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Darryl Jones, a Kent resident who ran unsuccessfully for City Council in November 2023, spoke in Olympia in opposition to what he called the "voter suppression bill" during his initial testimony. "It takes away the ability of residents in Kent to vote on whether or not the city can increase its tax rate," Jones said.News. On Feb. 21, King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn sent a letter to the Chief of the Washington State Patrol (WSP) asking for more information on the surge of gunfire incidents on freeways and highways in King County. The letter, addressed to WSP Chief John R. Batiste, comes in wake of a Feb. 19 drive-by shooting that occurred on I-5 …Friday, July 28, 2023 2:40pm. News. Voters in the Kent School District will be asked to approve two levies on the Nov. 7 ballot. The Kent School Board voted 5-0 on July 26 to send each measure to the ballot. One is a four-year replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy and the other is a four-year Capital Projects and Technology Levy.MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter Students and supporters line up in the gym to sign memorial books to honor Eric Anderson, Kentridge's athletic director who passed away Saturday. The crowd listens in and looks on as Kentridge senior-to-be Adrian Tirtu, the ASB president, talks about Eric Anderson, the school's longtime athletic director who passed ...The start of the 2022-2023 school year in the Kent School District will be delayed due to a teachers' strike over a contract dispute. Superintendent Israel Vela announced Wednesday, Aug. 24 on the school district website that the scheduled start of school on Thursday, Aug. 25 will be delayed due to the strike.

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Thursday, July 2, 2020 4:14pm. News. Say goodbye by the end of this weekend to Van Doren's Landing Park in Kent along the Green River. City officials will close the park and the Green River Trail from South 212th Street to the Puget Sound Energy Trail from Monday, July 6 to approximately August 2022. Detours will be in place for trail users.Monday, May 1, 2023 4:32pm. News. Voters in the Kent School District firmly defeated Proposition No. 1, a $495 million bond proposal to upgrade schools. The measure received 52.02% (13,879) no votes and 47.98% (12,801) yes votes, according to results released April 28 by King County Elections during an updated count three days after the April ...

Monday, April 5, 2021 9:06pm. News. Another fatal shooting shook the city of Kent as a 23-year-old man reportedly killed a 37-year-old woman Monday afternoon, April 5 in the 400 block of Novak Lane at the Alderbrook Apartments . This is the sixth homicide in Kent so far in 2021, fourth in the last 15 days in the city and the second in two days ...A man has been convicted of killing a 64-year-old Kent woman while burglarizing her East Hill home in 2017. Jurors found Lance Gene Francoise Rougeau guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Linda K. Sweezer. The verdict came in Pierce County Superior Court last Friday. Rougeau, 28, with a last known address in Kent, also was found guilty ...A sampling of Kent Police incidents from Feb. 15-26: Feb. 15. Threats to neighbors: 5:40 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Webster Court Apartments, 309 Fifth Ave. S., for a male with mental health issues trying to open doors to the neighboring units.The suspect also made threats towards a neighbor and used a screwdriver to stab …A 48-year-old Maple Valley woman fatally shot July 27 in Kent has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Amy Dyke died from multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death is homicide, according to an Aug. 3 medical examiner’s report. Dyke was shot in the 11100 block of SE 240th Street, according to …Three Kent men are among 17 people facing federal drug charges for allegedly trafficking more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine and hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills. Two indictments charging a total of 11 defendants were unsealed Oct. 25 following law enforcement activity in Washington and California, according to an Oct. 26 U.S ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 4:29pm. News. Roosters remain welcome to stay in Kent after the City Council dropped any proposal to ban the birds. The council decided at its June 22 Committee of the Whole meeting to leave things as they are and not try to ban or limit roosters in an effort to reduce noise complaints.

A second man has died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Aug. 28 along Canyon Drive in Kent. Timothy Mwangi, 18, died Aug. 29 of multiple blunt force injuries, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office. Dennis Ndungwa, 22, of Kent, died at the scene of the crash of multiple blunt force injuries.

