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State Senate passes bill to create a police use-of-force database

No central repository for use-of-force data in state currently exists

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Kent schools eye March 22 return for preschool through first grade

Hybrid plan with remote and in-person learning

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Bonita Webb named Kent School District Teacher of the Year

Teaches at Meridian Middle School

Washington State Supreme Court Justices (back row, L-R) Raquel Montoya-Lewis, Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Mary I. Yu, G. Helen Whitener, (front row, L-R) Susan Owens, Charles W. Johnson, Steven C. Gonzalez, Barbara A. Madsen and Debra L. Stephens.

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Justices strike down Washington state drug possession law

Police must stop arresting people for simple possession.

Dieu Tran, of Renton, receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 1 in the concourse of the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent.COURTESY FILE PHOTO, King County

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Eligibility at Kent, Auburn vaccination sites expanded to age 65 and older

COVID-19 shots offered Monday through Saturday

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City of Kent taking registrations for Community Police Academy | Update

All spots are filled

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Woman shot, critically injured outside Kent hookah bar

Saturday night, Feb. 27 on the East Hill

In a zipper merge, cars continue in their lanes and then take turns at the point where the lanes meet. (Koenb via Wikimedia Commons)

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Do Washington drivers need to learn the zipper merge?

Legislators propose requiring zipper merge instruction in drivers education and in license test.

IRG plans to construct several industrial buildings on the Weyerhaeuser Campus to help bring jobs back to the area. FILE PHOTO

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Property owners propose measures to protect former Weyerhaeuser campus in Federal Way

Questions about future public benefit remain.

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Lower fares on Sounder train begin March 1

$1.50 one-way fares for youth; $1 for seniors

In Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan, which was announced Jan. 28, restaurants can reopen at a maximum 25% capacity and a limit of six people per table. Inslee recently announced all counties will be staying in Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan for the next several weeks. Pictured: People enjoy outdoor dining last summer in downtown Kent. Courtesy photo

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Inslee: All of Washington to stay in Phase 2 for a few weeks

The governor issued a weekslong pause on regions moving backward, but has yet to outline a Phase 3.

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City of Kent seeks police data collection consultant

To help determine whether department’s policies and practices result in discriminatory enforcement

Entrance to the Tukwila Library branch of the King County Library System. File photo

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King County libraries will reopen in some cities for in-person services

Fall City, Kent libraries among six selected for partial reopening.

Mariah Hogan

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Kentridge High graduate receives mock trial honors at Central Washington

Mariah Hogan a senior in school’s Law and Justice program

COURTESY PHOTO, King County Library System

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Downtown Kent Library to reopen March 3

King County Library System to open six locations for in-building services

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Kent City Council to switch back to smaller committees for governing

Will replace the large Committee of the Whole with four working groups

Maya Vengadasalam

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Vengadasalam won’t seek reelection to Kent School Board

Term ends in November after eight years as a director

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Man found dead in Kent apartment by firefighters

Smoldering fire had burned itself out

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Kent Police Blotter: Feb. 9-18

Drive-by shooting, kidnapping, robbery among incidents

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State Senate passes Keiser bill to protect frontline workers during pandemic

Employees would qualify for workers’ compensation if infected by COVID-19 on job