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Male shot, injured in second shooting at same Kent location in 2 days

Police were on scene to provide security for vigil for man shot previous day

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Federal Way man fatally shot in Kent

At bus stop along Pacific Highway South near Kent Des Moines Road

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Department of Health announces QR code verification program to prove vaccination status

WA Verify is intended to make vaccine verification simpler and more efficient.

Mid-afternoon traffic on northbound Interstate 5 on Nov. 22 near Everett. Dan Bates/The Herald

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Thanksgiving traffic forecast is heavier than pre-pandemic

Drivers and ferry riders could be in for long waits, depending on when they go.

The first image records the vehicle license plate behind the violation point while the light is red. The second image records the vehicle proceeding through the intersection while the light is red. COURTESY GRAPHIC, Kent Police Department

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Kent City Council considers adding more red-light cameras

At six more intersections to double the total as well as double the revenue to about $6M per…

Comparison map between current district map and proposed draft. (Screenshot from King County’s website)

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King County proposes redistricting map, asks for feedback from public

Public invited to comment at November 30 public hearing.

(L-R) Homeowner in S. 344th Street neighborhood Mia Franklin, GarageTown unit owner Peter Barbin, and GarageTown Condominium Association President Brad Thorson. Henry Stewart-Wood/Sound Publishing

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Residents, city officials say ‘Not in Federal Way’ to Sound Transit’s OMF site

Board to select Kent or Federal Way location in December for light rail facility

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Sound Transit nears decision for light rail maintenance facility

Board to pick Kent or Federal Way location in December

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King County Executive appoints Patti Cole-Tindall as interim sheriff

Cole-Tindall has a background in the sheriff’s office and county government.

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Michael Strahan to be on next Kent-based Blue Origin space flight

‘Good Morning America’ co-anchor to be honorary guest along with Alan Shepard’s daughter

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Kent motorcyclist, 33, dies in early Sunday morning collision

Kent woman, 45, arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide

Puget Sound Fire responds early Sunday morning, Nov. 21 to a residential fire at the Paradise Mobile Home Park in the 400 block of Washington Avenue North. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

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Firefighters extinguish fire at Kent mobile home park

Early Sunday morning, Nov. 21 in 400 block of Washington Avenue North

Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn on Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Henry Stewart-Wood/Sound Publishing

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What the history of homelessness in our region can teach us about our current crisis

A talk with the author of “Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American…

Kent-based Mother Africa’s 2021 I am an artist camp. COURTESY PHOTO, Mother Africa

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BECU awards $145,000 grant to Kent-based Mother Africa

Part of BECU’s Black Community Development Project for nonprofits

Totem Middle School is located at 26630 40th Ave. South in Kent. Photo courtesy of the Totem Middle School Facebook page

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Federal Way school board renames Totem Middle School in Kent

New name is Evergreen as district must remove inappropriate Native American symbolism

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Inquest into Seattle Police killing of Kent man could start Dec. 6

Damarius Butts, 19, died in 2017 shootout in downtown Seattle

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City of Kent’s new budget includes litter strike team, more police

City Council approves restoring 5 police officer positions; co-responder program

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A 15-year-old SeaTac girl allegedly drove a gray 2004 Toyota Camry that hit and killed Gregory Moore of Maple Valley in July.

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Judge denies release of teen girl in hit-and-run murder case

Defense requested electronic home monitoring for SeaTac girl rather than juvenile detention

The Washington State Redistricting Commission held a public meeting over Zoom on Monday night to draw the final legislative and congressional district boundaries. Most of the five-hour session was spent in "caucus meetings" which were unavailable to the viewing public. (Washington State Redistricting Commission)

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Bipartisan commission fails to draw new political boundaries

For the first time in state history, the Supreme Court will define new congressional and legislative districts.

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Kent’s Drennen receives MLK service award from Upthegrove

She is founder and executive director of the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent