More than 250 private, public and volunteer agency participants met at Boeing’s Seattle facility for an intensive four-day Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC), conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Institute.
Traffic delays are expected throughout the region this weekend as construction crews close the State Route 520 floating bridge and highway from Montlake Boulevard to Interstate 405.
Renton Police investigators have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Tukwila man Sept. 7, but as of Friday morning no arrest has been made.
A 16-year-old Renton boy pleaded guilty as an adult Tuesday in the assault and robbery of a man at the Metro Transit Center in downtown Renton May 5.
Gov. Chris Gregoire pumped up the state’s aerospace industry Thursday, promising to tailor worker training to its needs and asking for its help to maintain Washington as the “center of aerospace” in the world.
Big jets roared overhead on their way to nearby Sea-Tac Airport once every seven minutes, jarring molars and rendering all attempts at conversation outside the walls of the new concrete and glass building momentarily futile.
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports
Police investigated threats of violence against apartment residents in Renton on Aug. 2.
The report of threats came from a residence in the 12200 block of Southeast Petrovitsky Road at around 6 p.m.
A 58-year-old was killed the afternoon of Sept. 9 when his motorcycle and a truck collided on Monster Road in southwest Renton.
Kelly Dowell always saw her dad Joe as a superhero.
The Newcastle resident was driving her dad back home from Swedish Hospital after a chemotherapy treatment for malignant brain cancer when he asked her to stop the car. Joe had spotted a lady on the street loaded down with items and a full shopping cart. He got out of the car to help her with her things.
Valley Medical Center’s key event promoting women’s wellness is back; the GLOW first anniversary celebration is Sept. 22.
Volunteers, from left, Doug Fawcett, Brian Ellis, and Brian Ward from the Church of Latter-day Saints of Renton help landscape the Renton Area Youth and Family Services building Saturda
More than 100 people attended the open house at the Renton Pavilion Event Center, where King County Library System staff, City of Renton officials and the design team from the architectural firm, Miller Hull Partnership, answered their questions and wrote down their ideas for a new downtown library.
A Duvall man was shot in the foot Tuesday night during an argument with two men outside a tavern on the Renton-Maple Valley Highway, according to the Renton Police Department.
Food is coming into the Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank to fill empty shelves, but more is needed to help feed Renton’s hungry.
Some roads could turn to gravel in rural areas and urban areas outside cities in King County. Snow would pile up on the residential streets of Fairwood, Novelty Hill and other unincorporated urban areas near to suburban cities and to small rural cities. Those are some of the realities of a proposal county Executive Dow Constantine unveiled Monday to maintain the county’s 1,600 miles of roads, based on traffic volume, public safety and bus service, among other criteria.
Hundreds turn out for community events on West Hill.
Blitz, Sea Gals make a personal appearance at Top Pot Doughnuts at McLendon on Rainier Avenue.
A man about 40 years old was killed Friday afternoon when his motorcycle and a truck collided on Monster Road.
Monster Road is closed between Southwest Seventh Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, according to the Renton Police Department. Metro Transit also has been advised of the closure.
Inspections of key transportation structures such as the Highway 99 Viaduct in Seattle revealed no damage so far following an earthquake Friday afternoon off Vancouver Island, according to the state transportation department.