Omar Vazquez 19, of Renton was recently selected to receive a fellowship from the Institute for International Public Policy, a program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UNCF Special Programs Corporation.
The King County Bar Association has rated nine candidates for judicial election as “exceptionally well qualified” for contested positions on the King County Superior and Washington State Supreme courts. An additional 12 judicial candidates appearing on the Aug. 19 primary ballot also received ratings.
A group promoting freedom for Tibet, which is now part of far western China, will hold a “Light Protest” around the world, including in Renton, on Thursday.
The owner of a pub in the 1300 block of Union Avenue Northeast and a customer had to jump to safety when a customer earlier banned from the pub tried to hit them – twice – with his vehicle, according to Renton police.
For these workers, the tools of their trade are four stomachs and mouths like leather.
Oh, and by the way, they only have bottom teeth.
About 100 goats have been munching their way through about a third of a mile of a hillside along Perimeter Road at the Renton Municipal Airport.
Travel on southbound Interstate 405 through Renton next weekend will slow considerably as the state moves traffic to a new bridge over Oakesdale Avenue Southwest, part of a state project to widen the freeway.
Aug. 31. That’s the date Jet City Espresso has to be packed and gone from the former gas station on Main Avenue South. There’s a lot of packing to do at the store, which is overflowing with antiques, collectibles and kitsch.
Drivers should plan ahead for this weekend’s annual closures of I-90 across Lake Washington for the U.S. Blue Angels’ Seafair air shows.
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Crowds packed into IKEA Renton River Days events, thanks to favorable weather and a general inclination to find entertainment close to home, according to city officials.
Anthony Hemstad, a member of the Valley Medical Center commission who had to leave board meetings early to attend meetings of the Maple Valley City Council, has resigned as Maple Valley’s city manager.
With the primary election less than one month away, King County Elections is still looking for 700 individuals to fill nearly 4,000 poll-worker positions.
A doctor in the emergency room at Valley Medical Center was assaulted about 2:30 a.m. July 24 by a patient, who grabbed his hand, twisted his arm and tried to bite him, according to Renton police.
Rashod Jones held his 19-month-old daughter hostage for four hours at her north Renton home on July 25, using her as a human shield between him and Renton police, prosecutors write in charging him with burglary.
Work came to a halt recently to replace a collapsed culvert under Interstate 405 when a boring machine in essence jack-knifed 60 to 70 feet under the freeway.
A look at what’s going on in the Renton community.
The annual National Night Out, designed to raise awareness about fighting crime, is taking on a new twist in Renton this year.
No one has yet to step forward in the collision on June 26 that killed a Renton man riding home from work on his motorcycle.
Rod Stewart had plenty to work with as he decorated the front window of his Antique Country Store on South Third Street for the IKEA Renton River Days contest to pick the best-dressed store window.