By Bailey Jo Josie [email protected]. Monday, July 25, 2022 9:17am. News. Twelve years after being bought by the city of Kent, the ball is beginning to roll on a new 33-acre park off 132nd Avenue SE and SE 216th Street, referred to as the East Hill North Community Park. "This is mostly about preservation and we're not ...King County Sheriff’s Office deputies and other law enforcement agencies responded at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 to Kentlake High School after an anonymous call from someone stating they would come to the school to commit acts of violence. “Deputies responded promptly to the school, which was put into lockdown,” …Judith Mawson was born two months early in August 1944 at a Chehalis hospital, after her pregnant mother slipped and fell over a rock and triggered an early labor. But Mawson thrived and grew. An accident while playing with her stepfather left Mawson with debilitating seizures.weekly home delivery. Unlimited Digital Access. $75. Per Year. SUBSCRIBE. About subscriptions to the Kent Reporter. The Reporter offers several types of delivery methods. Please select the most appropriate option below and contin. A 38-year-old Kent man received a 10-year prison sentence for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Omar Vazquez-Limon was arrested in August 2020 in northern California as he transported kilos of heroin and methamphetamine to Western Washington. Vazquez-Limon was indicted as part of a larger drug ring in December 2020.Aug 28, 2023 · The Kent School Board in October 2022 approved an $8 million renovation for Canyon Ridge. The district renovated the former Kent Phoenix Academy and Sequoia Middle School, 11100 SE 264th St., to help handle the transition this fall of sixth-grade students to middle schools from elementary schools. The board approved in June a district staff ... by Steve Hunter. Thursday, April 28, 2022 4:00pm. News. Melissa Laramie has resigned her position on the Auburn School Board and left her communications director job with the Kent School District to take a job in Georgia. Laramie started April 27 as the chief communications officer for Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Because half of the Kent high schools are 3A and the other half are 4A, we don't have a "Kent City Champion." But all of the Kent schools had a very good showing at the district tournaments. Similar to their first place counterpart in the 3A class, Kentridge had a champion and a runner-up.January 2, 2024 (84 years old) View obituary. Dorothy Arlene McVeigh. November 28, 2023 (91 years old) View obituary. Rajiv Kishore Saxena. January 10, 2024 (52 years old) View obituary. Elliott Terrance Johns.The Kent Reporter's female athlete of the week for the week of Dec. 22 is Kentlake High School senior Morgan Martinsons, gymnastics. What is your favorite subject/class in school? My favorite subject in school is math. I enjoy problem solving and working with numbers. There is a sense of fulfillment after solving a difficult or long problem ...Obituaries. Robert Wagner passed away on January 9, 2022 at 97. He leaves behind his loving wife Maxine of 38 years He is survived by three sons Mark, Paul and Gary. Two Grand Children Chantrelle, and Valen and two Great Grand children. A memorial is to be held at Calvary Chapel South in Kent, on March 5, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.A 19-year-old Seattle man faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting a 29-year-old Kent man outside of the Central Avenue Pub. Rogelle M. Harris is accused of killing Bobby E. Rodgers at about 2 a.m. on July 2 during a drive-by shooting into a crowd of people outside the bar, 1404 Central Ave. S., according to charging papers filed Aug. 26 by the King County Prosecuting Attorney ...Tuesday, August 1, 2023 4:01pm. News. If the removal of a large homeless encampment along South 272nd Street on the West Hill continues to serve as an example, the city of Kent just might be making some progress with its new unlawful camping laws. "It's gone completely," said Richard Brown, manager of The Village of Newport Apartments ...

Two Kent community projects will receive funds after Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the $1.7 trillion government funding package. The package includes $2.2 million for a Sea Mar community health center and affordable housing mixed use facility and $500,000 for the Mapu Maia Clinic operated by United Territories of Pacific ...In the deluge of sexual-harassment allegations over the last few months, one question keeps coming up: Why didn’t the victims report at the time? Well, for a bunch of reasons: they...

