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Nova and Matteo show off their crafts that they had made at the Kid’s Patch tent at the Renton Farmers Market. Photos by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

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Tuesdays are for the Renton Farmers Market

The Farmers Market will be at Piazza Park every Tuesday until Sept. 24.

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,…

Digital rendering the future Alaska Airlines training facility. Photo courtesy of Alaska Airlines

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Alaska Airlines unveils plans for new training center in Renton

At Longacres, Alaska Airlines plans to build a new training facility in a 600,000-square-foot facility

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.

Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

Life

What’s going on around Renton? | June 6 edition

Teen Takeover at Renton Community Center: Kick off your summer with the center’s third 2024 Community Celebration event.

State Capitol in Olympia. FILE PHOTO

Northwest

Hundreds of new laws will take effect in state June 6

Legislature approved changes in police pursuits, parental rights, firearms and other laws

File photo

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Boy assaults his mother and officers | Renton police blotter

From the Renton police log.

Lily Pahl (left) and Tabitha Pahl posing with their medals and plaque after their rowing win. Photo courtesy of Lesley Pahl

Sports

Rowing sisters get the job done by winning first place

Lily and Tabitha Pahl represent Renton Rowing Center.

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…

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.