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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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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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Street of Treats returns to Historic Downtown Kent Oct. 28

Event runs from 2 to 5 p.m.

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Shannon McLain

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

Kentlake Falcon freshman soccer player.

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Cayden Kujala

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

Kentlake senior runs cross country

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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 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 2023.

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Kentlake cheer team. Photo courtesy of Allison Humphreys

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.

Kentlake cheer team. Photo courtesy of Allison Humphreys
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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 Supreme Court’s State v. Blake decision, which… Continue reading

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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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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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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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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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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.

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King County Metro battery-electric coaches at Metro’s South Base in Tukwila. COURTESY FILE PHOTO, King County Metro

Metro receives $33.5M in federal funds to buy electric buses

Money to be used for 30 new buses as Metro aims for zero-emission fleet by 2035

King County Metro battery-electric coaches at Metro’s South Base in Tukwila. COURTESY FILE PHOTO, King County Metro
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Aegis Living Kent hosts 4th annual ‘A’Dad’emy Awards’ to honor fathers

Biggest Sweet Tooth, Most Compassionate Dad and Best Skiing Yodeler among the awards

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A State Route 18 sign in Snoqualmie before the SR 18/I-90 interchange. File photo by Conor Wilson/Sound Publishing

Long-term closure of SR 18 truck lane starts June 7

People who use SR 18 near I-90 should plan extra time for their trips, WSDOT says

A State Route 18 sign in Snoqualmie before the SR 18/I-90 interchange. File photo by Conor Wilson/Sound Publishing