Items seized in Kent during a 2024 drug raid. COURTESY PHOTO, U.S. Department of Justice

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Judge sentences former Kent man to 10 years for drug dealing

38-year-old Mexican citizen distributed fentanyl, meth, cocaine and heroin

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Kent still 6th largest city in the state with 136,588 people

Census Bureau lists top five as Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver and Bellevue

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City of Kent builds general fund reserves to $73 million

2024 Year-End Financial Status Report shows healthy surplus

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. File photo

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King County looks for trash solutions as landfill fills up

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, which is the only active landfill in King County, is set to close in…

A rendering of the SR18 diverging diamond interchange upon completion. Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation

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SR18 closure at I-90 rescheduled to start May 29

Both directions of traffic will be closed around the clock until June 4.

Open Doors for Multicultural Families plans to open an Early Learning Center and Family Resource Center as part of the proposed Kent Multicultural Village on the West Hill near light rail. Courtesy Rendering, Schemata Workshop

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Kent’s Open Doors for Multicultural Families receives $12M from state

Funds to be used for early learning and family resource centers at planned Kent Multicultural Village

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Kent Police weren’t part of ICE raid at local business

State law prohibits local agencies to assist federal agents with civil immigration matters

Kent-Meridian High School teacher Marissa Winmill, winner of a National Education Association’s human and civil rights award. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District

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Kent-Meridian High teacher wins national civil rights award

Marissa Winmill honored by National Education Association for her work with young women

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Pedestrian killed in Kent hit-and-run on Pacific Highway South | Update

Kent man, 41, identified by medical examiner; police arrest Seattle man, 32, in May 22 incident

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U.S. Rep. Smith rips ICE raid at Kent company

Says ‘Trump administration is terrorizing our community through a series of ICE arrests’

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ICE arrests 17 in raid at Kent beverage business

Tuesday, May 20 incident at Eagle Beverage; removed in handcuffs and ankle restraints to bus

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Two Kent-Meridian High School students win photography awards | Photos

Emily Fong won for flag football photo; John Sanchez won for football feature profile photo

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Kent Police arrest man wanted by Seattle Police for child rape

Issaquah man, 39, taken into custody without incident at Kent Valley business

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Comcast reports May 19 outage in Kent from vandalized cables

Service expected to be restored later in the day; second outage in a month

City of Kent Corrections Facility, 1230 Central Ave. S. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

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Medical examiner rules Kent female inmate jail death as ‘natural’

45-year-old woman died April 22 in City of Kent Corrections Facility

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Kent Police Blotter: April 28 to May 11

Incidents include wanted woman, caught on camera, 99 Ranch Market robbery

Howard Hanson Dam along the Green River. COURTESY FILE PHOTO, U.S. Army Corps

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Murray blasts Trump administration for cutting Hanson Dam funds

Congress had awarded $500 million for fish passage, water storage project; funds headed to red states

The Great Wall Shopping Mall, 18230 E. Valley Highway in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Great Wall Shopping Mall

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Asian residents target of robberies in Kent, other cities

Kent Police issue crime alert for people to be ‘informed and vigilant’

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City of Kent Corrections Facility, 1230 Central Ave. S. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

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Kent Police investigating city jail inmate death at local hospital

Medics transported Kent man, 36, to hospital after medical emergency in jail