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State Senate showdown tops Kent-area races on primary ballot

Candidates: Kent City Council members Bill Boyce, Satwinder Kaur and former State Sen. Claudia Kauffman

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Nearly 1,500 WGU students to attend graduation at T-Mobile Park

Ceremony July 16; WGU Washington based in Kent

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Federal Way man dies after Fourth of July drive-by shooting

Kent man already has been charged with assault in the Federal Way case

Photos of Justin O’Leary leaked to and shared by WaNaziWatch (Screenshot from WaNaziWatch website)

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Online watchdog group gives a closer look at far-right extremists in King County

Justin O’Leary, of Des Moines, was recently arrested in Idaho with other members of Patriot Front.

Someone fired a pellet gun at this Mazda CX-5 on Wednesday morning, July 13 along northbound Interstate 5 near South 200th Street. COURTESY PHOTO, Washington State Patrol

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State Patrol seeks witnesses to I-5 pellet gun shooting near Kent

Vehicle struck, nobody injured along northbound I-5 Wednesday morning, July 13

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Kent Police Blotter: June 14 to July 9

Incidents include fatal shooting, carjackings, bank robbery, student robberies, shootouts

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Kent Commons gym renamed after Lori Hogan to honor parks employee

Hogan’s in her 48th year with city, most of it as recreation superintendent

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Cadence at Kent-Meridian sets July 21 grand opening

Senior living community near Kent-Meridian High School

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Auburn man killed in motorcycle crash along Highway 167

July 9 southbound near 15th Street Northwest

Adam Young has been invited to the U.S. Blind Hockey training camp, but is relying on donations to fund his upcoming trip. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Blind hockey player invited to national training camp

Adam Young of Kent looks forward to joining the United States Blind Hockey team in August.

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People fill up downtown streets during Kent Cornucopia Days

Popular festival returns after two-year absence due to COVID-19

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Vehicle crashes into Kent restaurant; minor injuries to two patrons

Afternoon of July 8 at Pho Cat Sang restaurant in Panther Lake

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Gang members with ties to Kent shootings receive prison sentences

Each gets four years, six months for illegal firearm possession

A large van was crushed by earthquake debris in a Seattle parking lot in this photo taken March 4, 2001. FEMA News Photo by Kevin Galvin

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Massive earthquake on Seattle Fault would bring catastrophic tsunami waves

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake could create a tsunami that would flood the Seattle shoreline in over 20 feet…

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.

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JUDGED BY XII: Auburn officer’s violent past presented in pretrial hearing

Episode 6 in this special podcast series that explores Jeffrey Nelson’s history of violent interactions with community members…

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Kent man, 19, charged with assault in drive-by shooting in Federal Way

A 19-year-old victim was celebrating the Fourth of July outside of his home when shooting occurred

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Firefighters extinguish two-alarm blaze at Kent warehouse

Wednesday evening, July 6 along South 194th Street

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Two Kent-based T-Birds taken in NHL Draft’s first round

Kevin Korchinski to Chicago with 7th pick; Reid Schaefer to Edmonton with 32nd pick

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Modern urban village theme chosen for new Kent Sounder station

Sound Transit to incorporate public feedback into design of garage scheduled to open in 2026

A pipe-clogging fatberg being removed (Screenshot from Washington Association of Sewer & Water Districts website)

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New ‘Do Not Flush’ labeling law goes into effect across Washington this month

Officials estimate $440 million is spent removing clogs caused by improperly flushed products yearly