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    Articles by Steve Hunter
    Kent’s Allegro Performing Arts Academy will present a sensory-friendly holiday performance at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at Auburn Performing Arts Center. COURTESY PHOTO, Allegro
    Allegro academy to present sensory-friendly holiday show
    By Steve Hunter • November 30, 2025 1:02 pm

    Catch ‘Winter at the Beach’ Dec. 20 at Auburn Performing Arts Center

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    King County shots fired incidents drop dramatically in...
    By Steve Hunter • November 26, 2025 11:35 am

    Third-quarter report shows homicides by firearm down 48% from high of 31 in 2021 to 16 so far this year

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    New King County Executive Girmay Zahilay speaks after his Nov. 25 swearing in during a County Council meeting in Seattle. COURTESY PHOTO, King County
    Girmay Zahilay, 38, sworn in as King County...
    By Steve Hunter • November 25, 2025 5:58 pm

    Becomes the youngest person ever to hold the office, first immigrant, first refugee and the first millennial

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    File Photo, Kent Reporter
    Kent Police arrest armed robbery suspect in Auburn
    By Steve Hunter • November 19, 2025 2:27 pm

    Auburn man, 50, reportedly robbed Kent espresso stand Nov. 16 along Central Avenue South

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    Courtesy Photo, BECU
    BECU to merge with smaller California-based credit union
    By Steve Hunter • November 19, 2025 11:55 am

    When completed, company will have 1.74 million members and assets of $33 billion

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    Family looks forward to end of lengthy murder...
    By Steve Hunter • November 13, 2025 11:04 am

    Seth Frankel, a father of two young girls and an Auburn resident, was fatally stabbed in 2010.

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    New tolling system on SR 167 starts Oct....
    By Steve Hunter • October 16, 2025 11:04 am

    Non-tolled lanes will remain for drivers between Renton and Puyallup, including Kent and Auburn

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    Courtesy Photo, King County Elections
    King County Elections mails ballots for Nov. 4...
    By Steve Hunter • October 15, 2025 2:55 pm

    Voters should receive ballots by Oct. 20

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    I-5 southbound in Kent to close on the...
    By Steve Hunter • September 26, 2025 9:38 am

    SR 18 in Auburn will also see lane closures

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    People display a banner Sept. 1 on an overpass above State Route 18 in Covington. COURTESY PHOTO, Indivisible Covington WA
    Anti-Trump protests line overpasses in Kent, Auburn, Covington...
    By Steve Hunter • September 4, 2025 9:30 am

    People show up Labor Day along SR 18 and SR 167

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    A light rail vehicle parked Aug. 18 on the alignment during the construction of the Star Lake Station in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Sound Transit
    Light rail passenger service to Kent, Federal Way...
    By Steve Hunter • August 28, 2025 12:10 pm

    Features two new light rail stations in Kent, one in Federal Way along 7.8-mile extension

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    Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. FILE PHOTO
    Mom gets 12-month community custody sentence in Kent...
    By Steve Hunter • August 21, 2025 4:48 pm

    Prosecutors sought 27-month prison sentence in 2022 fentanyl overdose by 3-year-old girl

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    State Sen. Claudia Kauffman. COURTESY PHOTO, Washington state Legislative Support Services
    47th District State Sen. Kauffman reacts to post...
    By Steve Hunter • July 24, 2025 2:57 pm

    Reaffirms her commitment to protect Native communities after Coulter post that ‘We didn’t kill enough Indians’

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    King County gun violence keeps on dropping in...
    By Steve Hunter • July 24, 2025 1:27 pm

    Firearm homicides and injuries hit five-year lows through second quarter

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    Freeway closures July 25-28 in Kent, Auburn
    By Steve Hunter • July 23, 2025 5:51 pm

    WSDOT to repair portions of SR 167 in Kent and SR 18 in Auburn

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    King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda. COURTESY PHOTO, King County Council
    King County Council adopts ‘Welcoming’ motion for immigrants
    By Steve Hunter • July 16, 2025 4:26 pm

    Council responds to Trump administration ‘sowing fear across the country through brutal, unjust persecution’

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    Courtesy File Photo, South King Fire
    King County to expand flood outreach after Texas...
    By Steve Hunter • July 8, 2025 5:08 pm

    Flood Control District Board votes to increase education, early warnings and community engagement

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    King County’s Patricia Clark Children and Family Justice Center in Seattle, where juveniles facing criminal charges are detained. COURTESY PHOTO, King County
    Auburn man, juvenile face murder charges for Kent...
    By Steve Hunter • June 20, 2025 4:02 pm

    Kent-Meridian High student fatally shot in June 2024 during drug deal at Campus Park

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    File Photo, Kent Reporter
    Kent Police arrest 2 Auburn suspects in 2024...
    By Steve Hunter • June 10, 2025 1:26 pm

    Auburn man, Auburn juvenile under investigation in shooting of 18-year-old Cristopher Zelaya

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    Congressional members demand answers about Kent ICE raid
    By Steve Hunter • June 5, 2025 2:25 pm

    Letter sent to heads of Homeland Security, ICE and IRS; few details released about May 20 arrest of 17 people

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    Courtesy Photo, WSDOT
    Brief overnight SR 167 closures this month in...
    By Steve Hunter • June 4, 2025 3:45 pm

    June 8-9 in Kent; June 9-10 in Renton and June 12-13 in Auburn

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    ICE arrests 17 in raid at Kent beverage...
    By Steve Hunter • May 21, 2025 4:03 pm

    May 20 incident took place at Eagle Beverage. The individuals were removed in handcuffs and ankle restraints and taken to a bus.

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    Howard Hanson Dam along the Green River. COURTESY FILE PHOTO, U.S. Army Corps
    Murray blasts Trump administration for cutting Hanson Dam...
    By Steve Hunter • May 19, 2025 3:25 pm

    Congress had awarded $500 million for fish passage, water storage project; funds headed to red states

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