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    COURTESY PHOTO, Washington State Patrol
    Extra DUI patrols set for Super Bowl weekend...
    By Steve Hunter • February 3, 2026 2:57 pm

    More police to be out Feb. 6-8

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    Leesa Manion. COURTESY PHOTO, Leesa Manion
    Leesa Manion seeks reelection as King County Prosecuting...
    By Steve Hunter • January 14, 2026 1:46 pm

    Defeated Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell in November 2022

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    U.S. District Courthouse in Seattle. COURTESY PHOTO, USDOJ
    US Marshals alert public of fraudulent court order...
    By Steve Hunter • January 6, 2026 10:23 am

    Warning comes from Seattle-based Western District of Washington

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    COURTESY PHOTO, PSE
    Puget Sound Energy electric, natural gas rates go...
    By Steve Hunter • January 2, 2026 11:20 am

    Roughly a 12% hike for electric customers and 7% for natural gas customers

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    Auburn murder case finally ends after 15 years...
    By Steve Hunter • December 23, 2025 4:48 pm

    Judge says ‘Justice has failed this family’ in 2010 killing.

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    Howard Hanson Dam along the upper Green River that helps control flooding in Kent, Auburn, Renton and Tukwila. FILE PHOTO, Army Corps
    Army Corps adjust Hanson Dam flows to combat...
    By Steve Hunter • December 17, 2025 1:45 pm

    Dam helps control flooding in Kent, Auburn, Renton and Tukwila

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    A breach in the Desimone levee Dec. 15 along the Green River in Tukwila. COURTESY SCREENSHOT/Video, King County Sheriff’s Office
    Army Corps assists King County with Green River...
    By Steve Hunter • December 15, 2025 5:09 pm

    Reduces water flow from Hanson Dam; provides personnel support; super sacks

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    A breach in the Desimone Levee along the Green River on Dec. 15 in Tukwila. SCREENSHOT/Video, Courtesy King County Sheriff’s Office
    Green River levee breach impacts small areas of...
    By Steve Hunter • December 15, 2025 2:46 pm

    Levee breach video released; evacuation notice lifted Monday evening by King County

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    View from an airplane of the flooding at S. 277th St. in Auburn on Dec. 15, 2025. Courtesy photo/City of Auburn
    State mobilization authorized to fight flooding in Kent,...
    By Steve Hunter • December 15, 2025 11:45 am

    State Patrol Chief John Batiste approves the mobilization of state resources after request by fire chiefs

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    Washington State Department of Transportation crews placed hundreds of sandbags Sunday, Dec. 14 and overnight into the early morning of Monday, Dec. 15 along Highway 167 in Kent and Auburn to redirect flooding from the Green River. COURTESY PHOTO, WSDOT
    Both directions of SR 167 in Kent, Auburn...
    By Steve Hunter • December 15, 2025 11:11 am

    WSDOT had reopened southbound lanes for several hours Monday morning, Dec. 15

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    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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