Pictured left to right: Carol McGraw, Serena McGraw Boyer and Priscilla McGraw Boyer standing in front of their family car, a 1956 Ford Thunderbird. (Photo by Annika Hauer/For the Reporter)

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Hot coffee and cool cars: Cloudbreak Café’s 3rd annual car show

Kennydale car enthusiasts show up.

Scene from the recent Renton River Days Parade. (Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing)

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Renton community calendar: Summer concerts and more

Have a Renton-related event coming up? Email bailey.jo.josie@rentonreporter.com to submit a public event to be included in our…

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Birthday Dreams has been working since 2009 to bring birthday parties to homeless kids in Renton.

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Birthday Dreams gives gift of birthday parties for homeless children

By Annika Hauer

Photos by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Photos: River Days Parade takes over downtown

The Renton River Days Parade, subtitled “Where Community Grows,” made its way down South 3rd Street Saturday, July…

Check Out Washington’s Adventure packs come with a Discover Pass educational materials, pocket guides, and a pair of binoculars. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks

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“Check Out Washington” with more Adventure Packs this summer

You can borrow a free Discover Pass, educational materials about state parks, and a pair of binoculars with…

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A woman who loved making everything herself, Leona Williams sits in her home wearing an outfit she sewed herself.

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Into a century of Leona: Beloved Renton woman celebrates 100th birthday

Renton Highlands resident moved to Washington from Texas in the 1940s. “There was no running water and so…

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Nelsen students honor local veterans with handwritten letters

As part of the Puget Sound Honor Flight program, students from Nelsen Middle School wrote 121 letters for…

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Song of Seattle is made up of 30 members who live throughout the Puget Sound area.

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Do-Re-Mi-Fa: Song of Seattle hosts a capella Spring Fling in Renton

Song of Seattle’s women’s chorus brings PNW women from all walks of life together for the love and…

Partnering with the King County Library System allows attendants to know what gardening books they could check out from their local library.

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Time for spring! Sustainable Renton teams with library on garden planning

‘Soil is kind of the meat of gardening.’

Severe kidney problems brought on by lupus have done nothing to slow down Renton teacher Cathy Guy. (Courtesy photo)

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Celebrating the gift of life during National Kidney Month

By Steve Winter and Cynthia Flash

Downtown Renton, pictured here on Wells Avenue and 3rd Street with a view of Erasmus the Renton Dragon. File photo

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What’s going on around Renton? | Events calendar

Saturday, March 25

“Friends Across the Wires” takes place throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Seattle and the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. (Photo courtesy of Seattle Historical Theatre Project)

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Renton Library to host play about Japanese incarceration during WWII

Written and directed by Laura Ferri, the play is comprised of personal interviews and historical primary sources to…

A statue of Jimi Hendrix’s famous Fender Stratocaster at the Rock n’ Roll legend’s memorial in Renton. Bailey Jo Josie / Renton Reporter

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What’s going on around Renton? | March 16 edition

Thursday, March 16

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Colie Brooks at work learning how to integrate wing flaps into her landing procedure on a simulator at the GRC Aviation Center.

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Careers take flight at Green River College’s aviation program

For much of the flight from the Renton Airport over South King County and back early Friday afternoon,…

High Priest Kalu and High Preistess Syleena “Call The Corners,” a small ritual where a candle is lit at each direction of the Earth as the elements of each direction is called upon. Here they call on the guardian of the watchtower of the South, represented by red which symbolizes fire. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Yule in the PNW: How witches, pagans, Wiccans celebrate winter holidays

Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year, which has been celebrated for thousands of years all…

Hilde at her 103rd birthday party. Photo by Alex Bruell.

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Lessons from Hilde, who fled Nazi Germany for a better life

Here’s a few things my great-aunt would have liked you to know.

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With 1-in-3 pets getting lost every year, Renton offers free pet microchipping program

The program is made possible through the city’s “RUFF Fund.”

Photo courtesy of Weatherly Inn Renton

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What’s going on around Renton? | Events Dec. 9 to Jan. 1

Friday, Dec. 9

Diabetes. (Credit: Pixabay/stevepb)

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Understanding diabetes beyond National Diabetes Awareness Month

“We’ve been trying to educate people and treat people for many years,” said Andrew Thurman, MD.

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Renton Schools Foundation matches grant to Lindbergh robotics team

The Lindbergh Robotics team and the team’s mentor coaches recently applied for a grant from the Washington Office…