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Puget Sound Fire responds in Kent to four fires within an hour

A vehicle, pile of tires and two dumpsters burned Aug. 8 in 10600 block of SE 240th Street

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Rapper gets 6 years in prison for drug dealing in King, other counties

Kent detective part of regional DEA Drug Task Force that investigated the case

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Contract talks between Kent teachers, school district remain distant

Strike a possibility as union and district struggle to reach agreement

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Kent Police arrest armed suspect at apartment complex

Valley SWAT team responds Aug. 10 to incident at Olympic Skyline Apartments on East Hill

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Kent-based Thunderbirds’ Korchinski signs with Chicago Blackhawks

Three-year entry-level contract but will return to Western Hockey League for upcoming season

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$855M fish passage facility to be built at Hanson Dam along Green River

Construction scheduled to start in 2026 and finish by 2030 to restore salmon habitat

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Kent Police Blotter: July 26 to Aug. 6

Kidnapping, city vehicle theft, street races assault among incidents

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Kauffman, Kaur District 47 Senate race remains tight for second spot

Kauffman up by 63 votes, outcome could be headed for recount. Boyce won primary

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Renton man faces Kent rape charges from 2018 and 2021

Allegedly targeted transient and/or drug-addicted woman, according to prosecutors

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Boyce prepares to win 47th District Senate seat in November

Close race between Democrats Kauffman and Kaur to advance against Republican Boyce

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Olow holds narrow lead over Knowles in 47th District House showdown

One will advance from primary to take on Chris Stearns on Nov. 8 ballot

Chris Stearns, right, at a campaign event. COURTESY PHOTO, Chris Stearns

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Stearns wins 47th District House primary over 4 others

Tight race for second spot; Entenman captures other House seat primary

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Kent Republican Bill Boyce wins 47th District Senate primary

Democrats Claudia Kauffman, Satwinder Kaur in tight race for 2nd spot in general election

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One man dead, two injured in Kent apartment shooting

All three shot Sunday night inside their Irwin Park apartment; no suspect information

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Kent mother, 19, charged with killing her 2-year-old son

Allegedly hit boy in the abdomen, slammed him on a floor when he wouldn’t go back to sleep

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Kent Police seek public’s help to find three robbery suspects

Allegedly involved in incident June 8 near SE 256th Street and 104th Avenue SE on the East Hill

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State Attorney General opposes PSE rate increase request

PSE proposal could hike electric by $16, gas by $12 per month to average bill in 2023

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Kent apartment rents drop 0.4% in July; up 14% compared to last year

First decline since January

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Glenn loses in Pro Stock quarterfinals at Pacific Raceways in Kent

Drag racer who grew up in Covington returns to track for first time as pro

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Kent city officials raise American flag at roundabout to downtown

New flagpole installation at Fourth Avenue South and Willis Street