Renton News

Whitney Warner was busy last Saturday, getting ready for her baby shower friends were putting on later in the day.

King County residents not currently registered to vote in Washington can register in person at the King County Elections office or the Voter Registration Annex through 4:30 p.m. on Monday, July 28. Register at King County Elections, 919 SW Grady Way, Renton, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

Damage to the Regency Woods apartment complex from Saturday's four-alarm fire has been estimated at $3 million, according to Renton Deputy Fire Chief Erik Wallgren.

The Salvation Army is asking the community for support yet again during Renton River Days.

A 40-year-old Renton woman told investigators she poured gasoline on her husband and lit him on fire because shooting him would be too nice, according to court documents.

The members of the King County Flood Control District Executive Committee will host a special meeting in Renton on Wednesday, July 30, to discuss the work being done to enhance flood reduction programs along the Cedar River.

This is a rebroadcast of one of this month's 10 live London reunion shows by the legendary comedy troupe : John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

The four Kent Police officers injured in Sunday's shooting and explosion along 86th Avenue South each were treated and released later on Sunday at Valley Medical Center in Renton.

Investors get $1 of net assets for every 89 cents they invest - First Financial Northwest is currently trading at a price to book ratio of 0.89.

A Renton man was charged today with homicide by watercraft and assault by watercraft in connection with Wednesday's Lake Washington boat collision that killed a Seattle schoolteacher.

RENTON, Wash. -- Families who lost almost everything in a massive apartment complex fire are struggling to rebuild their lives.

Renton firefighters on Monday surveyed the damage following a four-alarm fire Saturday afternoon at the Regency Woods apartment complex.

A sinkhole has been discovered and Monster Road will be closed in both directions from the Beacon Coal Mine Road in Renton up to 68th Avenue South/Martin Luther King Jr. Way in unincorporated King County.

Because people like to videotape their activities, a Renton Police officer seized as evidence a GoPro camera located after the arrest of a shoplifter.

About 40 residents have been displaced following a fast-moving fire in the Regency Woods development Saturday, but there were no serious injuries reported in the blaze.

Crews responded to a report of a commercial fire in the 1400 block of South 18th Street at about 2 p.m. Skyway fire officials initially said the fire was a two-alarm fire.

The IKEA corporation last week filed papers with the city to build a brand new, two-story store on the site of its current Renton store.

The National Weather Service is calling for cloudy skies today, Saturday, with a high near 76. Overnight, the clouds thicken with a 30 percent chance of showers and a low around 60. This week's weather photo comes to us from Robert Hess who grabbed this great picture of his grandsons, Henry Cooke and Leo Stevenson finding some relief from the heat ... (more)

Passengers on a sailboat told police they were slowly motoring with a low-power trolling motor after dark when a powerboat slammed into them Wednesday night on Lake Washington, according to a statement of probable cause released Friday by the King County Prosecutor's Office.

A 46-year-old Renton man will appear in court Friday afternoon for investigation of homicide by motorcraft in the boating death of a Seattle woman Wednesday on Lake Washington.