A man crashed this truck into a tree while driving Thursday in the 23800 block of 64th Avenue South. He suffered life-threatening injuries.

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Pickup driver injured in Kent after hitting tree

A man suffered life-threatening injuries after he lost control of his pickup truck, hit another vehicle and then…

Robert Gilbert

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King County flood district board to decide on best fix for Kent levee

The King County Flood Control District Executive Committee expects to decide within two weeks whether to choose the…

Joseph A. McDaniels.

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Man arrested in Kent for sex trafficking sentenced to 10 years in prison

A 43-year-old Shoreline man, who was arrested last year in Kent for promoting prostitution, was sentenced Tuesday in…

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Kent teen pleads guilty to two rapes; sentenced to minimum of 20 years in prison

A 16-year-old Kent boy pleaded guilty last week to two counts of first-degree rape for attacks in 2011…

Hi-Lite Bruton entertains the crowd during a Harlem Globetrotters performance. The Globetrotters perform Saturday

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Globetrotters in Kent at ShoWare Center Feb. 16

The Harlem Globetrotters return to Kent with their dazzling basketball and entertainment skills for two shows on Saturday,…

This Kent facility served as a domestic violence visitation center until closing last year.

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Kent domestic violence visitation center to stay closed

A Kent-based domestic violence visitation and exchange center that served clients for seven years remains closed with little…

Kent city officials will lobby legislators for a continued share of state revenue in 2013.

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City of Kent seeks to retain state-shared revenue

The city of Kent plans to lobby hard to keep the Legislature from taking away state-shared revenue despite…

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Seattle medical marijuana dispensary owner sentenced to prison for drug dealing

The owner of a Seattle medical marijuana dispensary that billed itself as a ‘cooperative’ when it really was…

Marijuana plant.

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State liquor board plans Seattle forum about how to implement new marijuana law

The Washington State Liquor Control Board will host a public forum Thursday, Jan. 24 in Seattle regarding the…

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Des Moines man sentenced to 10 years in prison for child porn possession

A Des Moines man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison…

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Renton man charged with assault for punching detective outside Kent courtroom

King County prosecutors charged a 23-year-old Renton man Thursday with third-degree assault for punching and head butting a…

Eighteen coal trains per day could start rolling through Kent if a proposed Gateway Pacific terminal is built near Bellingham to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to China.

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Kent City Council raises concerns about coal trains

If as many as 18 or more coal trains per day start rolling through Kent, city officials want…

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Kent Police still looking for father of girl returned after Amber Alert

Kent Police detectives on Wednesday continued their investigation into the disappearance and eventual return of an 8-year-old Kent…

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Charges expected to be filed in connection with Kent fight at Regional Justice Center

Assault charges are expected to be filed by Thursday against a 23-year-old Renton man in connection with a…

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Des Moines man to spend 32 years in prison for guard attack; sex trafficking

A 22-year-old Des Moines man will spend 32 years in prison for the January 2012 beating of a…

Kent Police and the Kent Fire Department were on the scene as a Port of Seattle bomb squad investigated a suspicious package left outside an interior door at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center on Tuesday.

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Bomb squad investigates suspicious package in Kent; no explosives found

Authorities and a Port of Seattle bomb squad investigated a suspicious package left outside an interior door at…

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Burn ban lowered to Stage 1 in King County

The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is lowering the air quality burn ban to a Stage 1 in…

State Rep. Tina Orwall

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State Rep. Orwall named House deputy speaker pro tempore

The House confirmed State Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, on Monday in Olympia as deputy speaker pro tempore.

A fight broke out Monday at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent during a criminal trial recess.

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Fight at Regional Justice Center in Kent injures three

A criminal trial stemming from a 2012 drive-by shooting in Seattle was interrupted Monday morning when a fight…

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Kent fire officials warn people to stay off frozen ponds

Kent Fire Department officials are warning people to stay off frozen ponds and lakes.