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    Dept. of Commerce awards $35.4 million for solar power projects across the state

    Projects across King County were awarded millions in collective funding.

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    By Cameron Sheppard • September 29, 2023 8:00 am
    News Fall City branch of the King County Library System. Courtesy photo

    King County Library System receives grant to develop a climate action plan

    News File photo

    King County Council members encourage people to not drive for a week

    By Cameron Sheppard
    Courtesy of Dept. of Ecology
Cooking oil believed to have been “dumped” in the Black River near the Renton Pump Station.
    Dept. of Ecology unsure of cost to clean...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 26, 2023 1:30 pm

    The agency says it has no leads as to who dumped hundreds of gallons of cooking oil in the waterway.

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    Courtesy of National Transportation Safety Board documents
Crews pulled the wreckage of the plane crash from the seafloor five days after the accident on Sept. 9, 2022.
    Renton aircraft company denies liability in 2022 fatal...
    By Benjamin Leung • September 27, 2023 1:30 pm

    The pilot and all nine passengers on the scheduled flight died after the plane crashed and sank in the waters near Freeland and Whidbey Island.

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Project Be Free Co-founders Katya Wojcik and Joel Thomas of Project Be Free partnered with the Renton Police Department for a co-response model in April 2022.
    City of Renton looks to fund non-police domestic...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 28, 2023 7:30 am

    Mobile crisis response teams work with police to provide diversion programs and education programs.

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    Courtesy image
    Robbery suspect gives up on potential victim |...
    By Benjamin Leung • September 26, 2023 11:30 am

    Officers responded to the victim’s address in the 8400 block of South 134th Street and contacted the victim, sitting on the porch.

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    The City of Renton is seeking public feedback for the Clean Economy Strategy (CES 2.0), which Mayor Armondo Pavone spoke about in his State of the City address in March 2023. Image from screenshot.
    Public comment open for Renton’s Clean Economy Strategy
    By Bailey Josie • September 25, 2023 1:08 pm

    Draft plan is available online and details city’s plans to build sustainable jobs and infrastructure.

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    County Councilmember Upthegrove running for state lands commissioner
    By Steve Hunter • September 25, 2023 11:06 am

    Fifth Democrat to enter race; council District 5 includes parts of Kent, Renton

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    (Courtesy of the Washington State Patrol.)
    Renton man, 34, dies in motorcycle crash in...
    By Benjamin Leung • September 21, 2023 12:50 pm

    A 34-year-old Renton man died in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Sept. 20 on State Route 164.

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    Renton police warn of staged-collision carjackings
    By Benjamin Leung • September 20, 2023 2:45 pm

    Renton police say they have seen an increase in staged vehicle collisions in the region with the aim of committing…

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    Robbery suspects prowl vehicles in casino lot |...
    By Benjamin Leung • September 20, 2023 5:30 pm

    From the Renton police log.

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    Samantha Nelson, Yelda Aziz, Derek Drake, Joseph Drake and Jawahir Ali stand outside Puget Sound Training Center in Renton. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.
    Job training center for immigrants resurrects ESL classes
    By Bailey Josie • September 21, 2023 7:00 am

    With an increased demand for English classes, Puget Sound Training Center has partnered with Renton Technical College to deliver the grammatical goods.

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    The site of where the Lones Levee was cleared on Green River to restore salmon habitat. Photo by Cameron Sheppard/Sound Publishing
    King County salmon habitat recovery projects receive state...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 19, 2023 12:00 pm

    The state awarded 66 grants totaling $53.7 million to projects in and around Puget Sound.

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Molotov cocktails lead to prison sentence | King...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 19, 2023 9:44 am

    In this episode, we take a look at the sentencing of a man who wanted to burn down the Seattle police union building; and unknown suspects dumped hundreds of gallons of cooking oil into a Renton waterway.

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    Man stabbed in tent in Renton
    Man stabbed in tent in Renton
    By Benjamin Leung • September 18, 2023 4:00 pm

    Officers arrived and located the victim in the hallway of an apartment complex.

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    (Courtesy of the Washington State Patrol.)
    Wrong-way crash on I-405 kills Renton woman and...
    By Benjamin Leung • September 18, 2023 3:45 pm

    A 48-year-old Renton woman and 32-year-old Bellevue man died Sept. 16 in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 405 near…

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    Adrienne Marcel Farrow, a 47-year-old Renton resident, continued driving, fleeing the scene of the collision that killed 59-year-old Renton resident Krista Brown. (Courtesy of Renton Public Records.)
    Renton woman sentenced for 2021 hit-and-run death
    By Benjamin Leung • September 18, 2023 10:50 am

    At around 7 p.m. Dec. 20, 2021, 59-year-old Renton resident Krista Brown exited her Metro bus in Renton and started…

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    Reid Sarris, who has lived in Renton since 2020, will be in the running for Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2024. (Photo courtesy of Matt Liebman)
    Renton resident Reid Sarris will run for state...
    September 18, 2023 9:44 am

    By Annika Hauer, For the Reporter

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    Staff of Renton Highlands Preschool, dressed up for Halloween. From left to right: Maeve Gallagher, Melanie Tofte, Katie Czerwinksi, Karen Beckman Householder, Gizel Matthews, and Shannon MacGillivray. (Annika Hauer/For the Reporter)
    Renton Highlands Preschool celebrates 70th anniversary
    September 18, 2023 9:27 am

    By Annika Hauer, For the Reporter

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    Cooking oil spill in the Black River wetland. (Screenshot from Dept. of Ecology twitter post)
    Who put hundreds of gallons of cooking oil...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 15, 2023 3:26 pm

    Dept. of Ecology: “Deliberate dumping” of cooking oil has killed fish and birds, will be expensive to clean.

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    Renton man sentenced for role in plot to...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 15, 2023 10:15 am

    Justin C. Moore brought 12 gasoline-filled molotov cocktails to 2020 protest.

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Behind the Auburn Proud Boy sentencing | King...
    By Cameron Sheppard • September 15, 2023 8:44 am

    In this episode, we explore how a 32-year-old Auburn man, one of the leaders of the Proud Boys organization, received an 18-year prison sentence for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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