U.S. Olympic speedskater Chad Hedrick helps Micah Smith, 6, of Renton learn to skate at Castle Ice Arena Wednesday. Hedrick spent his afternoon skating with new and advance skaters and signing autographs for fans at Castle Ice Arena in Renton. He was in Renton on a promotional tour for Pampers diapers called “Skate With An Olympian.” He also visited two Safeway stores. charles cortes, Renton Reporter
About 2,000 runners filled the streets and paths in North Renton last weekend to raise money for the Renton/Skyway Boys and Girls Club.
Wonderland Estates is having a free pancake breakfast April 24 to celebrate its first-year of being preserved from development.
The Renton School District is moving its three public budget meetings from next week to mid-May.
The state Legislature delayed its release of the annual budget, making how much the district will have to cut unclear.
A 14-year-old Renton boy was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention Tuesday in an assault early Jan. 23 that left a Metro bus driver unconscious.
The Renton Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in finding Hryhoriy M. Babshinskiy, an elderly man who has been…
Washington State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to a drive-by shooting at 4 p.m. Monday northbound on State Route…
A Renton-based adoption agency has found homes in America for nearly 10,000 children born overseas in its 25 years, including…
MSNBC reports that the World Association for Children and Parents, a Renton-based adoption agency, has had its license suspended by the Russian education ministry after a Tennessee woman sent her adopted Russian grandson back to his home country alone on a plane.
You’re more likely to get killed in a traffic accident involving speed in King County than anywhere else in the…
The deadline is fast approaching to make reservations for a breakfast designed to raise money to keep some key Renton School District programs operating.
The first-ever Seahawks 12K Run at The Landing to benefit the Renton/Skyway Boys and Girls Club is Sunday.
The event will include a 12K run, 5K walk and a non-competitive kids dash.
About 50 vendors are expected to pack the Renton Piazza downtown’s annual Spring Festival April 17.
Winter weather and freezing temperatures forecasted for the Cascade mountains and most of eastern Washington are prompting Washington state Department of Transportation officials to extend the deadline to remove studded tires through April 17.
Renton residents can now check in to see Renton’s latest 2010 Census mail participation rate.
Hazen and Lindbergh high schools have been recognized with Washington Achievement Awards for 2009.
The Renton School District is hosting three public meetings to discuss proposed budget cuts for the 2010-2011 school year.
Families and the public are invited to attend.
A truck rammed into a bus stop injuring a 16-year-old boy on the 700 block of Rainier Avenue South at…
The owners and managers of the 268-unit Summerhill Apartment complex on Benson Hill have been charged with violating the federal Fair Housing Act.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed the charges against Summerhill Place LLC, the owners of Summerhill Apartment, its management company GRAN Inc., and on-site manager Rita Lovejoy, according to a HUD press release issued today.
The City of Renton, in conjunction with the community steering committee, is planning an Arts and Culture Master Plan Open…