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Sun Benjamin, a home health care worker, looks out from under a cap advocating a $15 minimum wage as she prepares to walk with other protesters on a day-long march in support of fast-food workers Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in SeaTac, Wash.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Valley Hospital has locked out at least 80 nurses and other employees in the aftermath of Wednesday's one-day strike and the hiring of temporary replacement workers.

It involved Sandra Wixon and the Sweet Decadence team. I dreamed that the "living room" of Newcastle was set to close.

Transportation revenue options are a focus of the Washington State Transportation Commission's meeting next week in Olympia.

"She Loves Me," the play that the movie "You've Got Mail" was based on, opens Friday at Renton Civc Theatre.

The day after Thanksgiving marked the opening of many Christmas tree stands in the area, including the Newcastle Fruit and Produce Company's Christmas tree stand.

In 2012, Mayor Rich Crispo compiled a list of 120 questions that highlighted the history of Newcastle.

By Christina Corrales-Toy Ed Crow, Hazen High School assistant principal, takes a moment out of a busy day after being named Washington State Assistant Principal of the Year.

Kirsten Donno, a senior at Hazen High School, was selected as a Renton Rotary Club Youth of the Month for November.

Rapidly increasing electricity demand on the Eastside means it's time for a major expansion of transmission lines, Puget Sound Energy announced Wednesday.

King County prosecutors charged Vanetta Richardson, 34, of Renton, with second-degree murder today, accusing her of shooting her unarmed husband seven times as he tried to flee their house on Sunday.

Even as King County Elections schedules the recount of Proposition 1's razor thin win at the polls, "Working Washington" has slated a march down International Boulevard Thursday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Working Washington, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, plans the march to continue beyond SeaTac to Tukwila and on ... (more)

A 32-year-old Renton man with multiple felony convictions has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Renton woman who was found dead in early October near the Burke-Gilman Trail in Seattle.

Antonio F. Castro pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Monday to shooting and seriously wounding two men on Nov. 16 in the parking lot of the Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn.

Contributed by Renton School District The public is invited to view the latest artist rendering of the middle school in Newcastle at a 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 public meeting.

A man is wanted for thefts at four different marijuana paraphernalia shops around Puget Sound.

A judge has set bail at $1 million for a Renton, Wash., woman accused of fatally shooting her husband during an argument while their children were present.

A 37-year-old Renton man died early Monday morning after he attempted to cross Interstate 5 and was hit by a car, according to Washington State Police.

This story is contributed by a member of the Kitsap community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Kitsap Sun - SKHS Sophomore, Emily Houston, competed in the Miss Seattle Outstanding Teen Pageant on Sunday, November 17th @ the Ikea Performing Arts Center in Renton.

Theresa Young and the squirrel-proof bird feeder. Young was left scrambling after her doctor dropped her from his practice following the passage of a pain management law.