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State Court of Appeals affirms city of Kent’s authority to ban medical marijuana businesses

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke celebrated the state Court of Appeals decision to affirm the city's authority to prohibit…

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Officers ban man from Kent’s ShoWare Center after concert incident | Police Blotter

Kent Police officers working security at a ShoWare Center concert banned a man for life from the facility…

Crews will close a portion of the Green River Trail the rest of this year in Kent to install a flood wall along the Briscoe-Desimone levee similar to this one along the Boeing levee.

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Portion of Green River Trail closes in Kent for levee work

Kent city officials have shut down the popular Green River Trail between South 180th Street and South 200th…

Friends and family of Brandon Gonzalez gather last fall after arranging a memorial at the intersection of 68th Avenue South and South 196th Street in Kent

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Sheriff’s Office still investigating Kent car crash that killed teen

The King County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a car crash in October that killed a Kent teen.

Kent Station will host a Easter egg hunt on Saturday

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Easter egg hunt at Kent Station April 19

Children can participate in a traditional Easter egg hunt and a scavenger hunt on Saturday, April 19 at…

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Kent man receives seven-year prison sentence for drug trafficking

A Kent man, who fled in 2009 during a drug trafficking trial, received a seven-year prison sentence for…

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Court date continued for ex-Kentridge High teacher facing sex crime charge

A court hearing has been continued to April 15 for a former Kentridge High School teacher charged with…

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Prosecutors decline to file charges in Kent produce stand shooting

King County prosecutors decided against filing any charges against a Kent property owner who in October shot and…

Angelina Morada serves up lunch to a busy grand-opening crowd Thursday at the new Dickey's Barbecue Pit at 1428 W. Meeker St. In the background is owner Ben Harris.

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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit opens in Kent

Texas-based Dickey's Barbecue Pit has opened a restaurant in Kent.

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Kent officer finds numerous violations beyond defective brake light | Police Blotter

A Kent Police officer pulled over a Toyota pickup for a defective rear brake light and soon found…

A multiple vehicle crash has blocked southbound Interstate 5 Tuesday afternoon just south of Kent Des Moines Road in Kent.

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Crashes block I-5 southbound Tuesday in Kent | Update

Eighteen vehicles involved in five separate collisions along Interstate 5 southbound in Kent caused four of the five…

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Developer plans to build 30 homes in Kent; public hearing set

A public hearing about a proposal to build 30 single-family homes in the 24400 block of 98th Avenue…

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Ex-Kent City Councilman Sharp due in court April 2

Ex-Kent City Councilman Ken Sharp had a court hearing on his first-degree theft charges continued to April 2.

Home prices were up 19.6 percent in February in Kent.

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Kent home prices rise in February but sales decrease

Home prices were up 19.6 percent in February in Kent compared to the same month last year.

Kent artist Danny Pierce sits below a self-portrait of himself at about 25 years old at the Centennial Center Gallery on Sept. 2

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Kent’s remarkable artist: Danny Pierce dies at age 93; wife Julia died 12 days earlier

Nationally recognized Kent artist Danny Pierce has died at age 93. Pierce died March 6 in Kent, just…

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Kent City Council cuts neighborhood traffic calming programs from B&O project list

Kent business owners won out over residents during the City Council's decision about how to spend business and…

A King County jail guard brings William L Phillip into court Monday in Kent for his retrial on the first-degree murder charge for the 2010 death of Seth Frankel.

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Phillip on trial again for killing city of Kent employee Frankel

The question of whether Williams L. Phillip Jr. or someone else killed city of Kent employee Seth Frankel…

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Auburn man faces pimping charges in connection with 15-year-old girl he met in Kent

A 43-year-old Auburn man faces federal and state charges for allegedly pimping a 15-year-old runaway girl he met…

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City of Kent to spend $60,000 to find new CAO, finance director

The Kent City Council voted 5-1 to spend up to $60,000 on a consultant to conduct a nationwide…

The Kent City Council still hasn't decided whether to sell the the par 3 course at the Riverbend Golf Complex.

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Kent City Council delays decision about selling par 3 course until after consultant study

No for sale sign is going up yet at the city of Kent's par 3 golf course.