With German music pumping and beer steins circulating a growing crowd, Oktoberfest in Renton kicked off Friday at the Renton Pavilion EventCenter.
On Sept. 4 Renton resident Joanna Greer made the ill-conceived decision to rob a local bank, seeking escape and treatment in jail for her mental illness.
She entered the Key Bank in the Renton Highlands and – unarmed – robbed a teller of almost $1,500.
The 11th successful season of Renton’s Farmers Market comes to a close next Tuesday at the Piazza.
Valria Lopez, market coordinator, called this past farmers market season “fantastic.”
“The beginning of the season was a little cool, but it’s been just gorgeous and the crowds have been wonderful, lots of vendors,” Lopez said. “It’s been a really good year at both markets.”
The Renton City Council established its commitment to renovating the downtown library over the Cedar River and adopted guiding principles for the city’s relationship with the King County Library System.
Clothing boutique, C’est La Vie at The Landing in Renton, was the site of fashions, stories and socializing Thursday night as women turned out for a fashion show to benefit the Domestic Abuse Women’s Network or DAWN.
The Renton School Board authorized the hiring of Teach for America (TFA) candidates for teaching positions at its meeting Wednesday night.
The residents’ group, Renton Advocacy Coalition, raised questions about the King County Library System’s management of library construction in Renton and asked Renton City Council for greater public involvement in library projects going forward, at Monday night’s City Council meeting.
An advocacy group started by Renton resident’s will make a formal presentation to the Renton City Council on Monday and pitch for more citizen oversight on city projects.
Renton residents have come together to form an advocacy group that will bring citizens’ concerns to the Renton City Council and other city officials.
About 14,700 students, in addition to 120 new teachers, headed back to school in Renton Tuesday.
The Renton Reporter sat down with Renton School District Superintendent Mary Alice Heuschel to demystify the graduation rate.
A retirement party for Ernest Hibbard will be held 6 p.m., Thursday at the Renton Pavilion Event Center downtown.
Renton residents will help put the city on the map for arts, antiques and kid’s activities this Saturday.
The seventh annual Downtown Renton Arts and Antique Walk is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
This year’s festivities include more than 60 artists, displaying a range of mediums from photography, multi-media, pottery to crafts and sculpture.
Principal Ron Mahan prefers to call the newly constructed Secondary Learning Center a non-traditional school, as opposed to an alternative school, the common name for such education centers in the past.
“Just because older people, when they hear alternative, (they) think dumping ground and that’s not what we are,” said Mahan. “There are a lot of kids who will choose to be there and that’s what we want to hear from them.”
The Washington Public Disclosure Commission is continuing to review complaints brought during the Aug. 7 campaign to select a location for the downtown Renton library.
The commission is expected to rule on whether to proceed with a formal investigation in two to three weeks, said Lori Anderson, spokesperson for the commission.
The seventh annual Downtown Renton Art and Antique Walk is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., August 25.
This Sunday marks the 77th running of the Longacres Mile horse race, and for some 30 years a mother-daughter team has supplied the flowers that set off the occasion. It is the 17th running of the race at Emerald Downs.
Students in the Renton School District head back to classrooms Sept. 4.
Renton business man Kal Lambert has filed a complaint with the state Public Disclosure Commission against Mayor Denis Law and named the Renton Reporter as a witness.
At the Citizens for the Cedar River Library camp, a roar went up when the first election results came in at about 8:30 p.m. among the 40 or so people gathered at the home of City Council member Marcie Palmer’s house.
