A sluggish economy, rising fuel costs and slowing home construction have punched a $5.2 million hole in the city’s revenue projections for the year.
Despite the weekend rain, the state moved southbound traffic on Interstate 405 to a new bridge over Oakesdale Avenue – ahead of schedule.
Interstate 405 in Renton and between Renton and Bellevue will present some short-term challenges for travelers for the next three weekends.
Starting tonight (Friday) to Sunday afternoon, crews will close the southbound SR 167 to southbound I-405 ramp and one to two lanes on southbound I-405 between SR 169 and SR 181. The lane and ramp closures are a necessary step to shift traffic onto the new southbound I-405 bridge over Oakesdale Avenue Southwest and Springbrook Creek.
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She has never competed in a pageant before, but 22-year-old Kristen Tateishi didn’t let that keep her from winning this year’s Miss Seafair crown.
When Kathy Burns Rosen found the letters in a trunk in her mother’s attic stacked on top of her old college keepsakes, she sat down and her eyes filled with tears.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Tukwila are conducting repair work over the next few weeks on two sections of Green River levee that were damaged in the November 2006 flooding.
Repairs to the popular Cedar River Trail – damaged by heavy floods nearly two years ago – means a portion of the trail will be closed for approximately six weeks.
The heat of the summer is reaching its peak this month, just as grass, downed branches and trees and other vegetation are drying out – creating the perfect conditions for wildfires.
Fifteen students in the computer network technology program at Renton Technical College (RTC) recently took CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) exams.
Helping children excel is Sari Pascoe’s passion.
Master Chung’s students at Renton’s Black Belt Academy havea raised $520 from a garage sale to benefit Renton Area Youth and Family Services (RAYS).
Everything was a go for the switching of southbound Interstate 405 lanes to the Oakesdale Bridge Southwest starting on Friday.
The family of a man who was stabbed in Issaquah last Friday is from Renton.
Sometimes, a guy just doesn’t want to let his gold Lincoln-Continental Navigator go, even if it’s being repossessed.
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The Renton History Museum has been awarded a $10,000 Heritage Cultural Education grant by 4Culture, the King County arts and heritage funding agency.
