Kent's Courtney Thompson helped the U.S. Women's Volleyball Team take a silver medal at the London Olympics.

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Kent’s Courtney Thompson starts for injured setter at Summer Olympics | Update

Kent's Courtney Thompson started at setter Tuesday and helped lead the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team into the…

Little Bill and the Blue Notes perform at noon Tuesday

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Blues band to play Tuesday at Kent Station

Get down with the blues music of Pacific Northwest original Little Bill and the Blue Notes at noon…

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Kent Fire Department to host golf tournament for community assistance program

The Kent Fire Department will host its first Community Assistance Referral and Education Services (FDCARES) charity golf tournament…

Kent's ShoWare Center got hit by an unexpected business and occupation tax by the state Department of Revenue.

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State hits ShoWare Center in Kent with unexpected B&O tax

The city-owned ShoWare Center took a deeper loss than expected in the second quarter of this year because…

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Kent seeks volunteers to write pro/con statements about property tax levy measure

The Kent City Council is seeking volunteers to write the statements that will appear in the voters’ pamphlet…

Former drag racer Jerry 'The King' Ruth will be the subject of a special Greater Kent Historical Society program Aug. 23 at Kent Commons.

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Learn about career of Kent drag racer Jerry Ruth at Aug. 23 program

Find out all about the career of former drag racer Jerry "The King" Ruth at a special program…

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Kent’s Allegro dance studio earns high ranking in Northwest, nation

The Allegro Performing Arts Academy in Kent has been named one of the top 60 dance studios in…

Kent's outdoor summer movies start at 9 p.m. Friday

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Kent outdoor movies start Aug. 10

Outdoor summer movies return to Kent at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10 with a showing of "The Muppets."

Seattle rock band Random Manor plays at 7 p.m. Thursday

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Rock band Random Manor plays Thursday in Kent

The Seattle rock band Random Manor plays at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2 at Lake Meridian Park in…

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Group plans statewide initiative drive in 2013 to end marijuana prohibition

Seattle-based Sensible Washington announced Tuesday that it will try to get a statewide initiative in 2013 to ask…

Kent City Council President Dennis Higgins talks about the need for a property tax increase as Mayor Suzette Cooke

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Kent residents to vote in November on property tax increase to pay for parks, streets

Kent voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to approve a property tax levy increase to help pay for…

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Kent man shot in neck during fight in Burien

A 26-year-old Kent man was shot in the neck during an altercation with another man Tuesday night in…

Caspar Babypants performs at noon Wednesday

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Caspar Babypants to entertain at Kent park Wednesday, Aug. 1

Caspar Babypants, a popular entertainer in the Seattle are for children and adults, performs Wednesday, Aug. 1 in…

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ShoWare basketball tournament in Kent draws 160 teams

Basketball players of all ages filled up temporary courts at the ShoWare Center parking lot on Saturday and…

The Kent City Council is considering asking voters to approve a property tax levy to pay for repairs to streets and parks.

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Kent City Council to meet Tuesday to consider new taxes for streets, parks

The Kent City Council will have a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31 at City Hall,…

The annual open house at the Neely-Soames Historic Homestead in Kent is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

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Check out Kent’s Neely-Soames Homestead open house Aug. 18

The Neely-Soames Historic Homestead in Kent will have its annual open house Saturday, Aug. 18, to let visitors…

Kellee Bradley will perform at noon Tuesday

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Singer Kellee Bradley to perform at Kent Station Tuesday, July 31

Seattle singer Kellee Bradley performs at noon Tuesday, July 31 at the Kent Station shopping mall as part…

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Two men injured in van crash along Highway 167 near Kent, Auburn

Two men were injured near the Kent-Auburn border after their van left the roadway and rolled over at…

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Prosecutors charge Kent couple for pimping girls

King County prosecutors have charged a 44-year-old Kent woman and her 32-year-old boyfriend with promoting commercial sexual abuse…

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State says Kent property can come off contaminated sites list

The state Department of Ecology proposes to remove a Kent property from a statewide list of contaminated sites…