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Disaster workshop, Craft Bazaar, home repair help and more.

Ben Lehfeldt-Ehlinger and Andrew Bell.

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Renton hockey player looks to make mark with Ravens

The Seattle Ravens, a new U.S. junior hockey team in Kent, gives local players a chance to improve…

James M. Swift

Obituaries

James M. Swift

James M. Swift James M. Swift, 61, passed away after a short and brave battle with cancer on…

Stephen Underwood

Obituaries

Stephen Underwood

Stephen Underwood 1964 – 2015 Stephen Underwood, 51, passed away peacefully on September 3, 2015 in Ogden Utah.…

Albert Victor Dumler

Obituaries

Albert Victor Dumler

Albert Victor Dumler It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Albert V. Dumler (Abby),…

Obituaries

Hisako Hiranaka

Hisako (Sumita) Hiranaka Hisako (Sumita) Hiranaka, of Kent, went into the presence of our Lord August 20, 2015…

Business

Valley Named a 2015 ‘Most Wired’ Hospital & Health Network

The survey is designed to measure the level of IT adoption in U.S. hospitals and health systems, and…

Machinists and members of SPEEA stage an informational picket outside the Renton Boeing plant Wednesday over the potential loss of jobs when a 737 finishing plant is built in China.

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Unions protest plan to open 737 line in China

This China-based facility will not reduce 737 program employment in Washington state, according to Boeing.

Frank Shiers Jr.'s editorial comic

Opinion

What’s behind it? | FRANK SHIERS JR.’S VIEW

Frank Shiers Jr.'s editorial comic, week of Sept. 18, 2015.

The main gallery at the Pacific Northwest Historical Aviation Foundation at the Seattle Center in the late 1960s was the forerunner to the Museum of Flight.

Life

Museum of Flight celebrates 50 years on Saturday

The Museum of Flight celebrates its 50th Anniversary, Saturday, Sept. 19, with an all-day birthday party and 50-cent…

Opinion

Early education is the key to student success | GUEST COMMENTARY

Research shows that children who participate in high- quality early learning have lower rates of: special education placement,…

Opinion

Will GOP back Bryant against Inslee? | JERRY CORNFIELD

If Bryant winds up the Democratic Party’s chief target it means he’s also the Republican Party’s torchbearer.

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REMINDER: Mayor’s Day of Concern is Saturday

Food donated on this day will substantially reduce the growing crisis of hunger in our community.

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Workshops offered for nonprofits

The Renton Community Foundation will offer two education seminars designed to help nonprofits be all that they can…

Life

REMINDER: ‘Sweeney Todd’ opens tonight at Renton Civic Theatre

The play will run from through Oct. 3 with shows on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Frederick Leroy Zevart Jr

Obituaries

Frederick Leroy Zevart Jr

Frederick (Fred) Leroy Zevart Jr Frederick (Fred) Leroy Zevart Jr was born to Fritz and Mary Zevart October…

Marion Wienker

Obituaries

Marion Wienker

Marion (Neils) Wienker Grandma “Wink” Marion Wienker passed away peacefully on August 30, 2015 at the age of…

Joan Barbara Prosser

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Joan Barbara Prosser

Joan Barbara Schroeder Prosser Joan Barbara Schroeder Prosser, 82, of Renton Washington, died Sunday, August 30, 2015. She…

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RTC receives apprenticeship grant

Renton Technical College this week was awarded a grant of $468,595 from the U.S. Department of Labor’s American…

The Henry Moses Aquatic Center became a pooch paradise on Saturday.

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Dog Day Afternoon | SLIDESHOW

Saturday marked the annual Pooch Plunge at the Henry Moses Aquatic Center, which closed to humans for the…