Kent Police Department had a press conference July 30 to announce formation of a regional car-theft task force. Kent Police Lt. Bob Holt

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Regional task force to put the brakes on car theft

Police agencies throughout South King County expect to be catching a lot more car thieves soon.

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Arrest follows threatening display of gun | Kent Police Blotter

A passenger in a Jeep Cherokee reportedly pointed a handgun at a man after a fight at about…

King County Superior Court Judge Richard McDermott announces a sentence for Clayton MacDonald Thursday at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. McDermott acknowledged the series of tragedies that had befallen MacDonald’s family

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Kent teen gets 7 years in shooting death of friend

The lives of two families were forever changed because of the shooting death of 16-year-old Kyle Weis by…

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Kent: Man stabbed in botched robbery, drives self to hospital

A man drove himself to the hospital July 8 after he sustained a stab wound to the chest…

Jennifer Harrell poses in the window of a greenhouse at the city’s nursery

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Nursery manager Harrell keeps Kent in the green

When Jennifer Harrell plants a tree, birds pay attention.

Work crews were out in force Tuesday doing repair work to the flood-control levee near the Riverbend Golf Course in Kent. A great deal more work needs to be done on levees throughout the Green River Valley

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Kent, county tackle levee-repair work

The Green River Valley needs the river to run through it, not over it.

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Blotter: Man sustains knife wound to chest

A man drove himself to the hospital July 8 after he sustained a stab wound to the chest…

Edward E. Cobb

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Charge filed in July 12 Kent shooting death

The King County Prosecutor’s Office filed a first-degree murder charge Friday against an 18-year-old Seattle man in connection…

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A bigger court for Kent?

City and King County officials continue to struggle with the lack of court space at the Aukeen District…

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Kent: Man holds gun to clerk’s head in store robbery

Two men, one of them armed with a handgun, reportedly robbed a clerk July 3 at a service…

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Was gang violence behind deadly shooting in Kent?

Kent detectives were still investigating Wednesday whether gang activity was behind the July 12 shooting death of a…

Ellen Bond

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Court clerk Ellen Bond keeps the job real, enjoys her work

No two court cases are the same to Ellen Bond. Despite the hundreds of cases Bond has heard…

Construction is expected to continue until late September on a new dam at Mill Creek Earthworks Park

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Earthworks Park the subject of … earthwork

Kent residents will have to wait until fall for Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park to reopen. City officials…

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Kent Events Center vote a squeaker; city council approves $5.9M budget increase

After a heated debate, the Kent City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday night to approve a $5.9 million…

Rick Gilcrist competed in the road-cycling portion of the Mountains to Sound Relay June 29 for one of two Kent Police teams. Gilcrist

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Kent cops tough out Mountains to Sound Relay

Kent Police officer Jeff Cobb discovered just how tough it can be to paddle a kayak in Lake…

Steve Pinto gets a closer look at screws that control latch speed on a door that was sticking at Fire Station 72 Wednesday.

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City worker keeps his eye on maintenance

Steve Pinto corrected an interviewer’s comment that he sees a lot of the city on his job.

Maple Valley resident Sean Connolly shows daughter Kate

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Arts gala opens Cornucopia Days

Kristi Rozdilsky walked through the opening of the Summer Art Exhibit Wednesday evening at the Centennial Center Gallery…

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Meet Jamie Danielson, the new, young face on Kent City Council

The Kent City Council decided to go young with the appointment of Jamie Danielson on Tuesday to the…

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Lake Meridian development project inches forward, court battle continues

A controversial proposal by developer Bill Floten to build 27 homes on the banks of Lake Meridian took…

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Cops taser women fighting at gas station | Kent Police Blotter

Kent Police shot two women with Taser guns to stop a fight between them at 1:30 a.m. June…