Greg Markley, center, of Puget Sound Fire, receives an International Association of Fire Fighters leadership award. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

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Puget Sound Fire’s Markley wins IAFF union leadership award

Kent-based Puget Sound Fire Division Chief Greg Markley recently received an award from the International Association of Fire…

Reid, left, and Bill Wiseman at the Mercer Island Beach Club last year. Photo courtesy of Bill Wiseman

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Artemis II commander is Mercer Islander’s younger brother

Bill Wiseman reflects on his brother Reid’s historic journey.

The Goddard School of Kent. COURTESY FILE PHOTO, The Goddard School

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Three Kent early learning centers receive state grants

Three Kent early learning facilities received a total of $464,555 in grants from the state Department of Commerce.

Staff members, families and community supporters turned out for a Tunnel of Hope event at River Ridge Elementary School in Kent to encourage students and their future success. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District

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River Ridge Elementary School in Kent celebrates students

River Ridge Elementary School leaders in Kent borrowed the human tunnel formation used by parents to celebrate young…

Youth of the community make donations at the fundraising event. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / Sound Publishing

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Islamic Center of Federal Way to leave Kent for new location

The Islamic Center of Federal Way (ICFW) is moving back to its namesake city after outgrowing the community’s…

Northbound I-405 will be closed from N. Southport Drive/NE Sunset Boulevard to Coal Creek Parkway SE. Photo provided by WSDOT

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Northbound I-405 to close this weekend in Renton and Bellevue

Northbound I-405 will be closed this weekend in Renton and Bellevue.

Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. FILE PHOTO, Kent Reporter

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Two Kent men plead not guilty in separate shooting, stabbing deaths

Two Kent men pleaded not guilty in separate cases of a fatal double shooting and fatal stabbing that…

Courtesy Photo, U.S. DEA

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Kent Police offer Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 25

Anyone with unused or expired medications can bring them to Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a photo of Ethan Nordean, circled in red, of Auburn, during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots in Washington, D.C. COURTESY PHOTO, U.S. DOJ

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DOJ moves to vacate Jan. 6 conviction for Proud Boys leader from Auburn

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to erase the conviction of a prominent leader of the Proud…

Flock camera. Courtesy photo/City of Renton

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Renton suspends use of automated license plate reader cameras

The Renton Police Department has suspended all use of its automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to comply…

Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. FILE PHOTO, Kent Reporter

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Man charged in Kent fatal stabbing along West Meeker Street

Jealously over a woman both men knew allegedly led a 40-year-old man to fatally stab a 31-year-old man…

Mount Si and the surrounding mountains, seen from The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, have minimal snow, March 25, 2026. The Snoqualmie Valley received multiple inches of snow 12 days prior. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)

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WA under statewide drought declaration after ‘dismal’ snowpack

Residents should be prepared for a dry summer with wildfire risk.

Kent Police arrest a man on an electric bike for several charges on April 13 along SE 248th Street near the Kent YMCA. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

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Kent Police arrest man on e-bike for several charges

Kent Police arrested a 39-year-old Maple Valley man riding an electric bike for investigation of hit-and-run of an…

State Sen. Tina Orwall. COURTESY PHOTO

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Orwall running for reelection to state Senate in 33rd District

State Sen. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, is running for reelection in the 33rd Legislative District.

Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. FILE PHOTO, Kent Reporter

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Kent man charged in double fatal shooting on East Hill

King County prosecutors claim it was an “unprovoked” shooting when a 34-year-old Kent man allegedly shot to death…

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D) represents the 9th Congressional District, which stretches from Auburn and Federal Way in the south to parts of Seattle and Bellevue in the north, and also includes the cities of Kent, Des Moines, Renton, Newcastle and Mercer Island. (File photo)

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Congressman Smith secures $13M for projects in King County

Nearly $13 million of federal funds will be coming to Washington’s 9th Congressional District to support locally-led projects…

File Photo, Washington State Patrol

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Kent man, 21, killed in head-on collision on SR 509

A 21-year-old Kent man was killed while driving the wrong way on State Route 509 in Seattle in…

Photo via GK Knutson.

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Federal Way High School student arrested over ‘possible threat’

Families were informed about the arrest and given more info in an email sent Sunday night.

Floodwater from the Snohomish River partially covers a flood water sign along Lincoln Avenue on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Snohomish, Washington. File photo/Sound Publishing

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Disaster declaration for WA flooding approved

President Donald Trump has approved opening up federal funding to deal with the aftermath of historic flooding that…

Construction will go from April 13 to spring 2027 along West Meeker Street in Kent between Washington Avenue and the Interurban Trail, part of the city’s Meet Me on Meeker project. COURTESY IMAGE, City of Kent

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Kent to start major construction project along West Meeker Street

Get ready for a yearlong, $6.8 million major construction project in Kent along West Meeker Street between Washington…