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Showers today, but clearing | WEEKEND WEATHER

According to the National Weather Service, today, Saturday should bring mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance…

Sports

Indians volleyball focusing on fundamentals

According to the new coach, the team lost two standouts to graduation last year in All League players…

Sophomore Asia Brisco is one of the top returners this season for Renton.

Sports

Young Renton High School girls soccer team looking to improve

After a strong showing last season, there’s a youth movement under way on the Renton High School girls…

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Expect a lane shift next week on Rainier Avenue South

Some pavement grinding will be necessary to build the medians, but generally, drivers should not be disrupted. The…

Opinion

Summer is over, it’s time to get serious | EDITOR’S NOTE

Now that fall is officially, if not technically here, people tend to settle back in to their daily…

Sports

Highlander girls soccer aiming for state tournament

The season gets underway Saturday at The Joe at Hazen High School with the Highlander Invitational Jamboree.

Renton football coach Donald Ponds fires up his team during workouts this week in preparation for the season opener Friday vs. Olympic.

Sports

‘Hungry’ Renton Indians football squad opens season tonight at Renton Memorial Stadium

Led by a couple of All-League players and a new face at quarterback, the Renton Indians football team…

News

Flood watch issued for Thursday night

The watch begins at noon Thursday and extends to 6 p.m. Friday as significant rainfall is expected throughout…

Children play in the Cedar River.

News

Storms possible today, rain later this week | WEATHER

The National Weather Service is calling for a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms through today, Monday with more…

Tory Franklin peers out through the window of the former Renton Western Wear building that now contains her fairy tale-inspired art.

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Fairy tales fill empty windows downtown

Made of wood and cut PVC puppet figures, the pieces fill the old store’s empty windows with fanciful…

Boeing assembles 737s in Renton.

Business

Canadian airline to purchase 65 737 MAX aircraft from Boeing.

The order is valued at $6.3 billion at current list prices. The Boeing 737 is assembled in Renton.

Costumes were encouraged during Saturday night's 'Run From the Cops' 5K.

News

Run From the Cops 5K | SLIDESHOW

The special evening run began at 10 p.m. at The Landing and runners did a loop through the…

This man robbed the downtown branch of US Bank on Friday.

News

Police release photo of suspect in downtown bank robbery

According to police, the man entered the bank at about 3 p.m. and after a few minutes, he…

An unidentified couple share a moment just before sunset recently at Cedar River Trail Park.

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Gray with a chance of showers today | WEEKEND WEATHER

The National Weather Service forecast for today, Saturday, calls for cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of…

The city's Hearing Examiner has ruled that the library's mid-span entrance

News

Hearing Examiner denies library appeal, approves site plan

Decision calls building historically and culturally significant, but rules door location not compelling reason for mitigation.

SWAT Team members search a house in the Chinquapin neighborhood of Renton.

News

Three charged in Aug. 9 residential burglary attempt

Andrew Robert Becker, Mohamed Ali Hussein and Abdi M. Wasuge were all arrested Aug. 9 after they were…

Firefighters battled a blaze in the 1500 block of Talbot Hill Road South on Tuesday.

News

One in custody following suspicious fire this afternoon

Police have a man in custody believed to be involved in a suspicious fire this afternoon on Talbot…

Light reflects off clouds during a beautiful sunset at Coulon Park this past weekend in this photo submitted by Lisa Halfon.

News

Chance of showers today, sunny tomorrow | WEEKEND WEATHER

According to the National Weather Service, today, Saturday, will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of…

The Cedar River Library

Opinion

It’s time to ‘reboot’ the library discussion and move forward | EDITOR’S NOTE

For example, it is not accurate or fair when people say things like “the city council/KCLS is not…

News

Council votes to defer aid-car fee indefinitely

Presently, all transports to a hospital are free, but the council last year voted to institute the fee,…