City of Kent to improve Upper Mill Creek Dam to reduce flooding
Project also to help restore salmon populations
News
Health agencies issue air quality alert for Puget Sound region due to wildfire smoke
Kent Police fire Taser to halt man tussling with officer in street
Lanes to close for Kent’s East Valley Highway project
Wildfire smoke spreads into Kent, Puget Sound region
Police to increase DUI patrols Aug. 17 to Sept. 3
Business
Labor market takes a step up in July
State’s unemployment rate of 4.7 percent matches a historical low
Kent Downtown Partnership invites public to participate in online survey
Purpose is to gain feedback, help KDP’s board set short and long-term goals for the downtown’s future
Sports
Sounder trains to run for Sounders on Saturday, Mariners on Sunday
This weekend Aug. 18-19; Train stops in Kent
Reader Poll
Life
Pertinent play, a ‘very human’ story hits local stage
In ‘Alma,’ Theatre Battery shares a new tale of an undocumented family in the U.S.
Opinion
Will Trump trip help GOP’s congressional races?
Expect mega money to be spent on campaigns in the next three months
Northwest
The man on Iron Mountain
Chuck Pillon has been living on a 10-acre junk-filled property near Renton for decades.
Safe consumption part 3: The opposite of addiction
Final episode of our three-part series on controversial supervised consumption sites
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Kent teachers rally for better pay as negotiations reach critical stage | Update
Kent Senior Center missing from county’s $3.5 millon distribution to 38 groups
Kent man, 62, arrested for vehicular assault in I-5 crash
Kent teachers vote to authorize strike before start of school if agreement cannot be reached
Kent man, 22, dies in Chelan County car crash
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King County sheriff’s deputy shoots, kills suspect at Kent Station parking garage
Kent teachers rally for better pay as negotiations reach critical stage
Kent teachers vote to authorize strike before start of school if agreement cannot be reached
Kent City Councilman Thomas wants to remove fireworks ban
Teen driver charged with killing Kent Police officer
Federal Way light rail extension costs jump by $460 million
Wrong-way driver dies in collision on SR 516 in Kent