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Booster shots build onto protection of initial vaccinations | UW Medicine

People 65 years and older among those who qualify for shots

The scene where police officers from Kent and Federal Way shot and injured a man at the end of a car chase Monday afternoon, Sept. 27, in a Safeway parking lot south of Snohomish. COURTESY PHOTO, Kevin Clark/The Herald

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Kent Police officers shoot, injure murder suspect in Snohomish County

Valley SWAT team pursuing wanted man Sept. 27

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Work continues in Kent on $9M Green River salmon restoration project

Former Downey Farmstead tree nursery becoming channels for salmon, flood storage

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WSP, Kent Police mourn death of Trooper Gunderson due to COVID-19

Brother of trooper works for Kent Police Department K-9 unit

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Covington man sentenced to 56 years for two Kent homeless murders

Shootings in 2016 at camp after dispute in store line

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Kent man, 23, killed in Pullman shooting near WSU

Liban Barre dies after recently moving to Eastern Washington to enroll in college

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Kent Police still searching for suspect in triple shooting

One killed, two injured in Sept. 19 dispute

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Starting wages at Dick’s Drive-In to be $19 per hour

Restaurant seeks more hires to fill out shifts

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Kent School Board picks Israel Vela as interim superintendent

Five candidates applied for job; board sticks with Vela

King County bought the Econo Lodge on Central Avenue in Kent in March 2020 for $4 million and turned it into an isolation and quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients. A recent increase in cases the last several weeks and lack of room availability at other county locations has led to an increase of people staying in Kent. FILE PHOTO, Kent Reporter

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Former Kent hotel becomes county’s primary COVID-19 isolation facility

Fewer housing options and increase in cases leads to more people staying in Kent

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Firefighters extinguish house fire on Kent’s West Hill

Nobody home when fire breaks out morning of Sept. 24

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Peter Rogoff to step down as Sound Transit CEO in 2022

Became CEO in 2016; search for replacement to begin

Brandi Carlile. COURTESY PHOTO, Brandi Carlile

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Maple Valley’s Brandi Carlile to perform on Saturday Night Live

Oct. 23 on NBC

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Harlem Globetrotters to perform in Kent on Jan. 27 at ShoWare Center

Ticket prices range from $20 to $100

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Kent Police officers to receive 16% pay hike Oct. 1

Contract agreement reached early to make jobs more attractive

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Port of Seattle to require vaccinations for employees

2,200 workers must be vaccinated by Nov. 15

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No changes yet by King County prosecutors in charging SeaTac girl

Office has not received completed investigation materials in possible second hit-and-run case

A semi flipped on its side and spilled gravel and other debris Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 21 along southbound Interstate 5 at the I-405 Renton exit. COURTESY PHOTO, State Patrol

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Semi crash causes delays on southbound I-5 in Tukwila

Gravel and other debris cover two lanes near I-405 exit on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 21

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Council Councilmember Dunn asks for review of charges in hit-and-run death

Sends letter to Satterberg in murder case against 15-year-old SeaTac girl

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Kent man, 36, receives seven-year sentence for teen rape

Man provided alcohol to teen at family gathering in Olympic National Park