A car clipped an apartment and crashed into a tree Wednesday evening in the 12700 block of Southeast 240th Street. Nobody was seriously injured.

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Vehicle strikes Kent apartment, tree

Paramedics took a woman to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday evening after another vehicle struck…

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Inmate escaped from top floor at RJC in Kent

The jail inmate who briefly escaped from King County’s Maleng Regional Justice Center Tuesday in Kent ran all…

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Kent officers bust man for stealing vehicle | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle after an officer spotted him…

Kent Police capture a man Tuesday morning near the corner of West Meeker Street and Fourth Avenue South who ran a few minutes earlier from his court hearing at the Maleng Regional Justice Center.

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Kent Police catch RJC escapee

It didn’t take Kent Police long to catch the man in the red jumpsuit running down Fourth Avenue…

Kent Police want the public's help to identify this man in connection with an assault in November at a Kent sports bar.

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Kent Police seek public’s help to ID assault suspect

Kent Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who reportedly assaulted another man in November…

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Teen gang member pleads not guilty to Kent murder charge

A 17-year-old Seattle gang member pleaded not guilty on Thursday to first-degree murder for shooting a 19-year-old man…

Voters in Kent and Covington will decide on the April 26 ballot whether to let the Kent Regional Fire Authority extend its fire benefit charge for another six years.

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Kent RFA voters to consider fire benefit charge extension

Voters in Kent, Covington and Fire District 37 will decide on the April 26 ballot (Proposition No. 1)…

Firefighters quickly put out a small kitchen fire Friday morning at the Kent Valley Motel

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Firefighters put out kitchen fire at Kent Valley Motel

Firefighters extinguished a small kitchen fire late Friday morning at the Kent Valley Motel, 743 Central Ave. N.

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Kent commercial fire causes $10,000 damage

Just before 5 a.m. on Thursday, units from Renton Fire Department, Tukwila Fire Department and Kent Regional Fire…

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Kent City Council terminates Pine Tree Park sale; but settlement costs $760,000

The city of Kent won’t be selling Pine Tree Park after all.

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Ex-inmate threatens Kent store clerk for denying him free hot dog | Police Blotter

A 46-year-old man demanded a free hot dog from a Kent 7-Eleven store for recently getting out of…

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Kent man sentenced in fraud case; collected more than $200,000 in disability benefits

A Kent man, whose disability benefits fraud scheme kept a homeless Denver man from getting assistance, received a…

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Kent City Council to consider terminating Pine Tree Park sale

The Kent City Council is expected to vote on Tuesday night whether to terminate the sale of Pine…

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Kent city staff tried to keep REI in town

REI plans to move its headquarters to Bellevue by 2020 despite Kent city staff efforts to keep the…

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Kent officers arrest homeless man camping in the outfield | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of illegal camping after they reportedly spotted him sleeping in a…

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Kent man pleads not guilty to Seattle rapes

A 31-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty on Monday to two counts of first-degree rape and one count…

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Gang member faces murder charge in Kent apartment shooting

A 17-year-old gang member from Seattle faces a first-degree murder charge for shooting a 19-year-old man in January…

REI announced plans to move its headquarters from Kent to Bellevue by 2020.

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REI to move headquarters from Kent to Bellevue

REI plans to move its headquarters to Bellevue from Kent in the next few years.

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Gunfire exchanged Sunday on Kent’s West Hill

Kent Police are still trying to sort out what appears to be a gang-related shooting on Sunday afternoon…

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City plans to launch new website in fall

The city of Kent website will get a new look and be easier to navigate when it's launched…