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Firefighters find woman dead in Kent apartment

July 15 fire burned out prior to arrival of fire personnel

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Congressman Smith faces five challengers for 9th District seat

District spans from Bellevue and south Seattle down through Renton, Tukwila, Kent, Federal Way and Tacoma.

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Third round of Pandemic EBT to arrive in late July for eligible families

The DSHS benefits program assists school-aged children facing food insecurity.

A State Route 18 sign in Snoqualmie before the SR 18/I-90 interchange. File photo Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

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SR 18 to see full closure this Saturday near Snoqualmie

Highway will be fully closed between Issaquah-Hobart Road and the Interstate 90/SR 18 interchange.

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King County Local Dive: Illegal dumping, road rage shooting, problematic totem pole

A new podcast for King County residents

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Republican Party puts plenty of cash behind Boyce, Goers

Both candidates fill campaign chests for 47th Legislative District races in Kent, Auburn

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County road crews clean trash from Green River Road

The problem of illegal dumping has gotten worse recently, officials say.

County workers cleaned trash and debris from homeless encampments and illegal dumping along the Green River Road July 13 in unincorporated King County. HENRY STEWART-WOOD, Sound Publishing

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King County clears trash, debris along Green River Road near Kent

The problem of illegal dumping, homeless encampments has gotten worse recently

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988 national suicide, crisis hotline to launch soon

The three-digit calling code goes live July 16.

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Kent man, 29, sixth homicide victim in city this year

Man was shot July 2 outside of the Central Avenue Pub; no arrest yet

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State Senate showdown tops Kent-area races on primary ballot

Candidates: Kent City Council members Bill Boyce, Satwinder Kaur and former State Sen. Claudia Kauffman

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Nearly 1,500 WGU students to attend graduation at T-Mobile Park

Ceremony July 16; WGU Washington based in Kent

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Federal Way man dies after Fourth of July drive-by shooting

Kent man already has been charged with assault in the Federal Way case

Someone fired a pellet gun at this Mazda CX-5 on Wednesday morning, July 13 along northbound Interstate 5 near South 200th Street. COURTESY PHOTO, Washington State Patrol

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State Patrol seeks witnesses to I-5 pellet gun shooting near Kent

Vehicle struck, nobody injured along northbound I-5 Wednesday morning, July 13

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Kent Police Blotter: June 14 to July 9

Incidents include fatal shooting, carjackings, bank robbery, student robberies, shootouts

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Kent Commons gym renamed after Lori Hogan to honor parks employee

Hogan’s in her 48th year with city, most of it as recreation superintendent

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Cadence at Kent-Meridian sets July 21 grand opening

Senior living community near Kent-Meridian High School

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Auburn man killed in motorcycle crash along Highway 167

July 9 southbound near 15th Street Northwest

Washington State Archivist Heather Hirotaka. Courtesy photo.

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Hirotaka appointed as the next Washington State Archivist

She is the first woman to hold the position in Washington state.

Rep. Robert Sutherland at a "March For Our Rights" rally in Olympia in 2019. (Washington State House Republicans)

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Judge dismisses GOP lawmakers’ challenge of House vax rule

Rep. Robert Sutherland and five colleagues fought a requirement barring access to the House floor unless vaccinated