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Light rail is expected to be ready to serve Kent's West Hill by 2023. Sound Transit will extend the system from SeaTac

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Sound Transit board picks I-5 route for light rail to Kent, Federal Way

Sound Transit plans to extend light rail tracks along the Interstate 5 alignment to Kent and Federal Way…

The state Public Disclosure Commission fined Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober $2

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State PDC fines Kent City Council candidate Stober $2,000 for campaign violations

Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober must pay a $2,000 fine as ordered by the state Public Disclosure…

Kent Police confiscated 105 pounds of fireworks during a July 1-5 crackdown in the city.

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Kent City Council to seek voters’ opinions about potential fireworks ban

Kent voters will advise the City Council about whether they want personal fireworks use banned on the Fourth…

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Two Kent men injured in I-5 accident near Southcenter

Two Kent men were among the four injured in an early Thursday morning single-car accident along northbound Interstate…

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Kent man suffers stabbing injuries during attack at his East Hill home

A 64-year-old Kent man suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times early Wednesday morning at his East…

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City of Kent names new Financial Sustainability Task Force

A newly formed volunteer task force will help the city of Kent determine how to be financially sustainable.

Hira Singh Bhullar is a candidate for the Kent City Council on the Aug. 4 primary ballot.

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Bhullar leads fundraising for Kent City Council race at $26,000

Kent City Council candidate Hira Singh Bhullar has raised nearly twice as much campaign money so far than…

Bailey Stober is making his third run for the Kent City Council.

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State PDC to fine Stober for Kent City Council campaign violations in 2011, 2013

Kent City Council candidate Bailey Stober says he has agreed to pay a fine to resolve campaign violations…

Light rail will be coming to Kent's West Hill in 2023 and Sound Transit will pick a preferred route on July 23

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Sound Transit board to pick preferred light rail route to Kent, Federal Way

The Sound Transit’s Board of Directors on Thursday, July 23 will take public comments and is expected to…

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Three candidates seek Kent City Council seat | Primary 2015

The only Kent City Council race on the Aug. 4 primary ballot features perennial candidate Bailey Stober against…

Kent city officials are looking into setting up a railroad quiet zone so train whistles no longer boom through downtown.

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Kent City Council approves study to fund railroad quiet zone through LID

It continues to be a slow train coming but a railroad quiet zone could be arriving someday in…

An artist rendering of what a new Green river channel at the former Downey Farmstead site will look like with the relocation of Frager Road.

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Kent gets $717,255 grant to help with Green River flood protection, salmon habitat

A $717,255 grant to the city from the King County Flood Control District will help with flood protection…

Kent firefighters put out a fire early Tuesday morning at a house in the 12000 block of Kent Kangley Road.

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Fire damages garage at Kent East Hill home

Fire damaged a garage early Tuesday morning at a Kent home in the 12000 block of Kent Kangley…

Kent Police Blotter.

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Kent officers break up noisy house party attended by 150 juveniles | Police Blotter

A late-night house party with nearly 150 juveniles led to complaints to Kent Police about loud music, fireworks,…

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Kent man charged in Renton, Skyway shooting deaths

A 24-year-old Kent man faces charges of two counts of first-degree murder for the alleged shooting of his…

A look at the Lower Russell Road levee setback study area along the Green River in Kent.

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Green River levee project to cause major changes to Kent city park, trail, road

A levee project is expected to cause major changes to the city of Kent's Van Doren's Landing Park,…

Kent Police confiscated 105 pounds of fireworks during a July 1-5 crackdown in the city.

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Kent Police cite 38, arrest 3 for fireworks violations

Kent Police were kept plenty busy with their new fireworks emphasis patrols this Fourth of July.

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Man injured in drive-by shooting on Kent’s East Hill

Someone shot and injured a man during a drive-by shooting in Kent at about 8:35 p.m. Thursday in…

Firefighters attack a three-alarm blaze on Wednesday afternoon at the International Paper Co.

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Three-alarm fire damages Kent paper recycling plant

It took a three-alarm fire response on Wednesday to battle a large pile of recycling paper at the…

Firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday afternoon at a recycling plant in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue North.

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Fire breaks out at Kent recycling plant

Firefighters from the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority are battling a blaze Wednesday afternoon at a recycling…