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People lining up for the raffle contest and resume reviews at the Renton Technical College Career Fair on June 5. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/The Reporter

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Sixty-plus employers seek employees at career fair

The event was held June 5 at Renton Technical College.

Renton Police Department’s Meeghan Black speaks at the 2024 community safety forum with (from left) Chief Jon Schuldt, Jimmy Hung, Veronica Galván, Randy Matheson and Katya Wojcik. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/The Reporter

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Renton community safety forum targets crime stats, domestic violence

Renton Police Chief: “When I first started, if we had an incident involving a firearm on the street,…

Police found a firearm and firearms parts, ammunition, body armor, more than 134 pounds of MDMA, more than 2,300 fentanyl pills, and more in a 33-year-old Auburn man’s apartment while executing a search warrant. (Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice)

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Renton police bust Auburn man in federal drug case

A 33-year-old Auburn man faces federal charges for drug distribution and illegal firearms possession after a Renton Police…

Courtesy of the Renton Police Department
Renton Police Department officers were dispatched at approximately 7:38 p.m. June 5 to a reported shooting at Big 5 Sporting Goods in the 600 block of South Grady Way.

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Man charged in killing teen outside Renton sporting goods store

Bail set at $2 million for 51-year-old security officer.

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Daycare employee charged with sex offenses

Federal Way man was employed at Discovery Playtown in Maple Valley.

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Renton man sentenced for 2021 murder in Kent parking lot

Receives 30-year sentence for shooting Avery Wilcox Jr.

Construction sign on SR 18. (Cameron Sires/ Sound Publishing)

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WSDOT responds to stakeholders about future I-90/SR 18 projects

Construction causes concerns about congestion for freight and commuter traffic.

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Boy assaults his mother and officers | Renton police blotter

From the Renton police log.

WSDOT provided a photo of the damage done to the Lind Avenue overpass bridge in June 2022. The bridge took nearly two years to re-open. (Screenshot from City of Renton Facebook page)

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Lind Avenue overpass bridge re-opens after two years

Construction began in late 2023 after a truck hauling a backhoe struck the overpass while driving southbound I-405…

Location of proposed asphalt plant on State Route 169 (Google Maps screenshot)

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Superior Court rejects appeal from Citizens to Stop the SR-169 Asphalt Plant

The long battle against the proposed State Route 169 asphalt plant near Renton has hit a snag after…

Reyna Hernandez (left) with her mother. (Photo Courtesy of Ivonne Carillo-Hernandez.)

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Extradition efforts continue in case of murdered Renton salon owner

Louie Hernandez remains in the custody of Mexican law enforcement officials, after authorities in Mexico arrested the 61-year-old…

The suspects drove a silver 2010 Toyota Sequoia. Police say the vehicle has “significant” front end and driver’s side damage. (Courtesy of the Renton Police Department.)

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Renton police seek suspects in homicide outside restaurant

Renton police are searching for multiple subjects who they say were witnesses or suspects at the scene of…

Downtown Renton. (File photo)

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Populations of South King County cities decline

Renton stays about the same from 2022 to 2023.

Both Memorandums of Understanding

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$10,000 grant goes toward battling internet crimes against children

Two recent memorandums of understanding approved in Renton.

The outreach event at Anchovies and Salt. Meara Huebach and others are holding up some of the free supplies that program participants can receive. Photo courtesy of Meara Huebach

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Program helps Renton businesses comply with food waste law

Washington state businesses will soon need to compost whether they like it or not, and Renton wants to…

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Wife arrested in domestic disturbance | Renton police blotter

From the Renton police log.

Kim-Khánh Văn speaking at the Renton City Council meeting May 20. (Screenshot)

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Councilmember thanks Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities

Renton City Council update.

Law enforcement seized more than 15 kilograms of fentanyl powder and a firearm from the suspects’ vehicle on May 9. Agents seized an additional kilogram of fentanyl powder in the search of an apartment of one of the suspects living in Renton. (Courtesy of the Department of Justice.)

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Four men from Honduras arrested in fentanyl trafficking bust

Federal law enforcement and local law enforcement conducted arrests and seizures on May 9 in a surveillance investigation…

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Man, 19, shot and killed in Renton parking lot

A 19-year-old man died in Renton on May 18 as a result of an overnight shooting.

Rentons PD’s Diversity Recruiting Event. Photo Courtesy of Renton Police Department

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Renton Police Department offer $40K bonus to new recruits

Deputy chief outlines hiring process.