The City of Renton administration is recommending to the Renton City Council that it not place the library initiative on the ballot.
The citizens group that supports keeping the downtown Renton library over the Cedar River has retained a lawyer and plans for a rally before Monday’s City Council meeting.
The following information was compiled based on Renton Police Department reports.
Police heard gunfire and found a suspicious empty van in downtown Renton on March 8.
An officer heard three gunshots close to where he was parked near the 1200 block of Bronson Way North just before 3 a.m.
Proponents of keeping the downtown library over the Cedar River have gathered enough signatures to keep their efforts alive. The King County Elections Office told the Renton Reporter late Wednesday afternoon the group had gathered enough signatures to validate its initiative.
The Renton Reporter is continuing its special report on efforts by the City of Renton and the residents themselves to improve the quality of life in this venerable neighborhood between downtown and Kennydale. In this installment, we look at what the city and neighborhood are doing to clean up some of the neighborhood’s unkempt properties.
Almost seven months after explaining her story to the Renton Reporter, Sally de Leon and her family finally have a place to call home.
De Leon shared her experiences as a veteran for a series of articles on the countywide Veterans and Human Services Levy that passed in August 2011.
The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.
A Renton husband assaulted his wife of 30 years for missing a dinner date on March 10.
The incident occurred in the 1300 block of Southeast 159th Place Place at about 8:30 p.m.
Renton City Attorney Larry Warren has raised questions whether an initiative to keep the downtown library in its current location over the Cedar River is legal.
The King County Sexual Assault Resource Center is asking volunteers to “stick it to silence” in April.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2012 and KCSARC plans to raise awareness with help from volunteers.
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
A drug deal went wrong and a Lynnwood man was robbed on Feb. 26.
The 37-year-old Lynnwood man arranged to buy marijuana from people he didn’t know in the Fred Meyer parking lot off Rainier Avenue.
Renton volunteers last weekend gathered enough petition signatures, they hope, to keep the downtown Renton library over the Cedar River. The volunteers collected 2,108 signatures; after they initially submitted petitions to the City of Renton, they were 1,442 signatures short of the 6,375 needed to validate the petition.
The fight is on to gather more signatures for a petition designed to keep the downtown Renton library where it is over the Cedar River.
More than $10,000 worth of recording equipment and priceless songs were stolen from the Harambee Center, home to youth organization Cry Out!, on Tuesday.
In an unanimous vote, the Renton School Board decided Wednesday night to put the “Building for a Lifetime of Learning School Construction” bond measure on the April 17 election ballot.
The following was compiled based on City of Renton Police reports.
A 16-year-old boy was expelled from all Renton city parks for soliciting sex from community center visitors on Feb. 14.
A staff member at the Renton Community Center, 1715 Maple Valley Highway, made the report to police at about 4:15 p.m.
Although John Houston grew up in one of the first African-American families in Renton, he says he can relate to the issues of some of the city’s diverse population of teens today.
Houston grew up on a pig farm in the Highlands at a time when much of that area was woods.
The fact that his family was poor while most of his friends’ parents worked for Boeing, coupled with the racism he experienced growing up in the predominantly white area, all contributed to him turning to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain.
George and Sally Daniels have enjoyed their restored 1902 home in the North Renton neighborhood since 1989, an area dominated by single-family homes.
George Daniels does have questions about the future of North Renton.
The question weighing most heavily on his mind is whether the density of the area will change North Renton from a bedroom community to the piled-high likes of downtown Bellevue.
The following were compiled based on City of Renton Police reports.
A Renton man discovered mysterious items along the road on Feb. 6.
Since Thanksgiving, the auto-body course students at Renton Technical College have been working on an unusual assignment.
They have been tasked with painting a full-scale model of a World War II Spitfire airplane.
The Liberty Park library building now has three possibilities for its future use.
