at Clark Lake Park last Saturday.

ReLeaf effort: volunteers work to restore growth at park | SLIDESHOW

An energetic force of 60 volunteers, young and old, invaded Clark Lake Park on a clear mission under cloudy skies last Saturday morning.

Adriana Vera gathers and places pesky blackberry bushes and other brush into a Dumpster during the 15th annual “ReLeaf” Green Kent Day event at Clark Lake Park last Saturday.
Adriana Vera gathers and places pesky blackberry bushes and other brush into a Dumpster during the 15th annual “ReLeaf” Green Kent Day event at Clark Lake Park last Saturday.

ReLeaf effort: volunteers work to restore growth at park | SLIDESHOW

An energetic force of 60 volunteers, young and old, invaded Clark Lake Park on a clear mission under cloudy skies last Saturday morning.

Adriana Vera gathers and places pesky blackberry bushes and other brush into a Dumpster during the 15th annual “ReLeaf” Green Kent Day event at Clark Lake Park last Saturday.
Sound Transit employees observe the dedication ceremony from a parking garage perch at the new Angle Lake Station in SeaTac last Saturday.

Welcomed station for area riders: Light rail extension comes to SeaTac | SLIDESHOW

Area light rail continued its southerly march down the Interstate 5 corridor with the official opening of its Angle Lake Station in SeaTac last Saturday.

Sound Transit employees observe the dedication ceremony from a parking garage perch at the new Angle Lake Station in SeaTac last Saturday.
Jim Cosby

Lawyer, writer finds unique notes in book of music history

Few American music history books take a comprehensive look into the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, soul and country.

Jim Cosby
Calvin Watts

Community leaders call for improvement, unity during MLK tribute | SLIDESHOW

Calvin Watts has a dream, too. The second-year Kent School District superintendent wants every student to succeed, regardless of race and other differences,

Calvin Watts
India Coleman

Kent woman receives a grand gift – a new smile

Graced with a new set of teeth, India Coleman can smile wide and with pride these days.

India Coleman