Boeing and Aviation Capital Group have announced the leasing company’s commitment for 35 737 MAX airplanes and its firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-800s.
Next week kicks off the winter holiday travel season in what is now expected to be the busiest year ever at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Boeing and Jakarta-based Lion Air Thursday announced a commitment for the airline to order 201 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900 ERs (extended range), according to The Boeing Co.
Local, county and state transportation agencies, including in Renton, are gearing up for any disruptions to travel or bus travel, although the snow amounts are expected to be relatively low.
King County leaders are applauding congressional approval of $37.5 million for two new Metro Transit RapidRide lines, including one connecting Burien, Tukwila and Renton.
The Margie Williams Helping Hands Center in Renton is collecting food to help their hungry neighbors in the community.
Thanks to the aid of some good samaritans, the Renton History Museum was able to recreate and replace its stolen banner from the “Bigfoot is Probably Real” exhibit.
The King County Districting Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved new King County Council district boundaries, keeping Renton in council districts 5 and 9.
Renton’s entire West Hill annexation area is in County Council District 2.
Cyndy Lentsch has been teaching in the Home and Family Life Program at Renton Technical College for 41 years. Back when she started it was then called Renton Vocational School and there were just two buildings on campus.
“Actually I was hired to be a lingerie teacher way back then; I did that for quite a number of years,” said Lentsch.
King County Sheriff’s Detectives were to meet with county prosecutors this week to determine if additional charges will be filed in the death of Lakessha Johnson, 34, who died this week in Kent from a gunshot wound she suffered in 1998.
SALVATION ARMY FOOD DISTRIBUTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
9 a.m. – 5:45 p.m., Nov. 21 & 22, at the Food Bank, 720 S. Tobin St in Renton
Contact Capt. Lisa Aird at 425-255-5969 for more information.
The holidays arrive at The Landing Nov. 19 with a special tree-lighting ceremony.
The festivities, which include choral music, live reindeer, train rides and more, will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the plaza across from the Regal Cinema. The 40-foot fir tree will be lit at 6 p.m.
A surprisingly small group of people turned out to offer input to the Liberty Park Library Building Steering Committee at their open house Tuesday night at the Renton Community Center.
A drug deal went wrong as four men beat up a Renton teenager on Nov. 2.
Gov. Chris Gregoire launched the state’s efforts to build the 737 MAX in Washington, proposing to spend millions of dollars to educate and train the future workers of the aerospace industry in the state.
A brazen thief stole the only piece of physical advertising for the “Bigfoot is Probably Real” exhibit at the Renton History Museum Tuesday morning.
The deadline to remove political signs from private property and public right of ways is Tuesday, Nov. 22, in keeping with the city’s efforts to keep Renton free of clutter and litter.
There’s a chance of snow in Renton on Saturday, but first a rainy breezy storm is going to blow through town.
With too few votes left to make a difference, Ed Prince has won election to the Renton City Council.
The City of Renton Community Services Department and RUFF – Renton’s Unleashed Furry Friends – are conducting a survey of users of Renton’s off-leash dog park at Cedar River Dog Park this month.