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Members of the Friends of Renton High School pose with members of the school’s DECA Club in front of the Wall of Fame at Renton High School. The kids

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RHS Alumni honored on Wall of Fame

The group hopes the honor wall will provide role models to students currently attending Renton High and represent…

Santa counts down to the Landing tree-lighting Nov. 23.

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Let the holiday fun begin

Many family-friendly activities are starting up around Renton in celebration of the holidays.

Nelsen Middle School students debone turkeys to give to homeless people in Seattle and Renton.

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New latina group at Nelsen Middle School preps turkeys for needy

With a heart for community service, Love started feeding the homeless 20 years ago when she was a…

Renton's Leilani Akiyama won the gold medal at the World Judo Championships.

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Renton woman brings home judo championship

Renton resident Leilani Akiyama, 26, grew up in her stepfather’s studio, Judo Champions.

Zakariya Palsha

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Campbell Hill principal receives Golden Apple award

Campbell Hill Elementary School Principal Zakariya Palsha won the 2013 Golden Apple Excellence in Education Award, which celebrates…

Lakeridge Elementary School teacher Candace Abrahamson teaches her kindergarten students numbers during a recent class.

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Renton educators weigh in on national Common Core standards

The Common Core State Standards are academic benchmarks for reading and math that lay out what students should…

Aunt Dottie and Nephew Aaron

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Caberet performer celebrates fifth anniversary Sunday at RCT

Aunt Dottie is celebrating her Fifth Anniversary Show at 3 p.m. at Renton Civic Theatre and giving a…

A teacher at the Northwest School for Hearing-Impaired Children signs instructions on an assingnment.

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Hearing-impaired Renton students head to Shoreline for special school

NWSFHIC is the only preschool through eighth grade school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children in Washington.

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Renton Rotary Teachers of the Month for November

Renton Rotary Club has selected its Teachers of the Month for November as part of their commitment to…

Laura Coumont

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Renton Piazza partners with non-profit to host auction to help homeless children

Two Renton organizations aimed at helping the community and residents are joining together to host an event Saturday.

Traci Williams

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A salute to our veterans: Traci Williams

In Afghanistan, Williams was in charge of community outreach, ensuring all donations sent from the United States reached…

Pearl Harbor survivor Robert Brown points to a picture of his ship

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A Salute to our veterans: Robert Brown

Former Navy gunsman Robert Brown, 91, was on the battleship Maryland retrieving gunpowder below deck on Dec. 7,…

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Renton Technical honors students, staff who served

Renton Technical College (RTC) celebrated Veterans Day early by holding a ceremony Nov. 7 on campus to honor…

Spencer Court resident Carol Sanders shows the condition of his room since a bed bug infestation hit the facility in July. Carol and her husband Ken have been sleeping on an air mattress.

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Residents at Spencer Court fed up after being charged for ongoing bedbug fight

The residents were each given a bill of $400 from Spencer Court management to help pay for pest…

A chart provided by the University of Washington shows the progress made by Lakeridge students from 2011 to 2013.

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Lakeridge Elementary’s new teaching methods lead to improved test scores

After just two years, fifth grade math scores increased by 35 percent and reading scores went up 25…

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Alternative to ER opens in Kent

A business hoping to redefine the urgent-care experience for patients and physicians opened in Kent Jan. 28. Doctors…

Aviation High School students Jacob Wagner

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Aviation High fills Boeing jobs

Aviation High School junior Jacob Wagner already had a dream come true. He got to fly an airplane…