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ABC Supply selects Tardiff as Kent location manager

Wholesale distributor of roofing, siding, windows, gutters

Puget Sound Fire responds early Sunday morning, Nov. 21 to a residential fire at the Paradise Mobile Home Park in the 400 block of Washington Avenue North. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

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Firefighters extinguish fire at Kent mobile home park

Early Sunday morning, Nov. 21 in 400 block of Washington Avenue North

Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn on Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Henry Stewart-Wood/Sound Publishing

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What the history of homelessness in our region can teach us about our current crisis

A talk with the author of “Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American…

Kent-based Mother Africa’s 2021 I am an artist camp. COURTESY PHOTO, Mother Africa

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BECU awards $145,000 grant to Kent-based Mother Africa

Part of BECU’s Black Community Development Project for nonprofits

Totem Middle School is located at 26630 40th Ave. South in Kent. Photo courtesy of the Totem Middle School Facebook page

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Federal Way school board renames Totem Middle School in Kent

New name is Evergreen as district must remove inappropriate Native American symbolism

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Inquest into Seattle Police killing of Kent man could start Dec. 6

Damarius Butts, 19, died in 2017 shootout in downtown Seattle

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City of Kent’s new budget includes litter strike team, more police

City Council approves restoring 5 police officer positions; co-responder program

The 146th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is set for Jan. 26 in New York. COURTESY PHOTO, Westminster Kennel Club

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Kent woman to be judge at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Faye Strauss will judge the Working Group Jan. 26 in New York

COURTESY PHOTO, King County Sheriff’s Office
A 15-year-old SeaTac girl allegedly drove a gray 2004 Toyota Camry that hit and killed Gregory Moore of Maple Valley in July.

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Judge denies release of teen girl in hit-and-run murder case

Defense requested electronic home monitoring for SeaTac girl rather than juvenile detention

Gov. Jay Inslee joined other governors at the Climate Registry & Climate Action Reserve press conference in Glasgow, Scotland, to talk about climate achievements and goals. From left, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Gov. Jay Inslee and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Jay Inslee)

Northwest

Inslee: State agency vehicles must be all-electric by 2035

Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an executive order aimed at transitioning state government to an all-electric fleet of…

The Washington State Redistricting Commission held a public meeting over Zoom on Monday night to draw the final legislative and congressional district boundaries. Most of the five-hour session was spent in "caucus meetings" which were unavailable to the viewing public. (Washington State Redistricting Commission)

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Bipartisan commission fails to draw new political boundaries

For the first time in state history, the Supreme Court will define new congressional and legislative districts.

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Dream Theater to perform Feb. 8 at Kent’s ShoWare Center

Show had been scheduled for Paramount Theatre in Seattle

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Kent’s Drennen receives MLK service award from Upthegrove

She is founder and executive director of the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent

Kentridge High School. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District

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Kent School Board puts replacement levy on Feb. 8 ballot

Measure will help pay for 150 teachers, 17 nurses and programs not supported by state funding

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The Goddard School opens first Kent location for preschoolers

National franchised system offers enrollment for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years

Courtesy graphic, City of Kent

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Fallen tree in Kent closes portion of Frager Road South; water over other roads

Section of 148th Avenue SE closed due to flooding north of SE 256th Street

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Work to connect SR 509 and I-5 starts at Kent intersection

Big changes ahead at SR 516/I-5 interchange; Veterans Drive to go under freeway

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Kentwood High football falls in state playoffs to Graham-Kapowsin

Top-seeded Graham-Kapowsin cruises to 49-7 victory

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Firefighters extinguish Kent house fire in the Valley

Monday morning, Nov. 15 just east of the Green River

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King County Courthouse comfort dog dies

King County’s first Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA) courthouse comfort dog has died, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office…