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Globetrotters bring fun, basketball Friday to ShoWare

Few players have as much fun playing basketball as the Harlem Globetrotters. They also make sure the fans…

A rendering shows what developer Robert Slattery's proposed six-to-seven-story apartment complex might look like at the north side of East Smith Street between Clark and Jason Streets. Slattery has yet to file permits with the city because of poor market conditios.

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Major apartment complex is on hold for Kent; Mill Creek neighborhood rejoicing

A Seattle-area developer still wants to build a six-to-seven story, mixed-use apartment complex in the Mill Creek neighborhood…

Predators head coach William McCarthy gave thanks for the Kent community's support at a press conference Feb. 12 at the ShoWare Center

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Kent Predators kick off their first Indoor Football League season with meet-and-greet event

The Kent Predators players are ready for some football. Receiver Blaine McConnell, one of two dozen or so…

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Toddler remains in serious condition after fall from window onto concrete driveway at Kent home

A 2-year-old boy remained in serious condition Thursday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after falling Wednesday morning…

Office Depot facilities in Kent’s Cascade Commerce Park on West Valley Highway are shown with a sandbag wall to protect against flooding.  The state Legislature is working on measures to provide more flood insurance for businesses in the Green River Valley.

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Keiser bill could provide last-resort flood insurance for Green River Valley businesses

The Washington state Senate approved a bill Feb. 9 that could help as many as several hundred businesses…

Hydroplane Museum volunteer Don Mock sits on the 1982 Atlas Van Lines boat as he holds his favorite replica boat at the Hydroplane Museum in Kent Feb. 4.

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Kent’s Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum plans model exhibit

The Roger Newton Model Radio-Controlled Hydroplane show runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 at the museum,…

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Man punches holes in girlfriend’s walls; texts her promising to fix them – Kent Police Blotter

Malicious mischief Kent Police cited a 24-year-old man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief Jan. 20 after he…

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ShoWare Center sees reduction in liquor fines

The state Liquor Control Board reduced a $500 fine to $300 against the ShoWare Center operators after eight…

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Two enter pleas in East Hill drug deal gone bad

A Kent man and a Renton man each pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Kent to first-degree robbery…

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New animal-shelter plan by March 31? Kent official gives report

Kent city staff told the City Council Tuesday that a small work group of King County and city…

Mayor Suzette Cooke gave her state of the city address to a packed crowd at the Kent Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Feb. 3.

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Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke says goodbye to a year of Green River flood issues, recession, in state of the city speech

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke couldn't say goodbye quickly enough to 2009, during her fifth-annual State of the City…

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International Guitar Night comes to Kent Feb. 5

The International Guitar Night tour has gone even better than expected for Brian Gore. “This is my 10th…

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Kent man enters plea to kidnapping, rape charges involving Federal Way girl

A 47-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Jan. 25 in King County Superior Court in Kent to first-degree…

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Kent teen pleads not guilty in Metro bus attack

A 17-year-old Kent teenager pleaded not guilty Jan. 28 to first-degree malicious mischief in connection with an attack…

ShoWare Center promoters say they need to draw more concerts in 2010 to help the arena lose less money than in 2009. Styx played in May at the Kent arena.

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Kent’s ShoWare Center: Projected to lose money this year, too

If ShoWare Center officials can book at least seven major concerts in 2010, they expect the Kent arena…

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Kent man charged in stabbing of woman outside Auburn bingo hall

King County prosecutors on Jan. 25 charged a 39-year-old Kent man with one count each of first-degree assault…

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Kent bomb square a bust: closes bank, portion of street

A police bomb squad determined that a report of a suspicious package Friday morning outside of a downtown…

The Kent Predators are about to start their season and will call the ShoWare Center home.

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Kent Predators filling out their roster: Prepare to see local football talent

The Kent Predators are close to finding 45 players to invite to the new professional indoor football team's…

King County Animal Care and Control Volunteer Dawn Gerken tends to a pair of cats waiting to be adopted at the Kent animal shelter Jan. 26. King County has opted to keep its shelters open through June

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King County, cities, begin plans for regional animal shelter system

Planning has started between King County and city officials throughout the county to develop a new regional model…

Artists from Cirque Sublime perform at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

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Acrobatic and charismatic: Cirque Sublime comes to Kent

Cirque Sublime began about 13 years ago as just a small, local circus performance company in Toronto.