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Kent man sentenced to 31 years for I-5 stabbing death

A 43-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison for the stabbing death of his Kent girlfriend last year on Interstate 5. Christel David Murphy was sentenced at the King County Courthouse in Seattle by Superior Court Judge Palmer Robinson, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

Ouch: Kent ShoWare Center could see $340,000 loss; lackluster T-Bird attendance, dropped events part of issue

ShoWare Center officials say the new arena in Kent could post a loss of as much as $343,000 this year.

State commission says PSE's proposed rate increases too high

The state Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has rejected most of a proposed rate increase for Puget Sound Energy electric and natural-gas customers.

County: Traffic deaths lowest in ten years, homicides up

County deaths caused by traffic accidents and suicides reached decade-lows last year while homicides were higher, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s 2008 annual report.

Medical examiner rules Boeing employee death a suicide

Kent City budget: It's not over yet, and more meetings are scheduled

The Kent City Council continues to grapple with the 2010 city budget after a second public hearing about the budget this past week. The Council will have a budget workshop 5 p.m. Dec. 2 at City Hall, and is scheduled to adopt the budget Dec. 8, although that date could change.

Kent City Council gets an earful over city budget

Seventy-two parents and players from a Kent soccer club packed the Kent City Council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall to plea for replacement of the fields lost two years ago when the city built the ShoWare Center.

Will Kent fire department, fire district merge?

The Kent City Council will vote Dec. 8 whether to ask voters next spring to approve forming a regional fire authority merging the Kent Fire Department and King County Fire District 37.

Man dies Wednesday following accident at Kent Boeing plant

Kent Police and Boeing officials are investigating the circumstances that led to a man dying in what appears to be an industrial accident at about 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Boeing plant in Kent.

Click It or Ticket patrols yield 143 citations

The results are in from the Nighttime Click it or Ticket patrols conducted by local law enforcement between Oct. 23 and Nov. 8.