The Phoenix Court Apartments, 23913 111th Pl. SE, have been a hotbed of criminal activity, from shootings to stolen vehicles to drug dealing. The crime stats so far in 2023 (through Aug. 7) include three homicides, 22 shots fired calls, 11 verified shootings, 23 stolen vehicle recoveries, 576 computer-aided dispatch calls and 124 case reports, according to Kent Police stats listed in the ...Thursday, November 16, 2023 2:22pm. News. Four thefts at the Kent Target store and three at the Renton Target are part of the first criminal prosecution case filed by the state Attorney General's Office new Organized Retail Crime Unit. The Attorney General's Office charged Shawn Nanez, 33, of Bremerton, in King County Superior Court with ...A 39-year-old man reportedly attacked another man in a Kent Station shopping center restroom because the man was taking too long using the toilet stall. The attack occurred early Saturday afternoon, March 12, in the restroom on the east end of Kent Station, 417 Ramsay Way. " (A 26-year-old man) was using a downtown bathroom, when the suspect ...Monday, November 20, 2023 3:22pm. News. The King County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find those responsible for the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in the bushes in Maple Valley. Robert Leroy Frederick Riley, 57, and Ashley Nichole Williams, 34, each died of a gunshot wound of the chest, according ...Aug 10, 2023 · Thursday, August 10, 2023 5:36pm. News. A 25-year-old man, accused of fatally shooting a 43-year-old Seattle man at the Kent Phoenix Court Apartments, reportedly left his cellphone at the scene of the July 15 incident. Kent Police detectives used that cellphone information, video surveillance and reports from witnesses to track down and arrest ... Nana’s is at 10234 SE 256th St., in Kent and at 27149 185th Ave. SE in Covington. Nana’s Southern Kitchen serves Southern staples, from a fixed menu, including main dishes of fried chicken, catfish, fried shrimp, and pork chops with sides of potato salad, green beans, mustard or collard greens, cabbage, candied yams, and macaroni and …Monday, March 22, 2021 4:14pm. News. A major portion of the extension of State Route 509 from SeaTac to Interstate 5 near Kent remains in the design stage this year, but expect lots of construction to start in 2022 with an anticipated finish in 2025 for much of the work. The project will include major changes in Kent to the State Route 516 ...Feb 3, 2023 · News. The two people fatally shot in a double homicide Jan. 31 at a Kent motel have been identified as Sean Peoples, 43, and Sharmayne Jackson, 32. Peoples and Jackson each died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office Feb. 3 media report. Kent Police reported that Peoples was from Kent and Jackson ... Phan placed sixth in the district tournament, qualifying for state in the spring. by Reporter Staff. Monday, November 13, 2023 1:30am. Sports. The Kent Reporter's male athlete of the week for Nov. 3 is junior Landon Pham of Kentridge High School, tennis.Kent Reporter is a local newspaper that covers news and events in Kent, Washington. Find out the latest stories on community, culture, sports, arts, and more from the Kent area and beyond.

COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire. One person suffered critical injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Kent late Thursday afternoon, June 15 along Southeast 240th Street near 120th Avenue SE, according to Puget …

January 2, 2024 (84 years old) View obituary. Dorothy Arlene McVeigh. November 28, 2023 (91 years old) View obituary. Rajiv Kishore Saxena. January 10, 2024 (52 years old) View obituary. Elliott Terrance Johns.

