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Kent Reporter Athlete of the Week: Ryan Stamper

Stamper finished sixth in the All-City and has improved his time by over a minute.

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Kent Reporter’s Female Athlete of the Week: Abbie Snyder

Snyder’s swim expirence helps bolster the team’s depth.

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Kent Reporter Male Athlete of the Week: Zoey Emery

Emery is a hard worker and a great teammate.

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Kent Reporter Female Athlete of the Week: Kaitlyn Gaspar

The junior leads Kent-Meridian in three statistical categories this year.

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Kent Reporter Male Athlete of the Week: Angad Bains

In the first ever All-city match, Angad was a medalist for the Chargers.

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Kent Reporter Female Athlete of the Week: Tsai Mila

Mila has ran state qualifying time earlier this season.

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Sports

Emerald Downs attendance up 16% in 2023; handle down 10.6%

Auburn track concluded 52-day, live-racing schedule on Sept. 17

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Life

Street of Treats returns to Historic Downtown Kent Oct. 28

Event runs from 2 to 5 p.m.

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Sports

Kent Reporter’s Female Athlete of the Week: Haley Swanson

Swanson is coming off a season ending injury in 2022 and looking to have a good season in…

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Kent Reporter’s Male Athlete of the Week: Charles Shaffer

Shaffer is the cross country team captain.

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Kent Reporter’s Male Athlete of the Week: Cayden Kujala

Kentlake senior runs cross country

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Kent Reporter’s Female Athlete of the Week: Shannon McLain

Kentlake Falcon freshman soccer player.

Kentlake cheer team. Photo courtesy of Allison Humphreys

Sports

Athletes of the Week: Kent’s high school cheer teams

To kick off the 2023 school year, the Kent Reporter is showcasing each school’s cheer team.

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News

Washington’s new drug possession law takes effect

Washington state’s amended drug law went into effect on Aug. 17, more than two years after the state…

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Northwest

Auburn reaches $5.9M settlement with family of man killed by police

Enosa Strickland Jr. died in 2019 after being shot by Officer Kenneth Lyman.

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News

Free online services helps people find new homes for their pets

Regional Animal Services of King County partners with Home to Home

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Northwest

Renton Regional Fire Authority applauds all-female engine crew

Engine 313 was among first to respond to an aircraft crash on July 31.

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Sports

Kent-based Thunderbirds to retire Marleau’s number 12 in November

Marleau played two years with T-Birds prior to 23 years in the NHL

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News

King County increases number of inmates at its Kent jail

Nearly 400 transfers to Kent from Seattle since March in effort to increase safety, boost staffing

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Police investigating homicide at Federal Way apartments

A 23-year-old man was fatally shot just after midnight on June 28.