The Blue Team

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Cook-off in Kent: Teams put to the test in Arbor Village challenge

Cooking for an average of 130 residents each day is a challenge for Mark Anthony Eleccion, but preparing…

Family and friends paid tribute to the late Chase Stancil with a vigil last Friday night. Flowers and  momentos are placed by one of Stancil's motorcycles.

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A life taken too soon: Community mourns loss of Kent boy

His name was Chase – fitting for a fun-loving, adventurous boy who enjoyed racing. Aboard a powerful, swift…

All in the family: The Creasers

Life

At The Ridge Theatre presents Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Jennifer Grajewski naturally turned to family to help bring a Disney musical love story to life on the…

Kent’s Salma Ramadan practices her suturing technique on a pig’s foot during the annual MultiCare Nurse Camp. Graham Barr

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MultiCare Nurse Camp offers hands-on lessons in health care

Surgery is difficult duty. That's what Salma Ramadan concluded after getting the feel of the operating room at…

American Idol stars

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‘Idol’ stars come out in Kent | SLIDESHOW

The Heimen family came far to be near their favorite American Idol. The foursome from Surrey, British Columbia,…

Kelli Sheldon

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Kent’s Candy Chang is the choice for Miss Cornucopia

Music brings out the best in Candy Chang, and helping others is her favorite tune. An outstanding student…

Lisa Hicka

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Kent Cornucopia Days are here

It's a longstanding tradition, a festival like no other in the area that brings out the best in…

Tommie Lamb

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Kent celebrates Juneteenth ‘Launching a Legacy’

Organizers with the Kent Black Action Commission (KBAC) presented the second annual celebration, "Launching a Legacy", at the…

Travis Doerge

Business

Getting you fit, strong: Pro fighter opens new gym in Kent

As Travis Doerge prepares to end his pro fighting career in the ring, he is about to begin…

Gwen Allen-Carston

News

KBAC plans Juneteenth celebration

Exposure, growth and education are important to a Kent nonprofit organization committed to acknowledging and advancing the work…

Travis Foltz

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Kent social studies teachers to attend Brown University Leadership Institute

History doesn't necessarily repeat itself, but similarities can be identified, examined and debated. So says Travis Foltz, a…

Kentridge’s Caelan Creaser

Life

‘Evita’ opens on Kentridge stage

It is a daunting production, one few high school casts would attempt. But Jennifer Grajewski wanted to take…

Beware: Youth pastor and Cleveland Browns fullback Eddie Williams warned Auburn students about the media and how it perpetuates fitness and nutrition myths.

Opinion

Spreading the gospel of good health | Klaas

The youth pastor and veteran NFL fullback raised the fitness magazine for all to see. Such cover images…

Dennis Zaborac

News

Kent runner takes the long way home from Boston Marathon bombing

Dennis Zaborac insists he's no courageous survivor of Monday's harrowing, bomb-marred Boston Marathon. Just one of 27,000 runners…

Richard Thomas

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Kent’s Thomas leads the fight for his ailing wife

Richard Thomas, the football player, is no stranger to the sting of battle. The former Kentwood High, University…

Great work: East Hill Elementary School Principal Daxa Thomas follows the playground design from Juan Najera

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Kent students share ideas, designs for new playground

Kids are applying vivid imagination and crayons to paper so that their dream playground can go KaBOOM! Students…

Gary Bell Jr.

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Kent’s Bell helps fuel No. 1 Gonzaga’s run to the Big Dance

No longer David, Gonzaga is a Goliath in college basketball. Gary Bell Jr. and his teammates know as…

Karen Meador

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The makings of Military Road: Program explains road’s history and its creators

Military Road weaves through South King County, connecting people to homes, schools and businesses. It remains an important…

Pat Gray

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Officials abandon efforts to establish homeless shelter on Gowe Street

Facing strong opposition from business and community leaders, the Kent Homelessness Partnership Effort (KentHOPE) and Seattle's Union Gospel…

Capt. Rick Cox of the Kent Fire Department tackles the the StairMaster at Kent Station in preparation for the March 10 Scott Firefighter Stairclimb.

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Kent firefighters train, collect money for major climb

Capt. Rick Cox stepped off the StairMaster, removed his oxygen mask and helmet and collected his breath.