The annual Renton Technical College Culinary Arts and Professional Baking Holiday Buffet Luncheon is Dec. 4 from 11:15 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Renton Technical College.
United Way of King County is looking for volunteers to read with children one-on-one at select preschools, Head Start classrooms and childcare centers throughout King County.
The Rotary Club of Renton has honored its Teachers of the Month for November.
Renton today is what Bill Taylor and many others had in mind 20 years ago – and a whole lot more.
The City of Renton will hold an open house on Dec. 2 to offer information about the planned improvements to Rainier Avenue South.
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Garden d’Lights: 5-10 p.m. nightly, Nov. 29-Jan. 3. Annual holiday display uses more than 500,000 lights throughout the gardens. Cost: Free; donations encouraged. Parking: $5. Bellevue Botanical Gardens, 12001 Main St., Bellevue. 425-451-3755 or www.bellevuebotanical.org.
The King County Council on Monday closed a $93 million shortfall with unanimous adoption of a 2009 King County budget that protects the public’s highest priorities of public safety, health and quality of life.
However, members said action is still needed in the next session of the state Legislature to lift restrictions on the revenue sources provided to counties in order to avoid facing the same budget shortfalls next year.
A 22-year-old man, originally from Sudan in Africa, was shot and killed in Skyway early Saturday morning, according to the…
Barry Lee Saunders Jr., 21, of Tukwila, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy Nov….
The last two Thanksgivings Ariel Bangs has cooked dinner not just for herself and her family but for several needy…
Renton seems well-positioned to take advantage of the inevitable time when the economy turns around and business can rebound. That’s…
By the Renton Reporter The manager of a now-closed tanning salon in Renton has been indicted on federal charges of…
The much-used Kummer Bridge over the Green River on State Route 169 will close Tuesday evening for about six months…
Two people died of gunshot wounds early Tuesday morning in what Renton Police are calling a murder-suicide. Multiple gunshots and…
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• Nelsen Middle School reading teachers Ashlie Tusberg and Nicole Holsather reported a 64 percent increase in reading scores on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) by students in their Tier II and Tier III reading classes. Fifty-one of the 84 students in the classes increased their reading WASL score by an average of nearly 12 percentage points.
The manager of the U-Haul on Rainier Avenue North is reporting continuing problems of gas thefts from vehicles parked there, including the recent theft of about 100 gallons of gas, according to Renton Police.
