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Renton review of Quendall Terminals project put on hold over EPA concerns

The City of Renton has put a hold on its review of a large-scale development on Lake Washington…

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Now let’s hope governance issues for VMC are resolved

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Renton seeks King County help to control Cedar River logs

Fearing damage to key bridges serving the city and the Boeing plant, Mayor Denis Law has asked that…

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Valley Medical, UW Medicine deal likely to go to Valley’s board in early April

The Valley Medical Center commissioners likely will receive in early April a final agreement to consider to form…

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Renton, KCLS select sites for two new branch libraries

Renton and the King County Library System have selected two locations – one downtown and one in the…

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Renton apartment owners to pay $110,000 over federal fair-housing violations

The owners and operators of the Summerhill Place Apartments in Renton will pay $110,000 in damages and civil…

Valley Medical Center CEO Rich Roodman explained Thursday night that health-care reform is one of the driving forces behind a strategic alliance of Valley and UW Medicine.

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UW alliance called growth opportunity for Renton’s Valley Medical Center

The meeting is one of six that hospital administrators are presenting across the hospital district to explain the…

Boeing has delivered the 300th Next Generation 737-800 to Europe’s largest low-fare carrier

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Boeing’s 737 production increase to mean about 1,200 new jobs in Renton

Boeing will add roughly 1,200 new jobs at its 737 plant in Renton over the next two years…

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City Council briefing on Quendall Terminals project postponed to March 14

A briefing of the Renton City Council scheduled for Monday, Feb. 28, on the Quendall Terminals mixed-use project…

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Renton looking at impacts of smaller annexations; two public meetings set

Those two proposals and similar successful ones on the East Renton Plateau have had planners and the Renton…

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2010 census: Renton is state’s ninth-largest city with 90,927 people

Renton's population of 90,927 puts it on the list of the Washington's 10 largest cities for the first…

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The snow in Renton could get serious as cold air arrives

The cold arctic air that's mixing with a wet cold front from the Pacific is hitting King County…

Mayor Denis Law

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Renton to host Seattle International Film Festival in May

The Seattle International Film Festival, the largest film festival in the United States, this year will bring its…

Booms were placed in Johns Creek last May in Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park to collect cooking oil.

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Waste Management fined $2,000 for cooking-oil spill into Coulon creek

Waste Management Inc. has been fined $2,000 by the state Department of Ecology for a spill of about…

Royce C. Shorter

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Renton minister pleads not guilty to rape charges; additional victims possible

UPDATE: Royce Shorter posted bail on Feb. 18 and is no longer in custody. A Renton minister is…

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Unstable weather may produce a funnel cloud (but not necessarily a tornado) in Western Washington

Not to be an alarmist, but you might see a small funnel cloud today in the unsettled skies…

Purple paper covers the windows of 'N Time Music Productions in downtown Renton. Still visible are the promotions for piano and voice lessons and the mission statement of Royce Shorter's ministry

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Pastor, music-store owner in Renton charged with rape, child molestation

Late Wednesday, camera crews stood in front of the used as a backdrop for TV reports on third-degree…

Opinion

EDITOR’S NOTE: Valley board taking the right road now

In early October a “referee” was brought on board to help keep order at meetings of the Valley…

Mary Alice Heuschel

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Renton school superintendent interested in running for Valley Medical commission

Mary Alice Heuschel of Renton, superintendent of Renton schools, is interested in serving as a commissioner for Valley…

Greg Taylor

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Greg Taylor to run for second term on Renton City Council

Greg Taylor is seeking a second term on the Renton City Council, hoping to use those four years…