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Former Kent pro soccer team owner sentenced for tax fraud

Dion Earl receives another year in prison in addition to sexual assault sentences

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Kent’s Blue Origin plans to hire 80 technicians, machinists

Aerospace company employs more than 2,500 in town

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Woman fatally shot in Kent identified as Laquana Green

Victim in April 5 shooting at Alderbrook Apartments

The YMCA of Greater Seattle opened its Kent branch in 2019. COURTESY PHOTO,

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YMCA of Greater Seattle lays off 1,200 employees; 64 in Kent

Mostly part-time workers due to COVID-19 reductions

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Argument over parking spot, tow leads to Kent fatal shooting

Racial slurs heated up dispute at Alderbrook Apartments

Kentridge High School’s Madison Wooley will compete April 9-11 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle as part of Key to Change’s annual Solo String Festival. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District

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Kent students to compete in string festival at Benaroya Hall in Seattle

Seven musicians from high schools and middle schools in April 9-11 event

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Light rail station, parking garage under construction in Kent

Location of Operations and Maintenance Facility South site remains to be determined

COURTESY PHOTO, Ethos Apartments

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Kent apartment rents up 1.2% over previous month

Median rents at $1,280 for a one-bedroom apartment; $1,638 for a two-bedroom

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Second fatal shooting in two days in Kent

Woman killed Monday afternoon; fourth in 15 days, sixth in three months

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Kent man, 18, faces potential second-degree murder charge

April 4 shooting of 34-year-old man at apartment complex parking lot

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Cawthon to challenge Troutner for Kent City Council seat

Works at Bellevue College political science professor

Six people were injured when a car crashed into an apartment building April 4 in Kent in the 8700 block of South 259th Street. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

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Car crash into apartment building injures six in Kent

Two in critical condition after April 4 wreck

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Kent man fatally shot inside vehicle on East Hill

Third homicide in last two weeks; fifth in 2021

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Car splits apart after collision in Kent

Suspect in stolen vehicle taken into custody

Marcus Golden. COURTESY PHOTO

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Man fatally shot on East Hill in Kent identified as Marcus Golden

Golden, 28, of Seattle, died in altercation

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Composite profile could help identify Green River killer victim

Body found in 1986; one of 48 women killed by Gary Ridgway

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Four homicides in Kent so far in 2021 after eight in 2020

Police have cleared all 2020 cases| List of cases for this year and last year

King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. File photo

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King County needs more lawyers to attack backlog of cases

6,107 open cases is double the normal amount for King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

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Fire displaces family from Kent East Hill home

Started in a dryer early Tuesday morning

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Man fatally shot on Kent’s East Hill

Early Tuesday morning in the 23800 block of 110th Avenue SE