A 12-year-old boy was riding a scooter in Kent on the shoulder of 132nd Avenue SE when the driver of a vehicle reportedly hit and killed him at a high rate of speed. Kent Police arrested a 19-year-old Maple Valley man (a previous police report listed Kent as his hometown) for investigation of vehicular homicide in the collision at about 6:58 p ...Kent Mayor Dana Ralph is up for re-election along with Kent City Councilmembers Satwinder Kaur, Toni Troutner and Brenda Fincher. Kent has made some adjustments to its policies, but a local group, ForFortyTwo, which refers to the number of schools in Kent, wants more change through the budget.Wednesday, July 12, 2023 12:30pm. News. Kent Police used Valley SWAT to arrest a 19-year-old Kent man for investigation of first-degree murder in the June 15 shooting of a Bothell man behind the Kent YMCA. "Due to the extreme danger of taking the murder suspect into custody, the detectives requested Valley SWAT to assist with the arrest ...Carol Lois (Hanson) Matson | Obituary. January 1, 1934 - October 6, 2023 On Friday, October 6, 2023, Carol passed away at the age of 89. Carol was born on January…. Continue reading.The City of Kent annexed this area in 1987 before Auburn's annexation of Lea Hill in 2008. Prior to Auburn's annexation of Lea Hill, the Bridges was just a portion of Kent that was not contiguous to its city boundaries. Auburn's annexation of Lea Hill 21 years later was an action that created this island of Kent surrounded by Auburn.Reporting the News - News is explained in this article. Learn about news. Advertisement Curiously, for a publication called a newspaper, no one has ever coined a standard definitio...“Kent Police Officers Association filed a request for appointment of an arbitrator from the law enforcement arbitrator roster,” Sellars said in an email. “The roster of private arbitrators is maintained by PERC (the commission) under RCW (revised code of Washington) 41.58.070, and PERC makes the appointment of the arbitrator on a rotating …Obituaries. Robert Wagner passed away on January 9, 2022 at 97. He leaves behind his loving wife Maxine of 38 years He is survived by three sons Mark, Paul and Gary. Two Grand Children Chantrelle, and Valen and two Great Grand children. A memorial is to be held at Calvary Chapel South in Kent, on March 5, 2022 at 2:00 P.M.These community forums are a chance for the public to provide input, ask questions, and get to know the candidates better. Forums will take place virtually with the first on April 18 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm and the second on April 21 from 9:00 - 11:00 am.Two Kent community projects will receive funds after Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the $1.7 trillion government funding package. The package includes $2.2 million for a Sea Mar community health center and affordable housing mixed use facility and $500,000 for the Mapu Maia Clinic operated by United Territories of Pacific ...

The result added two full-sized, 120-by-78-yard synthetic turf soccer fields to King County Parks’ inventory of recently upgraded or added athletic fields, such as those at Marymoor and Preston. Lights accommodate Petro’s new fields at night. State Sen. Joe Fain (District 47) came away impressed with the new fields.Friday, August 4, 2023 5:33pm. News. Kent Police are investigating two separate cases where a 9-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl reportedly died from acute drug intoxication, including fentanyl and/or methamphetamine. The King County Medical Examiner's Office released the names and cause of death for both children on Aug. 3.News. King County Executive Dow Constantine and Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus announced on Wednesday, July 21 the purchase of the Clarion Hotel in Auburn, which will house homeless people as part of the county's Health Through Housing program. The hotel, which is on B street behind the Auburn Municipal Airport and southeast of Emerald Downs, cost ...Instagram:https://instagram. regal cinemas eastview mall nychase disney visa onlinerust community marketjobs the pay weekly Ruth Gutierrez died July 29, 2023, at the age of 89. Ruth passed away Saturday morning in her residence at Wesley Lea Hill Retirement Home of natural causes. Born in Worland, Wyoming, and residing in Washington state for over sixty years, she raised a beautiful family alongside her husband, Leon. Teir marriage of 73 years bore 6 siblings, 18 ... jimm's steakhouse springfieldpowerball numbers sept 16 2023 A woman was kidnapped from Dash Point State Park after she and her partner were robbed at gunpoint while camping Sept. 30, according to the Federal Way Police Department. At about 8:14 a.m. near the 5700 block of SW Dash Point Road, the couple was camping at Dash Point State Park, according to police. They were sleeping in their vehicle because ... loopnrt The Kent Reporter asked, and readers responded. More than 2,000 participated in our 2010 Best of Kent contest in March, naming their favorites in the Kent community, ranking everyone from their favorite firefighters to their most well-regarded businesses. "This was our best reader response yet," said Kent Reporter Publisher Polly Shepherd. "The community definitely embraced Best of Kent 2010 ...Maybe the company just got sick of reporting bad news. Maybe the company just got sick of reporting bad news. McDonald’s will stop releasing monthly sales reports, Steve Easterbroo...By Bailey Jo Josie [email protected]. Monday, July 25, 2022 9:17am. News. Twelve years after being bought by the city of Kent, the ball is beginning to roll on a new 33-acre park off 132nd Avenue SE and SE 216th Street, referred to as the East Hill North Community Park. "This is mostly about preservation and we're not ...