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KentHOPE offers workshop about homelessness

Come learn more about how KentHOPE Women & Children's Day Center is growing, what has happened in the first year of operation and get better equipped to help those who are experiencing homelessness.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Allegro Dance Studio's P.U.R.E dance team performs at last year's You Me We festival at the ShoWare Center. The free festival returns to the ShoWare on Jan.30.

You Me We festival returns to ShoWare on Friday | LINEUP

You Me We 2015 – a festival of free family fun and a celebration of local talent and the many youth and teen resources available in Kent – returns to the ShoWare Center on Friday.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Allegro Dance Studio's P.U.R.E dance team performs at last year's You Me We festival at the ShoWare Center. The free festival returns to the ShoWare on Jan.30.

Annual One Night Count finds 135 homeless people in Kent

An annual volunteer count found 135 homeless people in Kent, more than double the number from last year.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kevin L. Baker enters a not guilty plea on Monday to 14 counts of theft from the Kent Little League during his role as treasurer of the organization.

Ex-treasurer pleads not guilty to stealing Kent Little League funds

A former Kent Little League treasurer pleaded not guilty on Monday to 14 counts of first-and second-degree theft for allegedly stealing $226,515 over a 16-month period in 2012-13 from the youth baseball and softball group.

Kevin L. Baker enters a not guilty plea on Monday to 14 counts of theft from the Kent Little League during his role as treasurer of the organization.

Kent School District presents Beyond High School on Feb. 4

Beyond High School, an opportunity for students to explore future options, is Feb. 4 at the Kentwood High School, main gymnasium, 25800 164th Ave. SE, Covington.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority call report.

Kent Fire Department call report Jan. 18-24

A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority call report.
T-Birds goalie Danny Mumaugh

T-Birds regain goalie; Mumaugh retires | WHL

Goalie Logan Flodell has joined the Seattle Thunderbirds for the remainder of the season, team general manager Russ Farwell announced today.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
T-Birds goalie Danny Mumaugh
The grand opening for the Michael Tolleson Savant Art Center

Savant Art Center grand opening in downtown Kent on Monday night

The grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Michael Tolleson Savant Art Center in downtown Kent runs from 5-8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
The grand opening for the Michael Tolleson Savant Art Center
Taran Kozun

Kozun, T-Birds silence Chiefs | WHL

Taran Kozun made 20 saves, leading the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 2-0 shutout victory over the Spokane Chiefs in a Western Hockey League game Sunday night at Veterans Memorial Arena.

  • Jan 26, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Taran Kozun
The T-Birds' Roberts Lipsbergs

Winterhawks top T-Birds in overtime in front of sellout crowd | WHL

The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds in overtime, 4-3, in Western Hockey League play Saturday night.

  • Jan 25, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
The T-Birds' Roberts Lipsbergs
Kent Firefighters quickly doused an unoccupied mobile home early Saturday morning.

Kent Firefighters extinguish unoccupied mobile home fire

Kent Fire Department RFA investigators are working to determine what caused a mobile home fire in the 12200 block of Southeast 207 Street early Saturday morning.

  • Jan 24, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Kent Firefighters quickly doused an unoccupied mobile home early Saturday morning.

Americans shut out T-Birds, 4-0 | WHL

The Tri-City Americans shut out the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-0 Friday night in Western Hockey League play at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.

  • Jan 24, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
A rendering of a proposed FAA regional headquarters office that Kent city officials want to see built on the Riverbend par 3 property.

Kent hopes to attract new FAA offices to Riverbend par 3 property

Kent city officials hope to attract a new Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Northwest Region Headquarters to the city-owned Riverbend par 3 golf course property.

A rendering of a proposed FAA regional headquarters office that Kent city officials want to see built on the Riverbend par 3 property.
Andy Conner

Deputy questions Kent Police role in probe

It turned their lives upside down and continues to burn Andy and Laura Conner. How the Kent Police Department gave an unsubstantiated accusation to the King County Sheriff's Office about Andy's alleged misuse of a nonprofit agency's funds.

Andy Conner
Gov. Jay Inslee

Gov. Inslee’s pollution control proposal: Carbon emissions reduction plan could generate funds for education, transportation

At the core of Gov. Jay Inslee's plea for stricter remedial climate legislation is an attempt to put a cap on Washington's pollution.

  • Jan 23, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
Gov. Jay Inslee

Group aims to reduce gang problems

The Suburban King County Coordinating Council on Gangs, an organization created in 2011 to help stymie gang issues has begun implementing a plan to help reduce and intervene in gang problems in South King County, including Renton, Auburn and Kent.

NFC champions T-Shirts lie stacked and awaiting boxes at Kent's Polar Graphics

Kent company busy printing championship shirts

Kent's Polar Graphics, the official printer of Seahawks shirts, is busy trying to keep up with the demand.

  • Jan 22, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
NFC champions T-Shirts lie stacked and awaiting boxes at Kent's Polar Graphics
The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum honors Roger Newton with its annual show.

Roger Newton R/C Model Show returns to Kent on Feb. 7

The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum hosts the seventh annual Roger Newton R/C Model Show on Feb. 7.

  • Jan 22, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum honors Roger Newton with its annual show.
State Secretary of Health

State Attorney General Ferguson proposes raising smoking age from 18 to 21

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Wednesday announced a bill that would make the state the first to raise the legal age for purchasing and possessing tobacco and vapor products to 21.

  • Jan 21, 2015
  • BY Wire Service
State Secretary of Health

Parents, teachers concerned about problems with special ed

Heidi is the stepmother of a special needs student at Kent-Meridian High School. She can't always understand what he says, which comes out in short bursts of "ye" and "nu," but she can see the fear in his eyes when she talks about sending him to school.