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Kent mortgage firm owner pleads guilty to fraud
The owner of a Kent-based mortgage company pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to conspiracy…
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Police arrest teen Monday after standoff in Kent
Kent Police took a 17-year-old boy into custody without incident after a one-hour standoff Monday afternoon at an…
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Cage fighters to Kent’s ShoWare Center: The buzz and the hype
Kent just might become a hotbed for professional mixed martial arts cage fighting. Twenty fighters will compete in…
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Kent resident Alyssa A. McLemore reported missing
A 21-year-old Kent woman has been missing since April 9, according to the Kent Police. Alyssa A. McLemore,…
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Joined police forces result in King County gang crackdown
Twenty-five known gang members were arrested for investigation of narcotics violations, outstanding warrants or immigration violations as part…
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Kent City Council: Tell us where to cut budget
If the city’s budget shortfalls continue, Kent may have to start cutting its services or programs. That’s the…
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Acclaimed pianist in the Kent Spotlight
Just as many kids did, George Winston took a few piano lessons and quit. “I was about 6…
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T-Birds at ShoWare: First season went well
Seattle Thunderbird hockey officials expect tickets to a T-Bird game to be a hotter item next year than…
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Lingerie Football League plans visit to area next week
Fans will get a free preview next week of the Seattle Mist, a new women’s Lingerie Football League…
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Majestics women’s football ready for season opener in Kent
Few women’s tackle football teams know each other as well as the Seattle Majestics and Corvallis Pride. Seattle…
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Kent Council, mayor: Not legal to immediately reduce salaries
Kent City Council members and Mayor Suzette Cooke discovered there’s little they can do to immediately reduce their…
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Learn the fine art of swordplay in Kent
Instructor Greg Michaels stands confident that just about anyone can learn swashbuckling – the audacious art of sword-fighting…
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All systems go: Riverbend Golf Course opens this week
Golfers can expect plenty of changes at the redesigned Riverbend Golf Course. It opened Wednesday. Holes No. 5,…
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Kent Mayor goes to the source for federal funds
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke and two other city officials lobbied heavily before Washington senators and congress members recently…
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Majestics: Real women playing real football
Kent is the new home of yet another Seattle sports team. The Seattle Majestics of the Independent Women’s…
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Kent shelter reconnects escaped cat with owner
Ken Gold hoped his lost cat would show up one day. But for nine months he hadn’t heard…
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Howard Hanson Dam has officials worried for next winter
Col. Anthony Wright jumped right into the middle of the depression on the abutment adjacent to the Howard…
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Kent city employees agree to pay cuts to save jobs
All four Kent city unions as well as a group of non-represented employees voted to take pay cuts…
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WSP seeking witnesses to fatal crash on State Route 167
Washington State Patrol investigators are seeking witnesses to a head-on crash Sunday on State Route 167 that took…