Dean Radford

Douglas Gibbons

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The effects of an earthquake across the Puget Sound region

An earthquake isn't an equal-opportunity shaker. So to determine how a quake's power differs across the Puget Sound…

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Commissioner hampering business at Valley Medical Center | Dean Radford

The Valley Medical Center has some serious business to consider – whether to form a strategic alliance with…

Curtis John Walker

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Kent man pleads not guilty to shooting of Skyway teen Alajawan Brown, 12

The Kent man accused of killing 12-year-old Alajawan Brown in Skyway in late April pleaded not guilty to…

County Sheriff Sue Rahr

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Kent man faces first-degree murder charges in shooting death of Renton teen

Alajawan Brown's homicide wasn't random. He was targeted – by mistake, said King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg Thursday…

Actress Judy Findlay of Kent

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Kent actress plays role in getting Valley Medical Center’s new ER up and running

Judy Findlay of Kent was one of 10 actors hired by the designers of Valley Medical Center's new…

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Valley Medical Center opens state-of-the-art emergency room Feb. 25

Starting at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, people seeking emergency care at Valley Medical Center will go to the hospital’s…

Richard Marshall

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Renton may escape worst of flooding, but is still preparing

The Green River only skirts Renton, but a vast section of the city’s southwest warehouse and industrial area…

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News of tentative contract announced during downtown Kent teachers’ rally

The 1,700 teachers in the Kent School District will have the chance to vote Monday morning on a…

The state Department of Transportation sprayed concrete over soil nails last summer to try to control the unstable soils beneath the Green River Bridge piers on State Route 169. However

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Kummer Bridge on State Route 169 closed due to safety concerns

The much-used Kummer Bridge over the Green River on State Route 169 was closed last week because a…

A voter slides a completed election ballot into the AccuVote machine at the Kent Commons Nov. 4.

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2008 election a test of county’s election reforms

What is happening at the King County Elections Office in Renton today began in 2004, in the wake…