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One of the top Kent Chamber of Commerce's legislative priorities for the new year is ‘expedient repairs of the Howard Hanson Dam.’ Shown is Army Corps of Engineer Col. Anthony Wright at the control tower bridge during a tour in September of the Howard Hanson Dam.

Kent chamber announces its legislative priorities

With the 2010 legislative session under way in Olympia, the Kent Chamber of Commerce has released its priorities for this session. According to Executive Director Andrea Keikkala, the top priority for the chamber this session deal with the potential for flooding throughout the Green River Valley.

One of the top Kent Chamber of Commerce's legislative priorities for the new year is ‘expedient repairs of the Howard Hanson Dam.’ Shown is Army Corps of Engineer Col. Anthony Wright at the control tower bridge during a tour in September of the Howard Hanson Dam.

Kent City budget: No job losses projected

Kent city officials do not expect to cut any city jobs this year in order to meet a 2010 general fund budget of $80.3 million as well as a reserve balance of $6.3 million, or 8.1 percent of the general fund.

Charges filed in Jan. 15 Kent drug deal gone bad, shooting

King County prosecutors Thursday filed first-degree robbery charges against a Renton man and a Kent man in connection with a drug deal gone bad and and gunshots Jan. 15 in Kent near an East Hill apartment complex.

Free story time and literacy skills training Jan. 21 for all Kent School District patrons

All Kent School District families are invited to attend a “Getting School Ready” event on Jan. 21 at Springbrook Elementary.

  • Jan 20, 2010
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Judges needed for senior projects

Kent-Meridian and Kentridge High Schools are seeking community volunteers to help judge culminating senior projects.

  • Jan 20, 2010
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Kent school buses get top grades

The Washington State Patrol this past month visited the Kent School District’s transportation Department for its annual, unannounced inspection.

  • Jan 20, 2010
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Kent man charged with rape, kidnapping of Federal Way teen

A 47-year-old Kent man was charged Jan. 15 with first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping of a 14-year-old Federal Way girl.

  • Jan 20, 2010
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State, county work to prevent Green River flood pollution from Kent auto-wrecking yard

The Washington State Department of Ecology and King County are taking proactive steps to help prevent toxic material from escaping the site of an old Kent auto-wrecking yard in the event of Green River flooding.

  • Jan 20, 2010
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Kent motorcyclist killed in Highway 512 crash | Developing story

A Kent man was killed Saturday night when he lost control of his motorcycle, crashed and was struck by three vehicles as he lay in the roadway.

  • Jan 19, 2010
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Crews reopen 2 lanes of Highway 18

The state Department of Transportation reopened two lanes of westbound Highway 18 in Auburn at 3:23 a.m. Tuesday.

  • Jan 19, 2010
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Dennis Higgins

Two levies, one ballot: Kent School District runs M&O, technology levy elections for February

Editor's note: The following story is actually two stories: A separate account for each levy the Kent School District is putting before voters this month. Contact information, and where to get more information on the Web, also are included. Please read on.

Dennis Higgins
Kent School Board President Chris Davies is resigning.

Kent School Board member announces resignation

In a surprise announcement during the Jan. 13 Kent School Board meeting, Director Chris Davies announced he was resigning from the board effective Feb. 11.

Kent School Board President Chris Davies is resigning.

Kent teen charged as adult in stabbing incident

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Jan. 13 charged a 17-year-old Kent boy with first-degree assault in connection with the stabbing of 30-year-old Auburn man Jan. 9 near a Kent convenience store.

Panther Lake man sees 30-year prison sentence in wife’s shooting death

A King County Superior Court judge on Jan. 13 sentenced Tracy Floren to 30 years in prison for the shooting death of Floren’s wife in 2007 at their Panther Lake home in unincorporated Kent.

Kent Police park their cars in a closure of the Kent-Kangley Road in Kent Friday afternoon

Three arrested in shooting incident on Kent’s East Hill; police say it was a drug deal gone bad

Kent Police were questioning three men and were looking for at least one other man Friday afternoon in connection with two shots fired from a shotgun near an East Hill apartment complex in the 11300 block of Southeast Kent-Kangley Road.

  • Jan 16, 2010
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Kent Police park their cars in a closure of the Kent-Kangley Road in Kent Friday afternoon
A landslide on State Route 18 near Kent closed all three lanes of traffic near the West Valley Highway and Highway 167.

Westbound SR 18 to remain closed until at least Jan. 20 near Auburn

The westbound lanes of State Route 18 will remain closed until at least Jan. 20, after a second slide brought down approximately 1,500 cubic yards of mud, rocks and debris across all westbound lanes of the highway Jan. 14.

  • Jan 15, 2010
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A landslide on State Route 18 near Kent closed all three lanes of traffic near the West Valley Highway and Highway 167.
Be aware of the signs your child may have one of the serious illnesses going around this season - the flu

Enter the flu season: Ways to stay healthy in the time of H1N1, regular flu and RSV

You are surrounded by people with runny noses, coughs and sore throats. And now your kids are showing signs of being sick. But what do they have and should you be worried?

  • Jan 15, 2010
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Be aware of the signs your child may have one of the serious illnesses going around this season - the flu
Debris from the State Route 18 landslide near Kent can be seen in this photo taken Jan. 15 by the state Department of Transportation.

Mudslide closes westbound Highway 18 at Highway 167

Friday morning commuters up westbound Highway 18 in Auburn found themselves forced to detour to Peasley Canyon Road after a landslide closed all three lanes of traffic near the West Valley Highway and Highway 167.

  • Jan 15, 2010
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Debris from the State Route 18 landslide near Kent can be seen in this photo taken Jan. 15 by the state Department of Transportation.

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day by doing a service project in Kent

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a national holiday, is Jan. 18. With schools and many businesses closed, including the City of Kent offices, Kent Parks… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2010
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Antonio Montiel Flores of Kent

Kent man charged with animal fighting, after officials find surgically enhanced roosters

A Kent man and three other men pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning at their arraignments in King County Superior Court in Kent to charges of animal fighting in connection with illegal cockfighting operations in Kent and Auburn.

Antonio Montiel Flores of Kent