Renton News

A Boeing 737 jetliner is pictured during a tour of the Boeing 737 assembly plant in Renton, Washington February 4, 2014.

A worker walks past a nearly completed Boeing 737 airplane May 30, 2013 in Renton, Wash.

Fifi is coming home. But just for a visit. The last flying B-29 Superfortress , Fifi, is stopping by the Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field this summer.

A fundraiser in memory of Allison Midori Leedy, who was killed April 12 at her Renton apartment, is planned for Friday in Tacoma.

Signed ballots must be postmarked by today, April 22, or dropped off at one of the ballot drop box locations by 8 p.m. Voters in King County are being asked to vote on a sales tax increase of 0.1 percent and an annual vehicle fee of $60 to prevent cuts in Metro bus service and to provide transportation dollars to local cities.

Mike and Leah Wong, children of Wacky Crayons creator Regan Wong, lend a helping hand as they make the unconventional drawing tool in the family's garage.

King County Flood Control District Executive Committee - 9:30 a.m. ***Special meeting location*** The committee will meet in the Southwest Conference Room, 12th Flr.

The next series of neighborhood workshops is under way on the Energize Eastside project, which will allow Puget Sound Energy to bring new, higher-capacity electric transmission lines to serve the growing need of homes and businesses on the Eastside.

The annual audit was for the Sept. 1, 2012, to Aug. 31, 2013, period and it is the 11th audit to receive no findings.

One former Franklin High School student is dead and another is locked up in a Seattle jail on suspicion of homicide in the strangling death of his girlfriend.

In December 2012, Emily Sue Falkenstein of Renton, Wash., drove into a marked crosswalk where wheelchair-bound Gregory Ramirez, 48, was crossing with his 6-year-old niece in his lap.

Rain appropriately fell during a Thursday gathering of Kent, King County and state politicians to kick off an $18 million Green River levee repair project.

Hanspeter Ueltschi is the fourth-generation owner of BERNINA International, a sewing manufacturer.

Luther's Table, in Renton, is hosting two big events in April: a pre-Easter music event and a gala.

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Based on the explanations provided by the architecture and engineering teams and special situations surrounding each library project, the city feels comfortable that these costs are within reasonable range, said Iwen Wang, city finance and information technology administrator.

A number of Renton hillsides and slopes will hopefully get more careful and frequent inspection, after the landslide that swept through Oso in Snohomish County and because of a recent assessment of the potential hazard they pose in Renton.

Jeanne Marie Moshner passed suddenly at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA, on Tuesday, April 8th at the age of 80. She was born on June 13th, 1933, in Renton, WA, to Bruce and Hazel Shuman.

A Boeing Co. 737 airplane is lined up at the company's assembly facility in Renton, Wash.

Mercer Island City Councilmember Tana Senn has confirmed that she will run for State Representative for the 41st Legislative District.