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Kent City budget: No job losses projected

Kent city officials do not expect to cut any city jobs this year in order to meet a…

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Charges filed in Jan. 15 Kent drug deal gone bad, shooting

King County prosecutors Thursday filed first-degree robbery charges against a Renton man and a Kent man in connection…

The Peking Acrobats perform 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Kentwood High Performing Arts Center.

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World-famous Peking Acrobats set to take center stage in Kent

Mouths are expected to drop and heads to shake when the Peking Acrobats perform Jan. 29 in Kent.

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Panther Lake man sees 30-year prison sentence in wife’s shooting death

A King County Superior Court judge on Jan. 13 sentenced Tracy Floren to 30 years in prison for…

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Kent teen charged as adult in stabbing incident

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Jan. 13 charged a 17-year-old Kent boy with first-degree assault in…

Antonio Montiel Flores of Kent

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Kent man charged with animal fighting, after officials find surgically enhanced roosters

A Kent man and three other men pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning at their arraignments in King County…

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Kent man enters plea in child-pornography case; allegedly sought work as a nanny

King County prosecutors charged a 45-year-old Kent man Jan. 6 for possessing child pornography in connection with photos…

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ShoWare officials work to pare down Liquor Board fine

ShoWare Center operators could see a reduction in a state Liquor Control Board fine as they implement new…

The Kent Police Department is seeking the help of the public locating a woman missing since January 2

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Update: Police search Clark Lake Park for missing Kent woman

The King County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and K-9 unit are searching Wednesday afternoon at Clark Lake Park…

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Police arrest Kent boy in stabbing incident

Kent Police arrested a 17-year-old Kent boy for investigation of first-degree assault in connection with the stabbing of…

The Kent Animal Care and Control Shelter is owned and operated presently by King County. But that will change in coming months.

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King County now says it will stay in animal-shelter business until June 30

King County officials won’t be getting out of the animal-shelter business as quickly as they had planned. The…

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Man sentenced for Kent rape of 14-year-old girl

A 31-year-old man was sentenced Jan. 6 to a minimum of 7 years, 2 months in prison for…

Jamie Perry

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Passing the torch: Kent Council gets new president

Jamie Perry quickly has moved up the Kent City Council ladder. The Council unanimously elected Perry (formerly known…

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Kent man charged with cockfighting – Developing story

King County prosecutors have charged a 37-year-old Kent man as well as three other men for animal fighting…

Pink Floyd Experience opens its 2010 tour with nine dates in Canada before arriving Jan. 21 in Kent for the first of 32 stops in the United States.

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Pink Floyd Experience comes to Kent: Bringing back the pig and the sound

Fans can expect to get blown away by the rock, when the Pink Floyd Experience plays the ShoWare…

Kent resident Blake Leonard Marter enters his not guilty plea Monday in court at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. Marter has been charged with third-degree child molestation in connection with a Dec. 16 incident where a teenager said she said a man with his pants just above his knees jumped out and grabbed her leg. The white image on the photo is from a reflection on the glass window which Marter was behind in court.

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Kent man enters plea in pantless attack on Kent-Meridian student

A 21-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Monday morning in King County Superior Court in Kent to a…

Just how safe is the network of levees along the Green River? Shown above is a levee at the Riverbend Golf Course in Kent

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Green River levee system has weak areas, could affect flood control

Recent repair projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have greatly improved the strength of sections of…

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Kent man charged with molestation after attack on teenager near Kent-Meridian High

The King County Prosecutor's Office filed a charge Dec. 23 of third-degree child molestation against a 21-year-old Kent…

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Eight ShoWare Center vendors caught selling alcohol to minors

A state Liquor Control Board sting caught eight vendors at the ShoWare Center in Kent selling alcohol to…

A Kent-Meridian Student was attacked by a half naked man along this trail behind French Field on December 16.

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Prosecutors charge Kent man with molestation after trail attack

The King County Prosecutor’s Office filed a charge Wednesday of third-degree child molestation against a 21-year-old Kent man…