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The Nelsen Middle School Concert Chorus performs often — about once a month. And not just at Nelsen, but at community events in Renton and Seattle.
A 53-year-old man was found dead in his cell at the Renton City Jail at City Hall at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.
The City of Renton will hold a public notification meeting May 15 for a Level 3 sex offender who is living in southwest Renton.
The City of Renton is seeking candidates for two positions on the Renton Municipal Arts Commission.
Seven local hip-hop artists will bring their rhythms and rhymes to downtown Renton Saturday, May 17. The show, called Real Hip Hop 4 Real Change, is at Harambee, a church and community center on South Third Street, will benefit Mercy Corps efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Preservation of the Eastside rail corridor came a step closer to reality Monday with approval by the King County Council of a key part of a plan to purchase the corridor from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
There’s a new street name in town. It’s Seahawks Way.
The Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners will continue meeting at 3:30 p.m., after voting on Monday to rescind a decision to meet at 6 p.m. that effectively could have resulted in the resignation of one of its newest members.
Benson Hill Elementary was filled with high-speed cars Saturday. Tiny, high-speed cars, made by local Cub Scouts for “Pinewood Derby Race Off 2008.”
Twelve Hazen High School students were recognized as Outstanding Seniors at Wednesday’s Renton School Board meeting.
The first test of the new HOT lanes on State Route 167 – at least from the commuters’ standpoint – came Monday morning.
Thousands of Northwest radio listeners woke up one last time to Don Riggs’ voice recently during his final broadcast after 55 years in the industry.
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More than 300 people participated in Sunday’s 25th annual CROPWALK on the Cedar River Trail to raise money for the fight against hunger locally and worldwide.
Students from Benson Hill Elementary’s three second-grade classrooms marked the first day of May Thursday with a traditional touch: by leaving baskets of flowers on neighbors’ porches.
Already looking into an international youth conference in Kirkland at the end of March as the possible source of eight cases of measles in Grant County, local public health officials said last weekend that another Grant County resident who visited the area at the end of April has contracted the disease.
Four McKnight Middle School students placed fourth at the Washington State History Day competition at the University of Washington April 26.
