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Kent City budget: It’s not over yet, and more meetings are scheduled
The Kent City Council continues to grapple with the 2010 city budget after a second public hearing about…
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Kent City Council gets an earful over city budget
Seventy-two parents and players from a Kent soccer club packed the Kent City Council meeting Tuesday night at…
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Will Kent fire department, fire district merge?
The Kent City Council will vote Dec. 8 whether to ask voters next spring to approve forming a…
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Rainier Chorale gets into the holiday spirit with concerts
Ron Bayer returns year after year as director of the Kent-based Rainier Chorale because of the music and…
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Blotter: Boyfriend tells police he punched himself in the face
ASSAULT Police arrested a 30-year-old woman for investigation of fourth-degree assault after she reportedly threw a pop can…
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Late ballot decision: Heide beats Miller in hospital-board race
Voters in Valley Medical Center’s Public Hospital District 1 decided to go a new direction by picking challenger…
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Windstorm with 50 mph gusts could hit Kent tonight
Weather forecasters predict a windstorm with speeds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 50 mph…
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King County plans to euthanize its animal control, shelter services, by Jan. 31
King County plans to close its animal shelters in Kent and Bellevue by Jan. 31, and let the…
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No arrests in pedestrian-car accident in Kent; woman knocked 150 feet
A 41-year-old Kent man will not face charges from King County prosecutors in connection with his vehicle reportedly…
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Kent animal shelter: Pets to stay put, for now
With lower Green River flood odds, King County officials say they’ll keep put the cats and dogs of…
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Kent business owner dies two days after shooting; Lt. Gov. Brad Owens’ son recovering
A Kent business owner died Wednesday, two days after he reportedly shot and injured a coworker and then…
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‘This is insane,’ mom says of Green River flood threat
Billie Mayer is trying to do everything she can to protect her Kent home and personal belongings from…
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Kent bolsters levees to ward off floods
Kent city crews and contractors have placed nearly 20,000 giant sandbags along a 12-mile stretch of Green River…
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Kent sales tax picture improving: city officials give report
Kent city officials called it a “trend stopper” as sales tax revenue in September nearly matched the city’s…
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Kent shooting victim is Lt. Gov. Brad Owen’s son
A dispute between a manager and a bookkeeper Monday at a Kent auto body shop led to a…
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UPDATED STORY: Flood risk goes down for Hanson Dam; Green River Valley
THIS IS AN UPDATED STORY: The repairs at the Howard Hanson Dam have helped, but the risk of…
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DOT: State Route 167 should handle floods better than other routes
The Washington State Department of Transportation will place about 660 giant sandbags along a short stretch of Highway…
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‘I was so ecstatic.’ Re-elected Kent Mayor Cooke wants to get on with city work
Suzette Cooke was in a celebratory mood Tuesday night, the eve of the General Election ballot count. The…
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ELECTIONS: Valley Medical Center board race is a tight heat
Incumbent Mike Miller and challenger Aaron Heide are locked in a tight race for Commissioner Position No. 4…
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Kent man, estranged wife charged in child-rape case
A 36-year-old Kent man and his estranged wife are facing charges of first-degree rape of a child.