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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.
Judge to reconsider decision about Kent School District civil lawsuit
1 day ago · News. A King County Superior Court judge plans to consider a motion by Kent School Board member Donald Cook to reconsider his decision to dismiss Cook’s civil lawsuit against the Kent School District. Judge Nicholas Straley issued an order Oct. 16 requiring response and reply to Cook’s motion for reconsideration, according to court documents.
Kent Police officer recounts Lake Meridian pilot rescue
1 day ago · News. Kent Police Officer Taylor Burns hadn’t even finished his cup of coffee as he entered his police vehicle and heard a call on the dispatch radio. “My ears perked up when they said a plane was in the water,” Burns said as he recalled the Aug. 24 crash of a seaplane into Lake Meridian in a recent Kent Police video interview about the ...
Suspect in I-5 shootings deemed incompetent to stand trial
1 day ago · Thursday, October 17, 2024 10:56am. Northwest. The suspect in six shootings that began on Interstate 5 in Federal Way and left five people injured on Sept. 2 was found incompetent to stand trial after originally being charged with five counts of first-degree assault, each with a firearm enhancement. Shortly after the shootings, Eric Perkins was ...
Kent School District enrollment continues to decline
3 days 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.
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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.
Kent Police arrest man for firing shots out of vehicle
3 days ago · Kent Police arrested a 27-year-old Kent man for investigation of reckless endangerment and driving under the influence after he reportedly sped through an apartment complex parking lot while shooting a gun out of a white Dodge Charger. Multiple officers responded at about 2:26 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14 to the 24600 block of 64th Avenue South ...
Federal Way man found guilty for 2021 murder at Kent bus stop
Oct 9, 2024 · A Federal Way man has been found guilty of killing a Kent man in 2021 at a Pacific Highway bus stop just south of Kent Des Moines Road. On Oct. 1, Corniche Washington, who lived in Federal Way prior to being incarcerated, was found guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder with a firearm after killing Antonio Wells on Nov. 26, 2021, at the exact location where two of Wells’s sons ...
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 ...
Ongoing Kent School Board drama flares up again among members
6 days ago · 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 Cook, one of its ...