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Benefit features Renton dancers
The fifth annual Dance for a Cure benefit, called “Silent Awakening,” is May 16 at 5:30 p.m. at…
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Liberty Honors Society looks to raise $5,000 with walk-a-thon
A fatter international book section with books in a variety of languages. That is the primary goal of…
Letters to the Editor
Teaching respect of students has nothing to do with sex
It would take too much space here to present the research and statistics on gay vs. straight youth…
Opinion
RANDY CORMAN: Honor city’s volunteers: they make a difference
“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. These words came to my mind last…
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Letter carriers collecting food
The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive is this Saturday. Letter carriers throughout the country will…
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OBITUARY: Clifton Anderson
Clifton Marvin Anderson, 72, of Renton, died April 17, 2009 in Bellevue. He was born Nov. 28, 1935…
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Valley Medical Center joins PACLAB Network
Valley Medical Center has joined with PACLAB Network Laboratories, the largest regional medical laboratory network in Washington State.…
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Liberty restaurant team places 20th
Liberty High School’s Restaurant Management Team placed 20th out of 31 teams at the National ProStart Invitational in…
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For Valley Medical Center volunteer Anne Goodfellow, it’s nearly 12,000 hours and counting
Forty years go by fast. At least they do for Anne Goodfellow. Tuesday marked two decades that the…
Life
Somalis get help making Renton feel like a home
Somalia is Aynab Abdullahi’s native country. But he considers America home. The 37-year-old SeaTac resident moved to the…
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Kent man pleads not guilty to charges stemming from Benson fatality
A 21-year-old Kent man has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of an Auburn woman…
Obituaries
Lois Jean Jackson
Lois Jean Jackson Lois Jean Jackson passed away at the home of her daughter Beverly Herrick in Portland,…
Life
Who’s flying the 25-foot lobster at Liberty Park? Not Mike of Talbot Hill
A 25-foot lobster was flying over Renton for a couple hours Friday afternoon. A soaring, orange water bug,…
News
Busy weekend of road work, activities to disrupt freeway travel in Seattle area
It’s a busy weekend in the Seattle area. Contractors for the Washington state Department of Transportation will close…
Obituaries
Charles Edward Palmer
Charles Edward Palmer 10/22/1910 – 05/01/09 Charles Palmer, known to family and friends as Chuck, passed away on…
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Body of adult man recovered from Green River in Tukwila
A rescue crew from the Kent Fire Department helped recover the body of an adult male Thursday from…
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Key on-ramp to I-405 in Tukwila to close for two weeks starting Monday
A key on-ramp to I-405 will close for two weeks starting next week as part of a project…
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Renton school cuts not as bad as feared
For the last several months, Renton School District staff has been planning for the worst. Now, it looks…