The Renton teachers’ union, which numbers more than 1,000 members, will be waving signs at intersections after school on May 28.
The Renton Ecumenical Association of Churches (REACH) was granted nearly $94,000 from United Way and the City of Seattle to expand the winter shelter at Harambee center to a year-round shelter.
Renton celebrated an evening of glitz and cinema as the Seattle International Film Festival returned to the city for a fifth time Thursday night, with the opening night screening and gala.
The 2014 Washington Healthy Youth Survey found Renton students using drugs, alcohol and tobacco at a lower percentage than their peers across the state, with the exception of a handful of behaviors for 10th-grade students.
This year the event raised $500, but students are still collecting money in their classrooms for the month of May to send to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The “differing viewpoints” between the Renton School Board and Superintendent Merri Rieger during her employment are still a mystery as neither side has yet to explain the reason for the Superintendent’s resignation on Wednesday.
For National Women Build Week, Habitat Seattle-King County hosted two events at Renton’s La Fortuna housing site.
Saturday, May 9, marks the 14th annual Spring Festival, bringing more than 40 arts and crafts vendors to the streets of downtown Renton.
When Hazen High School senior Denisha Shrestha heard her aunt yelling on the phone to her grandfather about an earthquake in Nepal last month, she didn’t think much about it because the area is prone to quakes, she said.
Testing for the Common Core State Standards is under way in the Renton School District and officials report that so far the number of students that have opted out of taking the tests is low.
Forty-nine Renton Christian School students will take to Renton Civic Theatre’s stage to put on J.M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan,’ May 14 to 16.
Renton High School hosted the Indian Education Program’s Culture Night April 30, complete with songs, dancing, storytelling, information booths and fry bread.
This spring high school students in the Renton School District will cast their votes for student government candidates using realistic ballots created by the King County Elections Office.
Students at Dimmitt Middle School got a rare treat Friday as Gov. Jay Inslee and Seahawks Safety Earl Thomas III stopped by for a hands-on computer demonstration of coding.
The tennis courts at Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park are closed until late June for renovations. More work is planned for the park this summer.
The Renton business and school community got a peek at what the Renton School District has been up to with its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs Monday during the sixth annual Friends of Renton Schools Fundraising Breakfast.
Passage means about 630 new radios for Renton’s first responders and more reliable communications.
The school is piloting a program that connects kids to the sport of rowing, teaches basic rowing skills and safety on the rowing machine.
Hazelwood Elementary School hosted its annual talent and variety show April 17, ‘Hazelwood’s Got Talent.’
Amid near perfect weather, the 2015 Seahawks 12k at The Landing went off without a hitch Sunday, as 12,000 runners took to Renton’s city streets.
