Corey Tita pushes the ball up the floor for Kentwood. Ben Ray / The Reporter

Sports

Kentwood boys fall at home to Auburn

Conks sit third in NPSL behind Auburn and Kennedy Catholic.

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Inslee reduces sentence for man convicted in Kent Denny’s shooting

Frank Evans III to serve 17 fewer years for 2007 shooting that injured five

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Kent-based Puget Sound Fire crews help battle Palisades fire in LA

Seven firefighters work shifts of 36 hours and 33 hours with 15-hour rest period

Kent-Meridian senior Christian Mortimer drives to the basket. Ben Ray / The Reporter

Sports

Kent-Meridian boys drop game to Highline

Royals lose third straight game.

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Kent man, 66, dies in three-vehicle crash along Kent-Kangley Road

He was driving Ford Mustang that crossed into the oncoming lanes Friday night, Jan. 10

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Fiery head-on crash in Kent along State Route 167 critically injures man

State Patrol arrests Tacoma man for investigation of vehicular assault after Sunday, Jan. 12 collision

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Kent-based Blue Origin reschedules New Glenn rocket launch | Update

Company plans unmanned first flight for Thursday, Jan. 16 in Cape Canaveral, Florida

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News

Kent city leaders to pursue state streamlined sales tax mitigation funds

Lobbying Legislature for more revenue to help uplift the Kent community

Kentwood’s Jessica Ajayi takes a three-pointer against Kentridge. Ben Ray / The Reporter

Sports

Hoops: Kentwood and Kentridge split doubleheader

Kentridge girls and Kentwood boys take home wins in rivalry clash.

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News

Kent School District seeks applicants for vacant board position

Residents must live in District 4; board will pick replacement for Awale Farah who resigned

Looking out over Cell 8 during the fall 2024 public tour of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

Northwest

Where will all the waste go? King County’s only landfill expected to be completely full by 2040

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill receives about 1 million tons of waste a year.

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Sports

Kent Reporter Athletes of the Week: Kentlake and Kentridge

Jaxon Love (wrestling), Miley Lam (BBall), Jordyn Keith (BBall) and Finnegan Linnane (Wrestling)

Appian Way Apartments, 25818 26th Pl. S., on Kent’s West Hill. COURTESY PHOTO, Apartments.com

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Mercy Housing to pay for flood damages at Kent’s Appian Way Apartments

Units damaged after teen driver struck fire hydrant in parking lot

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Kent-based Puget Sound Fire sends firefighters to combat LA wildfires

Seven firefighters part of group across the state to assist in California

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Teen crashes into fire hydrant, floods Kent apartments

15-year-old driver reportedly moving car in parking lot when he struck hydrant

The Seattle Thunderbirds traded Sawyer Mynio to the Calgary Hitmen for two players and four draft picks. COURTESY PHOTO, Brian Liesse, Seattle Thunderbirds

Sports

Kent-based T-Birds trade away top player for 2 players, 4 draft picks

Defenseman Sawyer Mynio sent to Calgary Hitmen as last-place Seattle builds for future

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City of Kent opens two new roundabouts along Reith Road

Contractor wraps up construction along route between West Hill and Valley

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Death of Kent man, 61, at home in October 2024 ruled homicide

King County Sheriff’s Office says incident ‘remains an open death investigation’

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Sound Transit light rail stations in Kent closer to completion | Photos

Vehicle testing begins as agency eyes spring 2026 opening of Federal Way Link extension

Kentlake’s Matthew Lawrence reels the ball in against Decatur. Ben Ray / The Reporter

Sports

Kentlake boys basketball drops sixth straight

Falcons search for answers in HS Bryce Demecilio’s first season.