Gurcharan Dhillon

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Sports camp promotes healthy living, Punjabi culture

Gurcharan Dhillon wants children to be more active in the summer and learn more about their culture.

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Washington State Labor Council issues resolution against Green River College

The Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) has taken action in hopes of re-establishing shared governance between Green River…

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Federal action spares Kent teachers from taking exam to prove highly qualified status

The U.S. Department of Education has given state education officials an allowance to correct a Kent School District…

Chris Loftis

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Highly qualified status of 181 Kent School District teachers at stake following clerical error

A clerical error in 2012 has left 181 teachers in the Kent School District having to reconfirm their…

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Theatre Battery to offer two free showings of “A Maze”

Theatre Battery, a local theater company geared at bringing theater to Kent, has extended its run of "A…

Jimmy Shane

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Shane balances job at Kent’s Blue Origin, hydroplane racing | Seafair Cup

Jimmy Shane spends his working days as an integration engineer in Kent. But on weekends, the 29-year-old Covington…

Hawks Birds Nest will host A Family Affair parent empowerment event Thursday

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Family members of Seahawks players to speak at ShoWare Center

Family members of several Seattle Seahawks football players will host a parent empowerment event on Thursday, July 30,…

Kent’s Grace Herbert

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Kent teen eyes junior national crew team

Just two years after taking up rowing, Grace Herbert has her eyes set on one day making the…

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Kent School Board approves 5.5 percent pay raise for employees

Kent School District employees will get a 5.5 percent pay raise for the upcoming school year. The school…

Mark Millbauer

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Green River College cuts two programs, still faces budget woes

Two Green River College programs will be shut down in a cost-saving effort, and more cuts could follow…

Kent's Becka Gately

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Golden touch: Kent teen’s Girl Scout project impacts local community

Becka Gately's love of fitness inspired her to organize and promote a health and fitness night at Kent's…

Peter Hoggard

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Kent Cornucopia Days 5K draws hundreds of racers | SLIDESHOW

More than 500 runners and walkers took to a portion of the Green River Trail last Saturday to…

Kent School District Superintendent Calvin Watts addresses local business leaders on July 9.

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Local businesses, organizations welcome new Kent superintendent

In his first month on the job, Kent School District Superintendent Calvin Watts is establishing ties in the…

The cast and crew of Theatre Battery’s production of  ‘A Maze’ hang out in the storefront space at Kent Station

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Theatre Battery’s production of ‘A Maze’ takes the stage at Kent Station

With hopes of bringing theater culture to Kent, Logan Ellis, a Kent-Meridian High School graduate, and several friends…

June and Ken Iverson enjoyed a happy

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The good life: Cornucopia Days Old Timers king and queen recall lifetime spent in Kent

For Ken and June Iverson, Kent will always be home.

Kylie Huerta plans to take her skills from Hawaii Pacific University to the Harlem Globetrotters. She helped Kentwood High win the 2009 Class 4A state girls basketball title.

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Kentwood hoops standout excited for opportunity to play with Globetrotters

For former Kentwood High School girl's basketball star Kylie Huerta, playing for the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters was beyond…

Green River President Eileen Ely

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Kentridge, Green River College partner to offer IT program in high school

Beginning this fall, Kentridge High School students can study information technology and earn college credits through a partnership…

Christopher Hutton enters a not guilty plea on Monday in Kent to first-degree murder in connection with the June 11 West Hill shooting death of JaeBrione Gary.

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Dispute breaks out in Kent court as man pleads not guilty to West Hill shooting death

A dispute broke out in court on Monday in Kent among friends and relatives of two men involved…

The Goy family of Kent enjoys a family vacation

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Fatal car accident kills Kent father, two sons

Two Springbrook Elementary School students and their father were killed last Saturday evening in a two-vehicle car accident…

Shane Hause

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Competitors converge on Lake Meridian for annual triathlon

About 350 athletes swam, biked and ran the Lake Meridian Triathlon last Sunday.