Human services providers are warning that the financial crisis hitting King County government could shred the “safety net” for thousands of county residents, including hundreds who live in Renton.
Repulican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert and Democratic challenger Darcy Burner engaged in their first official debate of the 2008 election season Wednesday in Bellevue, showing only nuanced differences in some policy areas.
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With 2,300 ethnically and culturally diverse students and dozens of administrators and staff, Kentridge High School has a larger population than some towns.
About 200 people attended the annual benefit dinner and auction for Communities in Schools of Renton Thursday night at Renton Senior Activity Center. About $20,000 was raised for the nonprofit during the event.
A study of ways to improve safety on the Issaquah-Hobart Road while streamlining traffic flow is now moving ahead, thanks to approval of funding by the Metropolitan King County Council.
Debra Bowman’s son David and her nephew Devan Bickham’s high school graduation is more than a year away. But Bowman and others are already fundraising for their 2010 graduation night party, called Safe and Sober Grad Party.
Property owners in unincorporated King County who did building, clearing or grading work without the required permit, have a chance to bring their property into compliance with the legal code and avoid the usual penalty fees.
The culture of King County’s animal services system is so far beyond repair that the County should get out of that line of business, according to three Metropolitan King County Councilmembers who on Monday announced their support for the idea of partnering with a community agency to provide shelter services.
The Renton Reporter won eight awards Saturday in the 2008 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest.
It was a windy day in June and Barbara Purdom struggled to hold down her feathery pink boa.
Wrapped in a robe, she walked out on the dock in her bare feet. The six-year breast cancer survivor dropped her robe and wearing nothing but the boa, lowered herself onto a pink flamingo paddle boat adrift Lake Sammamish.
By Reporter Newspapers Fifty Kentridge High School students were suspended this week in the aftermath of a Sept. 25 fight…
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New Horizon School is holding its 4th Annual Wine Tasting Event Oct. 24 from 7-9 p.m. at The Pacific Institute, at 1709 Harbor Ave. S.W. on Seattle’s Alki Beach.
Renton’s P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Chapter EI is holding its 16th Annual Dinner and Basket Auction Oct. 11 at Renton Technical College.
After having cut $2.6 million from its operating budget for the 2008-2009 school year, the Kent School District is facing further cuts in the future as expenditures continue to outstrip revenues and the district’s fund balance continues to shrink.
Renton Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) is accepting nominations for Renton BPW’s “Woman of the Year” until Oct. 8. The winner will be included in Renton BPW’s “Business Woman of the Year” celebration Oct. 17.
Movie-goers can watch movies at Regal Cinemas at The Landing on two upcoming days and benefit the Renton Community Foundation.
Valley Medical Center was recently named to Modern Healthcare’s inaugural list of the “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
