Two Lindbergh High School seniors poetry-slammed their way to college scholarships as part of the Damien Wilkins Foundation Poetry Slam, held at the Seattle Sonics’ last home game April 13.
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McLendon Hardware will be hosting a free pancake breakfast and food drive as part of the celebration of its 82nd anniversary.
After a 5-0 loss to Evergreen on Tuesday, it was easy for Renton High soccer coach Duane Nakamura to question the consistency of his rebuilding team.
A Kent cab driver injured in a hate-crime attack last year is continuing on the path to recovery.
Agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement on Wednesday indicted more than a dozen people for involvement in marijuana growing operations as well as three businesses during a raid they’re calling “Operation Green Reaper.”
Valley Medical Center will open eight new operating rooms this summer, the second phase of the hospital’s new surgery center.
The Hazen Players at Hazen High School will present its annual spring play May 1, 2 and 3. This spring’s play is “You Can’t Take it With You,” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Show times are 7 p.m., with an additional 2 p.m. matinee on May 3. Tickets are $5 for students with ASB, $7 for adults and students without ASB.
The new 2008 Puget Sound Fresh Farm Guide is now available for free at local libraries.
The Municipal League of King County awarded Dalia Amin of Lindbergh High School with the Civic Scholar Scholarship at the 49th annual Civic Awards Thursday in Seattle.
A new member of the elected board that oversees Valley Medical Center faces an uncertain future on the board with a change of meeting times to Monday evening.
Marcie Palmer has seen plenty of wildlife in her Kennydale neighborhood. She’s seen coyotes, deer, possums and raccoons. Last summer a cougar was spotted in lower Kennydale. But Wednesday was the first Kennydale bear sighting for the City Council member and many of her neighbors.
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Four Renton School District employees received this year’s Outstanding Employee awards at Wednesday’s Renton School Board meeting. This is the 30th year of the School Board awards.
Hearing examiner Fred Kaufman at a hearing last week pushed back a week his ruling on a proposed downtown apartment and retail building.
Prizes and money donations are requested for Hazen High School’s 2008 Grad Night, on June 13.
A cold, wet spring means that the state Department of Transportation will delay by a week the opening of the new high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on State Route 167 between Renton and Auburn.
Renton Salvation Army’s biggest food drive of the year is The Letter Carriers Food Drive on May 10.
Rebuilding houses, battling termites, planting gardens and passing out hamburgers. That’s how Hazen junior Ethan Knudson and 25 of his churchmates spent their Spring Break in New Orleans.
