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Eleven Renton School District teachers were honored recently at the Excellence in Education Ahead of the Class awards ceremony.
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It’s nearly 7:20 a.m. at Hazen High School. On any other day, campus would be buzzing with straggling students. But today, except for staff cars, the parking lots are deserted. A girl wearing shorts and a T-shirt runs inside to join other dancers. No other students are around. Upstairs, lockers line the empty hallways. Only a few classrooms are lit.
The wares at the Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank grew by 64,000 pounds over the weekend.
The black bear treed in Kennydale a couple weeks ago is on the mend. He underwent surgery on May 5 to fix his dislocated right hip and fractured hip bone.
Leila Swier turned 18 March 31. She registered to vote a few weeks later and mailed her first ballot shortly after.
A 74-year-old Renton man stabbed multiple times Thursday evening in downtown Renton is recovering from his wounds, while Renton police investigate the events leading to the attack – starting with the robbery of a cell phone.
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The Nelsen Middle School Concert Chorus performs often — about once a month. And not just at Nelsen, but at community events in Renton and Seattle.
A 53-year-old man was found dead in his cell at the Renton City Jail at City Hall at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.
The City of Renton will hold a public notification meeting May 15 for a Level 3 sex offender who is living in southwest Renton.
The City of Renton is seeking candidates for two positions on the Renton Municipal Arts Commission.
Seven local hip-hop artists will bring their rhythms and rhymes to downtown Renton Saturday, May 17. The show, called Real Hip Hop 4 Real Change, is at Harambee, a church and community center on South Third Street, will benefit Mercy Corps efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Preservation of the Eastside rail corridor came a step closer to reality Monday with approval by the King County Council of a key part of a plan to purchase the corridor from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
There’s a new street name in town. It’s Seahawks Way.
The Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners will continue meeting at 3:30 p.m., after voting on Monday to rescind a decision to meet at 6 p.m. that effectively could have resulted in the resignation of one of its newest members.
The first test of the new HOT lanes on State Route 167 – at least from the commuters’ standpoint – came Monday morning.
