In an election that cost about $50,000, Bob Vos of Auburn was re-elected March 18 to the Board of Supervisors of the King Conservation District.
Two top city administrators have new titles, part of the city’s efforts to combine short- and long-range planning under one boss and all planning employees in one spot.
About 150 wheelchair athletes will come to Renton this weekend for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association varsity championships, hosted by Northwest Adaptive Sports, the Seattle Sonics and local Kiwanis clubs.
Each of the several people seated in the Renton Salvation Army Food Bank and Service Center last Saturday morning has a different ailment. The 14-year-old girl has a sprained ankle and her mother herniated back discs. The diabetic man needs insulin and the 13-year-old boy a physical and immunizations.
The City of Renton is seeking candidates for one position on the Advisory Commission on Diversity.
Two Lindbergh High School seniors poetry-slammed their way to college scholarships as part of the Damien Wilkins Foundation Poetry Slam, held at the Seattle Sonics’ last home game April 13.
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McLendon Hardware will be hosting a free pancake breakfast and food drive as part of the celebration of its 82nd anniversary.
After a 5-0 loss to Evergreen on Tuesday, it was easy for Renton High soccer coach Duane Nakamura to question the consistency of his rebuilding team.
A Kent cab driver injured in a hate-crime attack last year is continuing on the path to recovery.
Agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement on Wednesday indicted more than a dozen people for involvement in marijuana growing operations as well as three businesses during a raid they’re calling “Operation Green Reaper.”
Valley Medical Center will open eight new operating rooms this summer, the second phase of the hospital’s new surgery center.
The Hazen Players at Hazen High School will present its annual spring play May 1, 2 and 3. This spring’s play is “You Can’t Take it With You,” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Show times are 7 p.m., with an additional 2 p.m. matinee on May 3. Tickets are $5 for students with ASB, $7 for adults and students without ASB.
The new 2008 Puget Sound Fresh Farm Guide is now available for free at local libraries.
The Municipal League of King County awarded Dalia Amin of Lindbergh High School with the Civic Scholar Scholarship at the 49th annual Civic Awards Thursday in Seattle.
A new member of the elected board that oversees Valley Medical Center faces an uncertain future on the board with a change of meeting times to Monday evening.
Marcie Palmer has seen plenty of wildlife in her Kennydale neighborhood. She’s seen coyotes, deer, possums and raccoons. Last summer a cougar was spotted in lower Kennydale. But Wednesday was the first Kennydale bear sighting for the City Council member and many of her neighbors.
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