News
Asylum seekers, supporters ask Kent City Council for housing help
They want Econo Lodge on Central Avenue reopened; Kent, King County have no plans to do so
Investigation concludes on SWAT team’s fatal shooting of suspect in Algona
A multi-agency team has finished investigating the King County SWAT’s shooting of a 43-year-old man in December 2021 in Algona,… Continue reading
Kent Police to join new Western Washington Carjacking Task Force
Kent Police set community meeting for May 9 at Highline College
Sound Transit constructing giant bridge in Kent for light rail
Medical examiner identifies Kent man killed while lying in street
Kent historian, master gardener Nancy Simpson dies at age 80
Business
Kent’s copper-colored building near Highway 167 to become banquet hall
Facility on Washington Avenue South previously housed LA Fitness; newspaper printing plant
Kent-based Stoke Space names retired US Space Force leader to board
Lt. Gen. John E Shaw appointed to Board of Directors
Sports
Women’s NCAA basketball tournament was a game-changer | Bench Talk with Ben Ray
It seems like we are entering a time where the WNBA is ready to take that next leap to become even more mainstream with the help of these athletes. Why is that?
Kent Reporter Female Athlete of the Week: Sofia Mottern-Salinas
Mottern-Salinas plays three positions and hit her second homer of the season against Mt. Rainier.
Life
Healthy Kids Day free event coming up April 20 at Kent YMCA
Activities to include face painting, bounce house and dodgeball
City of Kent offers space festival for families May 4 at ShoWare Center
Kent-based Theatre Battery seeks performers for ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Return of ‘Kent Has Talent’ show postponed to fall from May
Kent Station to host Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30
Major $2.9 million renovation coming to Kent’s Springwood Park
Opinion
If you’re right, and you know it, then read this | Whale’s Tales
As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”
The key thing is what we do with our imperfections | Whale’s Tales
I have said and done many things of which I am not proud. That is, I am no golden bird cheeping about human frailties from some high branch of superhuman understanding.
Northwest
Auburn’s Phil Fortunato announces secretary of state run
District 31 Republican senator wants to test Washington’s voting registration system for weaknesses.
Foam coolers, takeout containers will be banned in WA
The prohibition on the sale and distribution of these products will take effect June 1 under a law the Legislature approved in 2021.
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