🌱 Why Kent is spending $175,000 on massive encampment cleanups
Kent, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Kent! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Kent is spending $175,000 on massive encampment cleanups
- High-speed Highway 167 crash sends young Kent driver to hospital
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 59 and low of 47 degrees.
- Thursday: Increasing amounts of sun, temps: high: 66, low: 45.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 69 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Large encampment garbage cleanups in Kent a regular task (kentreporter.com) — Kent is committing up to $175,000 in 2026 for on-call contractors to clear large garbage piles at encampments on city properties, especially in wooded areas and along McSorley Creek. City crews decide when sites are too big to handle alone, while people living in encampments are notified beforehand and offered services, which most decline, leaving the city to remove tons of debris. 
• Kent woman, 23, injured in Highway 167 crash near South 208th Street (kentreporter.com) — A 23-year-old Kent woman was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after her BMW, reportedly speeding, rear-ended another car and crashed off southbound Highway 167 near South 208th Street in Kent late Sunday night. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, the other driver was uninjured, and the collision blocked the highway for more than two and a half hours.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Finally, we have missed the eagles since we have been out of town.
Covington Community Park Eagles 4/20/26 We were just leaving when we saw the eagle leaving the nest to join the other eagle. They had a short… (Nextdoor Soos Creek) - Yesterday I posted a video of these cuties with instructions of where to see them.
Today we were happy to see that mama had not lost any ducklings over night. I love what the sun does to the water and duckling. (Nextdoor Soos Creek)
- Robert Half posted a job opening for Payroll Specialist in Kent. Apply here.
- Penske posted a job opening for Customer Service Coordinator - Service Writer in Kent. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kent here.
🗞 Nearby News
Des Moines
- New Des Moines Crawl Series aims to boost small businesses and local spending starting this Friday, April 24 (waterlandblog.com)
- Maritime High School holding fundraising carnival this Saturday, April 25 in Des Moines (waterlandblog.com)
- REMINDER: City of Des Moines shredding event is Wednesday, April 22 at Activity Center (waterlandblog.com)
SeaTac
- Out-of-state network floods Seattle with unpermitted hot dog vendors (mynorthwest.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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