Site Logo
Police vehicle

News

Kent man charged in killing man who had an affair with his girlfriend

Des Moines man stabbed multiple times before body dumped in remote area near Skyway

Teaser

News

King County experts discuss extreme heat mitigation plan

The plan includes improving infrastructure and communications to prevent future disasters.

t

News

Enumclaw driver arrested for DUI, vehicular homicide in Highway 18 crash

Crashed into the back of a disabled semi June 27 near Tiger Mountain; Maple Valley woman killed

t

News

Swimmer swept away in Green River Gorge, presumed drowned

Saturday, June 25 near Black Diamond; 20-year-old man missing

t

News

Kent Police involved in an officer-involved shooting

Nobody hit by shots but few details released by police about June 26 incident

A rendering of the new light rail station, near Pacific Highway South and 30th Avenue South, that will be called Kent Des Moines Station along the extension from SeaTac to Federal Way scheduled to open in 2024. COURTESY IMAGE, Sound Transit

News

Sound Transit approves light rail station names in Kent, Federal Way

Kent Des Moines Station, Star Lake Station and Federal Way Downtown Station

Judged by XII: A King County Local Dive podcast. The hands shown here belong to Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, who has been charged with homicide in the 2019 death of Jesse Sarey.

News

JUDGED BY XII: Examining Auburn police officer’s grim tattoos

Episode 5 in special podcast series that explores Jeffrey Nelson’s role in the death of Jesse Sarey.

t

News

Federal Way man stabbed along Pacific Highway South in Kent

Kent Police trying to determine what led to June 19 incident

Teaser

News

King County approves emergency grant after U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Washington is expecting an influx of people seeking abortions from out of state.

t

News

Upthegrove calls Roe v. Wade ruling ‘a seismic change’ in this country

King County Council member says ‘We will not turn our backs on women’

t

News

Candidates wanted for vacant Kent School Board position

Applicants must live within District No. 2 boundaries; will replace Michele Bettinger who resigned

Fedor Osipov, 15, flips into Steel Lake in Federal Way during last year's heatwave on June 28, 2021. Olivia Sullivan/Sound Publishing

News

Heatwave expected to hit King County

Temperatures will likely reach 90 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, June 26, and Monday, June 27.

t

News

Kent high school students participate in Rotary leadership program

Students from Kentwood, Kent-Meridian and Kentlake selected for four-day camp

Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla says crime stats are at an historic high in the city for 2021 and 2022. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent Police

News

Kent Police Chief Padilla says city crime rates at historic high

Shots fired reports up 135% in 2021 from 2019; vehicle thefts jump 76%

t

News

Des Moines Police arrest murder suspect in Kent | Update

Medical examiner identifies body found June 20 in Duwamish River

t

Life

The City of Kent Summer Concert Series lineup for July-August

Free music events at three venues across town: Morrill Meadows Park, Kent Station and Lake Meridian

SKFR engine. Mirror file photo

News

Boy, 14, loses hand while reportedly playing in Federal Way with fireworks

Another 10-year-old boy also suffered minor injuries.

t

News

Michele Bettinger resigns from Kent School Board

Says it ‘has rarely felt like a healthy or safe place to work towards constructive change’

t

News

Nearly three dozen firefighters extinguish Kent apartment fire

Early Monday morning, June 20 at the Atrium on James Street Apartments

File photo

News

Fireworks ban takes effect this year in unincorporated King County

The new law does not extend to cities, which each have their own regulations around fireworks.