Chief Deputy Prosecutor Kathleen Van Olst is the new director of King County’s Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention.
An employee of a 7-11 store on Southeast 168th Street was robbed at gunpoint by a white male at about 3:45 a.m. Sept. 20, according to Renton police.
The Issaquah Chamber of Commerce is doing something about the employment shortage. It will host a free Eastside Job Fair, noon-5 p.m. Oct. 16 at Pickering Barn in Issaquah.
More than a dozen people, including four who live in Renton, face federal cocaine trafficking charges following a year-long investigation into the Rojas drug-trafficking organization operating in the Seattle area and in eastern Idaho, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Susan Camerer has wanted something bigger for Vision House since the beginning. That beginning was in 1990, when she and her husband John started the nonprofit in their basement. Susan is executive director and John is director of operations.
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A blue flip flop, a chocolate chip and a daughter’s school project. These are just a sampling of the topics Deanna Davis will address in her comedy show at Lindbergh High School Oct. 3 from 6:30 – 9 p.m.
This Saturday, the “12th Man Engine” will be dedicated at Fire Station 12 – the station that serves the new…
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Staff from the Renton History Museum and Northwest Railway Museum and various community members gathered at the Renton museum last Thursday evening to welcome home Renton’s refurbished wood coal-mining car. The car, which hauled coal in Black Diamond mines from about 1915 on, underwent seven months of reconstruction at Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie before returning to the museum early this month. The much-needed makeover was funded by a $6,500 grant from 4Culture Heritage Special Projects, funded by the King County lodging tax.
Calling all gardeners! Now is the time to apply for the 2009 Master Gardener program, offered through the Washington State University’s King County Extension.
The Renton Lions Club is holding its 70th Charter Anniversary and Past President’s Night Celebration Oct. 8 at the Renton Senior Activity Center, 211 Burnett Ave. North.
Liberty beat Lake Washington three games to two in a non-league match on Sept. 19. Chelan Simonds hit six aces, 13 kills and 23 digs.
“Choose Renton,” a newly formed group backing Fairwood annexation to Renton, is holding an open house Sept. 30 from 6:45-8:45 p.m. at the Fairwood Library.
The Renton Community Marketing Campaign is holding the first annual Renton FilmFrenzy Oct. 17 – 19. This filmmaking competition gives filmmakers 50 hours to write, shoot, edit and turn in a short film (four minutes or less). The film must be completely shot in Renton.
With what is now projected to be a $90 million shortfall in the County general fund for 2009, the Metropolitan King County Council has declared public safety, health and quality of life as its first priorities for funding in the County budget.
A Renton man was stabbed at about 10 p.m. Sept. 18 in the 17300 block of 121st Lane Southeast, according to Renton police.