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

News

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

News

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)

News

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)

News

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.)

News

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.)

News

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)

News

Populations of South King County cities decline

Renton stays about the same from 2022 to 2023.

Both Memorandums of Understanding

News

$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

News

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…

News

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.

Life

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)

News

Councilmember thanks Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities

Renton City Council update.