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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…

Liberty girls golf team took second in state. Photo provided by Matthew Stuart.

Sports

Liberty shines in spring: Multiple top finishers in sports championships

Patriot runners, tennis players and golfers all took home hardware.

Hazen’s Illia Biezak leaps over the bar. Ben Ray / The Reporter

Sports

State track and field: Liberty boys, Kent-Meridian girls place inside top four in 3A

Cassie Atkins (FW) continued to dominate, has now won five titles in three years.

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.

Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

Life

What’s going on around Renton? | May 30 edition

Recycling events, free museum day and more.

The New Knittery hosts a Fiber Friends Meet Up every Friday night from 6-8 p.m. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

Business

The New Knittery provides supplies, knowledge for old crafts

Best of Renton 2024 highlights.

Sundee and Matt Frazier opened Drum Roll Wine in October 2023. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

Business

Six months in, Drum Roll Wine makes its Best of Renton debut

Best of Renton 2024 highlights.

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.

Louise George at her 2019 Marine recognition ceremony at Merrill Gardens in Renton. Photo courtesy of Emme Weitz.

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Renton’s first female Marine passes away at 106

Louise George retired at the end of World War II, making her way back to Renton.

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.

The Landing, 828 N. 10th Place, Renton. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

Business

Two new restaurants to open at The Landing

Two new eateries are making their way to The Landing, opening from summer and fall of 2024.

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.

A child playing Connect Four at Earlington Park. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

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What’s going on around Renton? | May 23 edition

Don’t miss: Memorial Day Celebration at Veterans Memorial Park.

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.

Blue Dog Dance founder Barbara Walshe holds her daughters’ toy that inspired the name of her dance studio. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

Business

Blue Dog Dance taps its way to victory

Best of Renton 2024 highlights.