Lindbergh High School’s jazz band will host a special guest early next week: Lindbergh High School’s jazz band.
Renton resident Ed Smith has received a Margin of Excellence Award from the Bellevue Community College Foundation in recognition of his work in support of the college and its students.
Crews will begin placing 20-foot sections of culvert under Interstate 405 the third week of June to replace a culvert that collapsed in a massive winter storm in December, threatening the stability of the freeway.
A key commuter corridor between Renton and Factoria – Duvall Avenue Northeast – will not close as scheduled on Monday for the start of a major widening project because the contractor has yet to receive a key permit, according to city officials.
It’s early afternoon on May 17 and Alvina Popke is pushing a cart full of groceries out to her car at the Fred Meyer parking lot on the Benson Highway.
Friday night results from the May 20 special election had Renton School District officials proclaiming a “landslide win” for the district’s $150-million construction bond.
At 35, Eric Petzold thought he was too young to have a heart attack. He was wrong. Even though he’s a bit overweight and high cholesterol runs in his family, the new City of Renton employee thought he had time.
A King County Sheriff’s deputy sits just beyond the turnstiles, beeping because someone didn’t have a key card. Behind the deputy is a chain-link cage, guarded by a fingerprint scanner. Fifty-nine security cameras are recording in the building’s eight security zones. All visitors are wearing badges. Most doors automatically shut in 30 seconds.
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Ten more children and their single mom or dad now have a place to call home in the Renton Highlands if they must flee an abusive relationship.
Two Renton students and two Kent students were recently selected as winners of the 2008 $mart Scholarship award, sponsored by Renton-based JayMarc Development.
Marcie Maxwell, a member of the Renton School Board, was awarded the 2008 Community Leadership Award May 16 in recognition of her community leadership and contributions to the improvement of public education by the Washington Association of School Administrators.
The City of Renton’s Fire and Emergency Services Department has received a $36,000 donation from the estate of a Renton resident.
Break dancing, Japanese drumming, Mexican dancing, Indian and Japanese music, art and food from around the world and a multicultural fashion show.
Highlands Elementary fifth-grader Haben Abraham wasn’t named “America’s Most Talented Singing Kid” by “The Maury Show.” But the 10-year-old is just happy she made it on the show.
Starting Sunday, those caught on camera running a red light at four busy intersections in Renton could get a $124 ticket.
Renton’s veterans will remember those who died in the service of their country this Monday, Memorial Day.
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School wasn’t always important to Carolina Perez. As an eighth grader, she hung with the wrong crowd. The crowd that got in trouble for disrupting class and fighting. But Perez has changed since then, during her four years in RAYS (Renton Area Youth and Family Services) Rites of Passage Program, a support group for youth struggling in school.
