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Kent high school students participate in Rotary leadership program

Students from Kentwood, Kent-Meridian and Kentlake selected for four-day camp

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Sound Transit Board approves Julie Timm as new CEO at $375,000 per year

She replaces Peter Rogoff who left in May after board voted to replace him

Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla says crime stats are at an historic high in the city for 2021 and 2022. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

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Kent Police Chief Padilla says city crime rates at historic high

Shots fired reports up 135% in 2021 from 2019; vehicle thefts jump 76%

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Statewide task force to tackle organized retail crime rings

Group brings law enforcement, prosecutors, retailers together to combat growing problem

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Des Moines Police arrest murder suspect in Kent | Update

Medical examiner identifies body found June 20 in Duwamish River

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The City of Kent Summer Concert Series lineup for July-August

Free music events at three venues across town: Morrill Meadows Park, Kent Station and Lake Meridian

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Michele Bettinger resigns from Kent School Board

Says it ‘has rarely felt like a healthy or safe place to work towards constructive change’

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Nearly three dozen firefighters extinguish Kent apartment fire

Early Monday morning, June 20 at the Atrium on James Street Apartments

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Kent prepares to form sister city relationship with Lutsk, Ukraine

Leaders from each city agree to explore the establishment of program

The Kent Panther Lake Library remains closed for repairs after a vehicle smashed into the building May 7. COURTESY PHOTO, King County Library System

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Kent Panther Lake Library remains closed for repairs

No reopening date yet for facility damaged May 7 by vehicle crash

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Kent Police Blotter: May 30 to June 12

Incidents include gang shooting, homeowner fires shots and baseball bat assault

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1,722 graduate in 2022 from Kent high schools, academies

Kent-Meridian, Kentlake, Kentridge and Kentwood high schools returned to ShoWare Center for first time since 2019

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Space-themed renovation coming to Kent’s Kherson Park

The $1.62 million project will include a replica Lunar Rover Vehicle

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Kent group to present free screening of transgender student web series

Theatre Battery to show ‘LEGO Harry Potter and the Transgender Witch’ at Kent Station

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Lynnwood man fatally shot in Kent dispute on East Hill identified

Carlos Garcia, 32, died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to medical examiner

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Man fatally shot by Kent Police identified by medical examiner

Viet Do Nguyen died from multiple gunshot wounds

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Denver Rush at Seattle Thunder women’s football showdown in Kent

X League debut season June 25 at ShoWare Center

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Kent mayor, council president raise Juneteenth flag at City Hall

Symbols represent freedom, new beginnings for Black Americans

Stock photo, Metro Creative Graphics

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Kent Police arrest suspect in April cemetery fatal shooting

Tacoma man, 24, taken into custody at Graham apartment complex

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Kent Municipal Court judges to get annual pay increase of nearly $13,000

City Council agrees to match pay to what district court judges make across the state