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Engines from Kent’s Blue Origin help launch Vulcan rocket to moon

Unmanned flight hopes to reach lunar surface around Feb. 23

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Kent Police arrest parents of boy, 3, for DUI and reckless endangerment

Federal Way couple reportedly using drugs in vehicle with their child in the back seat

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Lake Meridian Park playground in Kent to get new surface

State awards $100,000 grant to city to help pay for spring project at popular park

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Man injured, one dog saved, one dog dies in Kent apartment fire

About 20 people displaced in Friday morning, Jan. 5 fire at The BLVD Apartments on West Hill

Seattle faced Everett in the first game played at the new Kent ShoWare Center.  Seattle defeated Everett 4 to 3.

Sports

A look back: Thunderbirds made Kent’s ShoWare Center debut 15 years ago

Western Hockey League team moved to town in January 2009 from Seattle Center’s KeyArena

Courtesy Photo, Metro Creative Graphics

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Kent apartment rents down 2.7% compared to same time last year

Median rent per month in Kent is $1,391 for a one-bedroom apartment, $1,718 for a two-bedroom

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Kent to get 288-unit apartment complex along West Meeker Street

Modular units planned for sites where Monte Carlo Pub and abandoned store sit

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Two victims identified in separate Kent vehicle crashes

Each was a passenger in collisions over New Year’s weekend

The Seattle Dykes on Bikes at the 2023 Making Strides of Seattle breast cancer walk. Courtesy photo.

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Lesbian motorcycle club offers community and security

Membership continues to grow for the first Washington state chapter of Dykes on Bikes.

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Sheriff’s Office finds small explosive device at Kent Station parking garage

Juveniles suspected of using devices New Year’s Day evening; nobody hurt; no arrests made

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Kent woman, 30, dies in two-car collision on East Hill

Early Saturday morning, Dec. 30 in 12400 block of SE 256th Street

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Kent City Council eyes option to raise sales tax to pay for more police

Top priority for 2024 legislative session: Get ability to boost sales tax without voter approval

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Single-vehicle crash in Kent kills 18-year-old SeaTac man

Police arrest Covington man, 19, for investigation of vehicular homicide in Lake Fenwick Road crash

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City of Kent plans to repaint, repave Meeker Street bridge in summer

Estimated $5 million project will include detours while major work is underway

Screenshot from a GoFundMe page created to raise money for Brandi Blake’s memorial service. Blake left with murder suspect Richard Bradley on May 5, 2021, and was never seen again. (Courtesy image)

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More murder charges filed for suspect accused of luring victims with gold

Richard Bradley, 40, of Kent, pleaded not guilty to the new charges at his arraignment.

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Year in review: Kent’s top stories of 2023 | Photos

Month-by-month look back at Kent Reporter top articles

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Kent-based T-Birds trade center Sawchyn to Edmonton Oil Kings

Two WHL prospects also traded in return for center Pilling and seven draft picks

Police released this image of a suspect in connection with a hatchet attack in Town Square Park in Federal Way. (Photo provided by Federal Way Police Department)

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FWPD works with Kent Police to arrest hatchet-wielding suspect

In the process of detaining the suspect, an officer-involved shooting occurred.

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Kent’s Nana’s Southern Kitchen gives out 1,000 meals on Christmas Day

Vehicles lined up for the fourth annual event

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Shot fired as Fife Police arrest murder suspect at a Kent motel

Nobody hit by gunfire by SWAT officer in Dec. 21 incident