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Owner Dave Smith stands next to the brick and original timbers that make up the interior of the Louisa building on Wells Avenue South downtown. Smith is turning the building’s second floor into office space.
Historic Renton City Hall finding a new purpose...
By Dean Radford • February 18, 2010 7:18 pm

Dave Smith has literally uncovered a piece of Renton history on Wells Avenue. Now, with the brick facade of the…

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The Renton Transit Center in downtown is regularly patrolled by Renton Police officers and occasionally by Metro Transit Police. Unarmed security officers patrol the center and other parts of downtown weekdays under a contract with a Renton-based
Private security at Renton Transit Center would protect...
By Dean Radford • February 13, 2010 12:37 pm

The assault on a 15-year-old girl at Metro Transit’s bus tunnel in Seattle as security guards stood nearby would not…

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Just 46 votes separate sides on library annexation; recount decision up to City of Renton
Just 46 votes separate sides on library annexation;...
By Dean Radford • February 12, 2010 8:50 pm

The gap separating the “yes” votes from the “no” votes whether to annex the City of Renton to the King…

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Bomb threat lands Hazen senior in jail on his 18th birthday
Bomb threat lands Hazen senior in jail on...
By Dean Radford • February 12, 2010 7:54 pm

A Hazen High School senior is spending part of his 18th birthday today in the Renton City Jail after he…

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EDITOR’S NOTE: No matter library outcome, please remain engaged
EDITOR’S NOTE: No matter library outcome, please remain...
By Dean Radford • February 11, 2010 5:32 pm

As I write this, it’s still unclear whether the City of Renton will annex to the King County Library System. The results after two days of counting remain close, although initially those opposed to annexation felt disheartened.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Together is powerful word
EDITOR’S NOTE: Together is powerful word
By Dean Radford • February 4, 2010 2:50 pm

I love the word potpourri. Because if I am using it, then it means that I get to write about a whole bunch of stuff.
This whole bunch of stuff has a common theme. That theme is really a question. How can we take control of our own fate when the fates seem to conspire against us?

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Benson Road will close starting at 6 p.m. today (Thursday)just south of City Hall for the first phase of placing girders for the new Benson Road bridge. The road will reopen at 4 a.m. Wednesday. A similar closure is planned for Tuesday evening.
Benson Road near City Hall to close Saturday...
By Dean Radford • February 4, 2010 2:31 pm

Benson Road near Renton City Hall will close during the day Saturday for emergency repairs to a major Seattle City Light power transmission line through the city that failed last week.
Benson Road will close from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. between Eagle Ridge Drive and just south of Renton City Hall, according to the City of Renton.

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Two small areas in northeastern Renton deciding whether to revoke annexation
Two small areas in northeastern Renton deciding whether...
By Dean Radford • February 1, 2010 4:47 pm

To help straighten out its far northeastern border, the City of Renton last year annexed two small communities near Honey…

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Jerry Rerecich
After 40 years of helping to keep Renton...
By Dean Radford • January 29, 2010 5:20 pm

Four decades ago, a 24-year-old Jerry Rerecich stood in a recreation hall on Renton Hill filled with kids looking to…

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Boeing to transfer several hundred engineers from Renton to Everett
Boeing to transfer several hundred engineers from Renton...
By Dean Radford • January 28, 2010 8:40 pm

The Boeing Co. plans to transfer several hundred engineers based in Renton to the company’s Everett plant in a move…

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The state Department of Transportation and its private contractors are currently building the piers that will support the new Benson Road bridge over Interstate 405 near City Hall.
Work on I-405 in Renton could finish months...
By Dean Radford • January 28, 2010 3:06 pm

The state is on schedule to complete the second part of major improvements to Interstate 405 through downtown Renton six to nine months early, said the state transportation department project engineer.

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Renton’s successful CurveCard continues into 2010
Renton’s successful CurveCard continues into 2010
By Dean Radford • January 28, 2010 2:59 pm

The successful “Shop Renton, Buy Ahead of the Curve” campaign, designed to promote shopping locally and launched in mid-2009, will continue into 2010.
The most visible sign of the campaign is the CurveCard, which offers special discounts and deals at the roughly 185 participating businesses.
Businesses interested in participating in the campaign can contact the City of Renton Economic Development at 425-430-6582 or e-mail dced@rentonwa.gov.

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First Financial loses $40.7 million but still ‘strong’
First Financial loses $40.7 million but still ‘strong’
By Dean Radford • January 28, 2010 11:57 am

The Renton-based First Financial Northwest lost $40.7 million in 2009, mostly because of bad real-estate loans in the worst market since the Great Depression.

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Renton teen charged with two counts of assault in attack on bus driver
Renton teen charged with two counts of assault...
By Dean Radford • January 27, 2010 9:58 pm

Two assault charges were filed Wednesday against a 14-year-old Renton boy in the attack early Saturday morning that left a…

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Armondo Pavone
Renton’s Armondo’s, Go Deli, Uwajimaya team up on...
By Dean Radford • January 26, 2010 3:29 pm

A unique partnership with the new Uwajimaya market in Renton is helping to expand the brand of two downtown businesses…

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Renton teen to be charged Wednesday in assault on bus driver
Renton teen to be charged Wednesday in assault...
By Dean Radford • January 24, 2010 10:46 am

A second-degree assault charge is expected to be filed Wednesday against a 15-year-old Renton boy in the attack early Saturday…

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Peter Hahn
Key Renton public works official takes Seattle post
By Dean Radford • January 21, 2010 2:13 pm

In his four years with the City of Renton, Peter Hahn has overseen several key transportation projects in the city…

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Employees stand outside the Mazatlan Restaurant on Rainier Avenue South Wednesday morning after the restaurant suffered about $50
Fire Wednesday morning damages Mazatlan Restaurant in Renton
By Dean Radford • January 20, 2010 8:51 pm

An early morning fire Wednesday caused about $50,000 damage to the Mazatlan Restaurant on Rainier Avenue South, according to the…

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Prosecutors call Skyway man extreme danger to community, charge him with rape, kidnapping
Prosecutors call Skyway man extreme danger to community,...
By Dean Radford • January 14, 2010 6:43 pm

A 20-year-old Skyway man who prosecutors allege sexually assaulted a woman in Skyway at knifepoint has been charged with rape,…

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Shannon ‘Shambo’ Waters relaxes at her Highlands home with her beloved dogs
Shambo is home in Renton working, relaxing with...
By Dean Radford • January 14, 2010 5:16 pm

Let’s get a couple things cleared up first thing. Shambo didn’t lose her tribe’s fishing gear nor did she set…

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