
Steve Hunter
Reporter at Kent Reporter
Articles
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1 week ago |
kentreporter.com | Steve Hunter
Leroy Tinoga, 26, of Kent, the married father of two young children, was killed in the shooting and vehicle crash incident June 16 on the East Hill in Kent. The family of Tinoga released his identity with the posting of a GoFundMe account.
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1 week ago |
kentreporter.com | Steve Hunter
A 20-year-old Auburn man and 16-year-old Auburn boy each face first-degree murder charges in the June 2024 shooting of a Kent-Meridian High School student.
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1 week ago |
kentreporter.com | Steve Hunter
Directional and yield signs are taking a beating so far at the two new Reith Road roundabouts in Kent. Drivers are knocking down or bending the signs on narrow metal poles as they negotiate the turns along Reith Road at the intersections of Lake Fenwick Road and South 253rd Street. Reith Road connects the Valley with the West Hill between State Route 516 and Military Road South.
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1 week ago |
kentreporter.com | Steve Hunter
A 41-year-old Kent woman faces charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in a March 28 crash in Kent that killed Jose Ortiz, 55, and injured his wife while they were driving home from church. Wajiha Mubin Din remains in custody at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle with bail set at $750,000, according to King County jail records. She has a pretrial hearing on July 21 and a scheduled trial date of Sept. 2 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
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1 week ago |
kentreporter.com | Steve Hunter
It was a busy weekend for the Class of 2025 graduates of the four Kent School District high schools and two academies. Kentlake, Kentridge, Kentwood and Kent-Meridian high school graduations were one right after the other on Saturday, June 14 at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent. Kent Laboratory Academy and iGrad & Kent Virtual Academy had ceremonies on Friday, June 13 at Kent-Meridian High School.
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