Gov.-elect Jay Inslee has named Renton School District Supt. Mary Alice Heuschel to be his chief of staff.
A handful of people protested in front of the Renton Walmart on Black Friday to draw attention to company practices they feel are unfair towards Walmart workers.
Area officials urge the community not to forget about emergency plans for pets as flooding season is here.
Recently, representatives from the King County Flood Control District, Regional Animal Services of King County and the City of Seattle visited the Pet Adoption Center in Kent to stress the importance of preparedness during disaster.
Puget Sound Access, the public TV station in South King County, is moving to Renton this January.
Known to many as the providers of Channel 77, the non-profit’s lease at its Kent facility expires Dec. 31.
The studio was closed on Oct. 27 and classes have been suspended.
Despite having only two turkeys for their annual Thanksgiving meals last week, the Salvation Army received more than 800 turkeys to fill its food boxes just days before its distribution to hundreds of Renton families.
Thanksgiving is saved for the Salvation Army and needy families in the area, thanks to local efforts.
Renton School Superintendent Mary Alice Heuschel has been named one of three co-chairs for Gov.-elect Jay Inslee’s transition team.
This time last year the warehouse shelves of the Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank were practically full. Now with less than a week to go before it hands out Thanksgiving meals, the food bank has collected just two turkeys. It has a list of about 600 families who are in need of a Thanksgiving dinner.
Rod Haynes was motivated to join the U.S. Navy five months after the U.S. embassy in Iran was run over by students, who took hostages.
John King joined the U.S. Army in 1949 to escape the mines of Ironwood, Mich. At the time it was tough to get a job in the country.
Fred DeBerry served in the U.S. Navy as an aerographer’s mate, second class, from 1964 to 1968, during the Vietnam War.
Noticing a turnaround in the housing market, the Renton School District has started the process to sell several pieces of undeveloped land the district owns.
However, the district faces some opposition in the Tiffany Park neighborhood from people who don’t want to see about 20 acres of land become single-family homes.
A Renton couple works to ensure their son has a chance to marry whom he chooses.
Some kids at Valley Medical Center’s Children’s Therapy got a treat Friday morning, when they were visited by two U.S. figure skaters.
Despite a smaller public turnout, the general consensus from Tuesday night’s Renton libraries meeting is that dialogue among the City of Renton, King County Library System and the public seems to be improving.
The open house was held to update community members on renovation plans for the downtown and Highlands branch libraries.
The Renton School District opened the doors of its non-traditional school to the community Thursday evening.
Renton Technical College will be among several community colleges at the forefront of green building issues this fall with a new safety program to address potential incidents associated with new green building systems.
Offered through the Construction Center of Excellence at RTC, the course is called the Green Building Safety program. It will be offered Jan. 17 on campus.
The City of Renton is listening and taking into consideration public comments about the re-development of libraries in the city.
That’s the message Preeti Shridhar, the city’s deputy public affairs administrator, conveys.
All comments collected at the first library open house were added to the city’s webpage concerning libraries and responses to questions were also added, she said.
Nancy Thomas’ approach to life and battling cancer three times can be summed up in an expression she learned from fellow dragon-boat team members: “paddles up,” she says confidently.
“Paddles up is what we say when we get ready to go and paddles up is kind of a key word for women here,” Thomas said.
The 74-year-old Renton resident first was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003. She didn’t want to accept the bad news.
It’s a Friday afternoon at the recently re-constructed Briarwood Elementary School in east Renton and students are circling the building for a Parent Teacher Association walk-a-thon. The sun is shining, pop music from a stereo is pushing students forward and their Principal Drew Terry gives out fist bumps and high-fives, naming each student who passes.
Briarwood opened its doors and campus to a whole new environment this school year, after replacing a 50-year-old building and reshaping its grounds.
