COVID-19 — What you need to know today

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COVID-19 — What you need to know today

Coronavirus pandemic continues worldwide. How is it impacting King County today?

COVID-19 — What you need to know today

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COVID-19 — What you need to know today

Coronavirus pandemic continues worldwide. How is it impacting King County today?

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Local firefighters quarantined

Kent-based Puget Sound Fire taking proactive measures to stop COVID-19 spread

Kent Mayor Dana Ralph addresses the media.

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Patient flees Kent quarantine facility, hops northbound bus

Man tests negative for virus; city officials upset about county’s security measures at motel-turned-quarantine center | VIDEOS

Patient flees Kent quarantine facility, hops northbound bus

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Patient flees Kent quarantine facility, hops northbound bus

Man tests negative for virus; city officials upset about county’s security measures at motel-turned-quarantine center | VIDEOS

KCLS closes libraries to prevent COVID-19 spread

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KCLS closes libraries to prevent COVID-19 spread

Libraries will close tonight, March 13, at 6 p.m., and are planned to reopen April 13.

COVID-19 — What you need to know today

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COVID-19 — What you need to know today

Coronavirus pandemic continues worldwide. How is it impacting King County today?

Protesters hold signs advocating for a veto on Senate Bill 5395. Photo by Cameron Sheppard, WNPA News Service

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Protesters blast Legislature’s sex education directive

Republican lawmakers attempt to make the bill a ballot issue for November elections.

Police asking for public’s help to find missing Kent girl

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Police asking for public’s help to find missing Kent girl

Kent Police are conducting a missing person investigation involving a 16-year-old girl, and is asking the public for…

Kent schools to close March 16 to April 24, per governor’s 3-county order

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Kent schools to close March 16 to April 24, per governor’s 3-county order

Superintendent Watts: ‘The actions we are being asked to take by our governer as individuals and as school…

Darwin Gomez performs on his baritone saxophone with the Meeker Middle School Jazz Band during Kent Kids’ Arts Day last year. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter

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Kent Kids’ Arts Day at the Commons is cancelled

In keeping with guidelines established by the governor and the county’s local health officer, this year’s Kent Kids’…

4 King County paramedics quarantined after COVID-19 exposure

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4 King County paramedics quarantined after COVID-19 exposure

Two paramedic interns, two South King County primary response employees are asymptomatic, according to union executives.

South Sound Charity Run in Kent to benefit Moreno scholarship fund draws a field of nearly 200

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South Sound Charity Run in Kent to benefit Moreno scholarship fund draws a field of nearly 200

The first South Sound Charity 5K Run and Youth Dash on March 7 attracted nearly 200 runners.

U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier. REPORTER FILE PHOTO

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Rep. Schrier introduces bill requiring all insurance plans to cover full cost of COVID-19 testing

Congresswoman Kim Schrier, D-Wash., Eighth District, has introduced legislation requiring all health insurance plans to cover the full…

Entenman bill to alleviate family poverty on its way to governor’s desk

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Entenman bill to alleviate family poverty on its way to governor’s desk

The Washington Legislature passed legislation to aid low-income families Wednesday.

Photo by Haley Ausbun. The Renton Community Center, located at 1715 Maple Valley Highway, was closed until March 31 after the family of a preschooler in a program there told the city they had been exposed to a case of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Pictured: signage about the closure on the door of the center.

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Live COVID-19 Coverage: March 12

March 12, 2020

A security guard positions cones as he stands watch in front of the Econo Lodge-turned-coronavirus-quarantine site on Central Avenue North on Tuesday. King County personnel were on site preparing the motel’s transformation into an isolation/quarantine center. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter

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Petition calls for King County to stop quarantine site

Citizens, councilmembers question process for choosing locations.

Man convicted of murdering Kent woman during burglary

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Man convicted of murdering Kent woman during burglary

A man has been convicted of killing a 64-year-old Kent woman while burglarizing her East Hill home in…

City disappointed with county’s approach to manage motel as quarantine facility

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City disappointed with county’s approach to manage motel as quarantine facility

How King County plans to manage a Kent motel as an isolation/quarantine facility during the coronavirues pandemic is…

COURTESY PHOTO, Washington State Fair

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All Washington State Fair events canceled through March

Puyallup events center falls under governor’s prohibition related to COVID-19 virus