Aug. 31. That’s the date Jet City Espresso has to be packed and gone from the former gas station on Main Avenue South. There’s a lot of packing to do at the store, which is overflowing with antiques, collectibles and kitsch.
Drivers should plan ahead for this weekend’s annual closures of I-90 across Lake Washington for the U.S. Blue Angels’ Seafair air shows.
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Crowds packed into IKEA Renton River Days events, thanks to favorable weather and a general inclination to find entertainment close to home, according to city officials.
Anthony Hemstad, a member of the Valley Medical Center commission who had to leave board meetings early to attend meetings of the Maple Valley City Council, has resigned as Maple Valley’s city manager.
With the primary election less than one month away, King County Elections is still looking for 700 individuals to fill nearly 4,000 poll-worker positions.
A doctor in the emergency room at Valley Medical Center was assaulted about 2:30 a.m. July 24 by a patient, who grabbed his hand, twisted his arm and tried to bite him, according to Renton police.
Rashod Jones held his 19-month-old daughter hostage for four hours at her north Renton home on July 25, using her as a human shield between him and Renton police, prosecutors write in charging him with burglary.
Work came to a halt recently to replace a collapsed culvert under Interstate 405 when a boring machine in essence jack-knifed 60 to 70 feet under the freeway.
A look at what’s going on in the Renton community.
The annual National Night Out, designed to raise awareness about fighting crime, is taking on a new twist in Renton this year.
No one has yet to step forward in the collision on June 26 that killed a Renton man riding home from work on his motorcycle.
Rod Stewart had plenty to work with as he decorated the front window of his Antique Country Store on South Third Street for the IKEA Renton River Days contest to pick the best-dressed store window.
The right lane of State Route 900 near Interstate 405 in the Highlands was closed for a time Monday and Tuesday for repairs to a pothole-like depression that had opened in the road.
The names of Highlands Man and Woman likely will remain lost in time.
The grave of this young man and older woman was uncovered by chance in early May by a local builder digging a utility trench for a new house on Edmonds Avenue Northeast in the Highlands.
Kevin Milo, son of Marie and Don Milo of Fairwood, has received his Eagle Scout Award.
A look at what’s happening in the Renton community.
Crews working for the state Department of Transportation have completed more than half of the tunneling for the new culvert that will carry Thunder Hills Creek underneath I-405 near Benson Road in Renton.
