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Kent Station shopping center plans Halloween celebration Oct. 31. Street of Treats Halloween event in downtown Kent set for Oct. 26. The Wolf’s Hometown Holiday country concert set for Dec. 5 in Kent. Plants are the new pets: Bringing some lively green to your living space. PAX West: Highlighting local games, charities.
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MaryLou Becvar | Obituary. October 12, 1937- July 21, 2024 MaryLou Dinning Becvar passed away peacefully on July 21, 2024 at the age of 86. She was born at…. Continue reading. Sep 4, 2024.
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Kent apartment rents remain flat in September with drop of 0.1%. Median rent in Kent is $1,416 for a one-bedroom unit and $1,749 for a two-bedroom unit. Oct 4, 2024.
Meeker Street bridge in Kent expected to reopen by Oct. 11 after ...
Oct 7, 2024 · The $2.71 million project had an initial deadline of Sept. 29; deck repairs pushed out to next year. The newly painted Meeker Street bridge over the Green River in Kent is expected to reopen by Friday, Oct. 11, giving drivers use once again of a popular commuting route in and out of the city core. Longview-based Mericka Group LLC, the ...
Kent School District enrollment continues to decline
1 day ago · Number of students down 1,801 since 2019, including a drop of 282 so far this year. Enrollment in the Kent School District has declined 7% or 1,801 students over the last five years. The district had 25,455 students in 2019-2020, according to district documents. That number dropped to 23,654 students in September 2024.
Asylum seekers in Kent moved from tent encampment to housing, …
Sep 27, 2024 · An encampment of 192 asylum seekers living in tents next to the former Econo Lodge in Kent is gone after King County and its partners found housing for everyone. The people, including 31 families, were moved from the encampment on Tuesday, Sept. 24 to housing or temporary shelter, according to a Sept. 25 email from Amy Enbysk, spokesperson for ...
Federal Way man stands trial for 2021 murder at Kent bus stop
Sep 12, 2024 · Two years after Antonio Wells was shot and killed at a bus stop on Nov. 26, 2021, a Federal Way suspect is now standing trial for the homicide that happened at the exact location where two of Wells’s sons were shot two days prior. Corniche Washington has been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree taking a vehicle without permission.
Ongoing Kent School Board drama flares up again among members
4 days ago · by Steve Hunter. Friday, October 11, 2024 5:44pm. News. The ongoing drama between Kent School Board member Donald Cook with fellow board members and Kent School District leaders took a lot more twists and turns over the last week or so. The often-heated conflict started in February when the board formed a Labor Policy Committee that excluded ...
Kent Police chief pleased with changes to allow more vehicle …
Jun 5, 2024 · With the new state law allowing more police vehicle pursuits starting Thursday, June 6, Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla says he is “pleased that an essential tool to combat crime has been restored.”. The state Legislature earlier this year approved citizen-led Initiative 2113 to restore police pursuits that had been limited by the ...
City of Kent honors 3 girls for stopping a reported abduction
Sep 20, 2024 · The three girls who helped stop a reported attempted kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl received the Kent Police Chief’s Award for Citizen Commendation. Kent Police Deputy Chief Matt Stansfield and Mayor Dana Ralph honored the teenage girls at the Sept. 17 City Council meeting “for their actions in thwarting an attempted kidnapping ...