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Kent, Washington is located in King County. Zip codes in Kent, WA include 98030, 98035, and 98031. The median home price in Kent is $235,000 which is roughly $128/per square foot. More Kent information.

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Tuesday | Seattle Times

Man exposed himself in Kent store

Kent Police Detectives are looking for a man who was caught on a store surveillance video exposing himself and touching his genitals in front of a 6-year-old girl Sunday.

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Fri May 17, 2013

PNW Local News

Firefighter for a Day | Part I: FireOps 101 is a chance to see what they face

About a third of the way up the 105-foot ladder leaned against the roof of a six-story tower, my legs begin to burn.

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Federal Way Mirror

Inslee visits Kent to push adoption of state transportation funding package

Gov. Jay Inslee made a quick stop Friday in Kent to pump up South Sound politicians and business leaders about the importance for the Legislature to pass a transportation funding package during the special session that started this week.

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Federal Way Mirror

The transient nature of gangs in South King County

In the early morning hours of June 27, tension escalated among a crowd of gang members outside a Federal Way bar.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Good Phight

2013 Phillies Draft Preview - Reese McGuire

Another High School kid who plays a position that is historically tough to develop high schoolers from.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Kent Reporter

Trial continued to Oct. 8 for man charged in Kent murder of Devin Topps

Jorge L. Lizarraga faces an Oct. 8 trial date for the 2010 second-degree murder of Devin Topps, a former Kentridge High School student athlete.

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Kent Reporter

Fire damages Kent West Hill home

Fire heavily damaged the attic space and roof of a Kent home at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 23900 block of 43rd Avenue South on the West Hill.

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KOMO News

Thousands still without power in W. Wash. after thunderstorms

Thousands of homes around the Puget Sound region remained without power Tuesday as crews continued to clean up from Monday's thunderstorms.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Auburn Reporter

Phillip's trial date continued to Sept. 16 for murder of Kent city employee

It's been three years since the stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident.

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Sat May 11, 2013

Seattle Times

Man rescued in "near drowning" in Lake Washington

A man in his 40s is being treated at Harborview Medical Center after a near-drowning off the shore of Gene Coulon Park in Renton on Saturday.

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Covington Reporter

Pasado's Spay Station returns to King County

Pasado's Safe Haven's Spay Station, a state-of-the-art mobile spay and neuter clinic on wheels, returns to south King County on May 15.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Auburn Reporter

Man suspected in Kent attempted armed robbery of jewelry store dies from gunshot wound

A man suspected of an attempted armed robbery that included the exchange of gunshots last week at a Kent jewelry store was found dead in Auburn from a gunshot wound.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Kent Reporter

Kent Police arrest three for graffiti spree

Kent Police arrested three Kent residents for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief in connection with graffiti tagging that has plagued Kent's Valley and East Hill areas for months.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Charge: Driver in fatal wreck eyed girlie photo, crashed

A 24-year-old Kent man accused of killing one woman and injuring three other passengers during a crash on Interstate 5 at Seattle has been charged with vehicular homicide.

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KOMO News

Police: Inmates captured after escaping jail, stealing teens' clothes

Two inmates from the Enumclaw city jail in Enumclaw are back in custody after escaping overnight and forcing two teens to trade clothes, police said.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Kent Reporter

WWU's Mothershead of Kent receives Fulbright Scholarship

Western Washington University student Liv Mothershead of Kent has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to help teach English at an Austrian school.

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Kent Reporter

Kent officers bust woman for spitting in store employee's face | Police Blotter

A woman reportedly spit in the face of a Fred Meyer store employee after she had been asked to leave because the store was closing at about 11 p.m. April 28 on the West Hill.

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Patch.com

Search Team Finds Body of Renton Dentist Lost in April Avalanche

A search party Wednesday morning located the body of a 61-year-old dentist who practiced in Renton, swept down the slopes of Granite Mountain by a large avalanche in April.

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KOMO News

Searchers find body of man missing in Granite Mtn. avalanche

A searching party has found the body of a 61-year-old dentist who was swept away by an avalanche last month on Granite Mountain, officials said Wednesday.

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Tue May 07, 2013

North Shore News

North Vancouver drug smuggler gets 12 years in U.S.

A North Vancouver man has been sentenced to 12 years in a U.S. prison for smuggling drugs over the border for the Hells Angels.

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