A rendering of transit-oriented development. COURTESY IMAGE, Sound Transit

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Sound Transit seeks public feedback on development near light rail in Kent

Online survey about projects to be built near Kent/Des Moines Station

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Airways Brewing Bistro & Beer Garden in Kent to celebrate 10th anniversary

Special menu items, deals Nov. 5-7; Airways to expand patio seating in 2022

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Costumed children flock to Haunted Boo-levard at Kent Station | Photos

Colonel Sanders, Spider-man, firefighters among the outfits

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Kent-based Blue Origin helping to develop commercial space station

Partners with Sierra Space, Boeing and others on project

Kentlake High School. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District

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Social media post about Kentlake High shooting not viable threat

Sheriff’s Office, school officials make determination about Oct. 25 warning

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Police arrest man wanted in Des Moines triple fatal shooting | Update

Joshua Puloka, aka Joshua Everybodytalksabout, turned himself in to police

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Racial disparities in bike helmet law forces decision by King County health board

On Oct. 21, the King County Board of Health discussed striking down a county law that requires bicycle…

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King County seeks volunteers to serve on open space acquisition and protection committee

Recruitment is open until November 8.

Sixty students in the Kent School District have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since Oct. 1, including six at Kent-Meridian High School. COURTESY PHOTO, Kent School District

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Kent School District reports 60 COVID-19 student cases so far in October

First released report with student, staff cases at each school

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Kent City Council adds $500,000 for sidewalks to 2022 budget

Also favors $200,000 to pay homeless people to remove graffiti

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Kent man killed by train while standing on tracks

Oct. 20 near the 700 block of First Avenue North in Kent

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Enrollment drops again in Kent School District

A decrease of 1,304 students this year compared to September 2020

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Dunn proposes memorial for King County residents lost to pandemic

Nearly 2,000 have died of COVID-19

Geographic dispersion of Washington State Patrol commissioned personnel who lost their jobs Oct. 18. (Washington State Patrol)

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Rather than get vaccine, nearly 1,900 state workers lose jobs

Exactly how many people will be out of work for ignoring Gov. Jay Inslee’s vaccine mandate isn’t known…

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Local Kent service clubs clean up portion of Green River Trail

Nearly 75 volunteers attended event

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SeaTac girl faces additional hit-and-run charges

Same driver who reportedly killed Maple Valley jogger also injured man in Des Moines

King County Courthouse adjacent to City Hall Park (courtesy of City of Seattle)

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County council votes to take dangerous park out of Seattle’s hands

City Hall Park, next to the courthouse in downtown Seattle, has had multiple reports of crime.

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Amazon commits $24.8M to affordable housing in Kent, Des Moines

For purchase of The BLVD and Marina Club apartment complexes

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Health care workers call on state’s hospitals to help mitigate staffing crisis

Health care workers unions claim hospitals have the resources to fix the issue.

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The remaining members of the Kent High School class of 1946, (Front row left to right: Beverly Johnson, Roy Smith, Mary Loop and Harold Botts. Back row left to right: Joan Nelson, Dick Mergems, Phyllis Alford).

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Kent High School Class of 1946 remembers how things were in town

Farms populated the Kent Valley 75 years ago