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Cigarette ashes cause small fire at Kent office building

Cigarette ashes started a small fire at about 11 a.m. Thursday at an office building in the 400 block of West Titus Street in downtown Kent.

Kent Police bust man, woman for thefts at East Hill businesses

Kent Police arrested a 23-year-old Kent man and a 21-year-old Covington woman Wednesday night for investigation of theft in connection with several recent incidents at East Hill businesses.

The Seattle Mist won't be making any tackles in 2012 in the Lingerie Football League

Lingerie Football League to skip 2012 season in Kent, rest of nation

There's going to be little to nothing to see of the women's Lingerie Football League this year in Kent.

The Seattle Mist won't be making any tackles in 2012 in the Lingerie Football League

Montessori Time School to host community event

Montessori Time School is giving back to the community with an educational evening on May 3 at 6:30 p.m.

  • Apr 12, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

Kent-Meridian High School hosts improvement discussion

Kent-Meridian High School invites anyone interested to join a discussion from their School Improvement Team social on May 3.

  • Apr 12, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

Kent stores apply to sell hard liquor under new law

Many stores around Kent are looking to sell hard liquor once privatization takes full effect on June 1.

Kent firefighter Steve Smith rescues one of 13 ducklings Tuesday from a East Hill storm drain.

Kent firefighters rescue 13 ducklings on East Hill

Kent firefighters rescued 13 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain Tuesday morning on the East Hill.

Kent firefighter Steve Smith rescues one of 13 ducklings Tuesday from a East Hill storm drain.
Pat Gray

Kent focus groups say no to homeless shelter

Faced with opposition from a concerned community, a proposed homeless shelter is no longer a possibility for one downtown Kent location.

Pat Gray
The World's Fair grounds in 1962 at Seattle Center.

World’s Fair exhibit to open at Kent Museum

An exhibit about the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle opens Saturday, April 21 at the Kent Historical Museum, 855 E. Smith St.

  • Apr 11, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
The World's Fair grounds in 1962 at Seattle Center.

State charges Kent businessman with L&I benefits theft; man is son of lieutenant governor

The state Attorney General's Office has charged a Kent businessman with four counts of first-degree theft and one count of forgery for allegedly receiving $19,459 from the state for a job injury claim even though he had returned to work.

Kent petition drive can start for low-enforcement marijuana offenses initiative

Sensible Washington, which filed an initiative last month with the city of Kent to let voters decide whether the city should make marijuana offenses the lowest enforcement priority by Kent Police, received the go-ahead from Kent City Attorney Tom Brubaker to start to collect signatures.

Two employees at Kent 911 center named Dispatchers of the Year

Two employees of the Valley Communications Center in Kent are being honored as King County Emergency Medical Dispatchers of the Year.

Spring theater comes to Kent high schools

Kentlake High School is putting on “Beauty and the Beast” April 18-21 and 25-28.

  • Apr 10, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

Kent fire investigators wait to enter destroyed carpet recycling facility to determine cause

It is expected to take at least until Wednesday before Kent Fire Department investigators can enter a destroyed recycling facility for carpeting and carpet padding to try to determine the cause of the fire.

The city's Green Kent Partnership program wants more volunteers to help work at parks and open spaces.

City looks to expand Green Kent Partnership program

More than 700 volunteers have participated in the Green Kent Partnership restoration events at city parks and open spaces since the project started a year ago.

  • Apr 9, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
The city's Green Kent Partnership program wants more volunteers to help work at parks and open spaces.

Pilot injured in plane crash in Crest Airpark outside Covington

A pilot was critically injured when he crashed his small, single-engine airplane in a neighborhood near Crest Airpark outside Covington on Saturday afternoon, Mountain View Fire & Rescue reported.

  • Apr 8, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

Fire destroys recycling facility in downtown Kent

A two-alarm fire destroyed a recycling facility for carpeting and carpet padding in downtown Kent on Saturday.

  • Apr 8, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Alyssa McLemore

Missing: Still no answers about Kent woman 3 years after disappearance

Friends, family and the Kent Police all seem to come up with the same response about the disappearance three years ago of 21-year-old Alyssa McLemore.

Alyssa McLemore

Apartment fire on Kent’s West Hill displaces 10 people; damage estimated at $600,000 | Update

Ten people were displaced as a two-alarm fire caused an estimated $600,000 damage to six apartments on Kent's West Hill.

Crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend in Seattle for repairs.

Viaduct in Seattle to close this weekend for repairs

Crews will close the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend to reinforce a two-block section of the structure located above the path of the future SR 99 tunnel.

  • Apr 6, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend in Seattle for repairs.