Next time, pull farther off the road | Police blotter
May 16, 2012
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Hope for teen employment
Friday morning at King County YouthSource in Renton, Bank of America announced it is providing a $50,000 grant to the Workforce Development Council that will fund 16 internships through the City of Seattle's Summer Youth Employment Program.
May 16, 2012
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Deadline approaching to buy tickets for Tukwila Historical Society gala
The deadline is fast approaching to buy tickets for the second annual Tukwila Historical Society Gala and Fundraiser, Saturday, May 19.
Filing for primary, general election runs through Friday
Candidates planning to run for office in the Aug. 7 primary election or the Nov. 6 general election must file through Friday, May 18.
Viaduct in downtown Seattle to close this weekend for reinforcement
Crews will close the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct on the Seattle waterfront this weekend to continue reinforcing a two-block section of the structure located above the route of the future SR 99 tunnel.
The projector is now in the house | SIFF-Renton
About 600 pounds of projection equipment was loaded Monday morning into the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, host to the Seattle International Film Festival in Renton. The festival kicks off this Friday, May 18, in the city for the second year in a row. It may be the last year that 35 millimeter film projection is used in the festival. Renton is the only site this year of all the SIFF venues to have 35 millimeter projection equipment.
Seattle man charged in brutal assault in Renton; teen suspect surrenders
A 50-year-old Seattle man convicted in 1990 of murder is now in the King County jail in Kent, charged in the brutal assault of a Renton smoke-shop owner on May 9.
May 14, 2012
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Here's how to win tickets to the SIFF-Renton opening night
Here's your chance to get two FREE tickets to the opening-night screening and gala Friday, May 18, for the Seattle International Film Festival in Renton.
May 14, 2012
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Auburn, cities seeking ways to support freight corridors
Given the grim assurance that no ongoing source of money from the federal, state or county level will be available in the foreseeable future to help cities maintain freight corridors on the valley floor, hard adjustments could be in the wind.
King County Wastemobile coming to Renton May 25-27
All King County and city residents can safely dispose of old car batteries, oil, paint and other household hazardous waste items when the Wastemobile comes to Renton, May 25-27.
The Wastemobile will be in the Fred Meyer parking lot at 365 Renton Center Way and will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
May 10, 2012
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The sandbags along Green River are finally going away
Those thousands of sandbags placed along the Green River to ward off flood waters are going away, now that an agreement is in the works about who will pay for their removal.
Discussions have been under way for weeks between three Valley cities – Kent, Auburn and Tukwila – and the King County Flood Control District about who would pay for the sandbag removal.
May 10, 2012
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