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Mar
30
We just spoke with a customer service representative at Waste Management and assured us that our garbage and recycling service will not be affected by the labor dispute.
If you would like to keep track of the dispute, you can do so at the Waste Management web site specifically for Renton.
Mar
28
“A lot of us see ourselves as a misfit church,” said Pastor John Kim of the Imago Dei church, located in Renton at Kennydale Elementary School. Kim founded the church in April 2009.
The members of the church come from various backgrounds, and only a few conform to archetypes.”What’s unique about our church is that most of us have second chance lives,” said Kim. “We don’t fit the typical Asian American church where perfection and education are norms. Many of our people have been in their second or third marriages. We have people who are struggling with addictions. Some of them have never finished high school, and some have finished college.”
Read the rest of the story at Northwest Asian Weekly.
Mar
27
Full article is posted at the Seattle Times.
Near a small pond on Renton’s western edge, nests of great blue herons, perched up to 100 feet high in a stand of cottonwood trees, appear safe from any danger from below.
But not from above.
With increasing frequency, this heron colony and others throughout Western Washington are being attacked by bald eagles. It’s gotten to the point that Suzanne Krom, founder of a group called Herons Forever, said eagles are treating heron nesting grounds as “all-you-can-eat, fast-food delis.”
Mar
27
While we support protecting the environment, sometimes you just have to wonder how much money people get paid to develop all the fancy graphics for the City of Renton.
March 25 2010, 3:50 PM at the Renton Reporter.
The City of Renton has begun conducting a Storm System Inventory Mapping project throughout Renton to help eliminate illicit discharges to the stormwater system and meet state and federal standards.
The goal is to minimize the discharge of pollution from municipal stormwater systems into streams, lakes, rivers and wetlands to protect their beneficial uses (swimming, boating, fishing, and aesthetics) and environmental resources.
Read the rest of the story at the Renton Reporter.
Mar
27
Editors note: This is not in the “industrial area”. It’s at the corner of Interstate 405 and Highway 167. Highly visible sign from I-167 and I-405. If you don’t believe us, take a look here. It’s the building just west of Taylor Av Sw.
In addition. Oak Harbor residents are fighting a similar battle.
RENTON, Wash. — Prayer and the Bible in hand, a local church has waged war against the city’s first strip club.The self-titled “prayer warriors” of the Celebration Church say they’re ready to chase sin out of their town. The members filled the city council chambers on Monday, worried about the expected evils of the club.
“None of my boys do I ever want to go to this club,” said Ricki Jones. ”You’re naive if you don’t think that drugs, and prostitution and all of the rest of the crime doesn’t go with it,” said Mark Jones.
Club Sin Rock is set to open soon at the southwest corner of Interstate 405 and Highway 167, a prime location.
Read the rest of the story here.
Mar
27
Posted by Katherine Long at the Seattle Times.
Interim Renton Fire Chief Mark Peterson has been appointed permanently to the chief’s position, where he will oversee the city’s fire and emergency-services department, effective immediately, said Renton Mayor Denis Law.
A 30-year veteran of the department, Peterson has served as interim chief since January.
Read the rest of the story here.
Mar
27
Entire posted included here to help find these thieves. We’ve posted the article verbatim, spelling errors and all.
Posted on March 23, 2010 at 10:39 PM
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My Friends need your help: On 3/21 between 7-8:30pm. The Fallowing items were stolen from Public Storage - Self Storage East Valley Road Renton, WA (Across from RMC)
2007 Kawasaki ATV Brute Force, 2009 Kawasaki KLX 250 S (Green/White/Black, Green D-Flec BarkBusters, Damaged Front Fender), 1996 Suzuki DR 350 (White/Blue Seat/Purple Front Shock Boots), Along with all the gear, helmets, boots, pads, and other men’s and women’s riding gear.
About the Robbers: A lady arrived at the storage unit and 2 trucks followed behind her. They broke into at least 4 …units. ( no info released on what was taken from the other units) The Robbers were driving a green ford Taurus, 1 red truck, 1 silver truck. not sure the make, probably ford extended cab. The policy are looking into the surveillance tapes, but no info have been released on who the robbers are.
They hit hard once and who knows when they will strike again or where. So we need your help on solving this crime since time is precious.
Thank you for taking time out to read this.
Original post is available here.
Mar
27
Once again, the City of Renton is spending wasting our tax dollars on a Google marketing program. Maybe they could spend some of that money and fix potholes and sidewalks. Back to what the City of Renton should be doing.
And let’s not forget the our mayor was against a public relations manager when he was on the council and now we have at least two communications specialists? Yet another waste of taxpayer money.
At the very end of the video you will notice everyone wearing bright colors to match Google’s logo. Don’t forget, we paid for them to coordinate all this. Maybe those employees had nothing better to do on that day. Maybe they did this on their own time. We doubt it though.
Hopefully since the deadline was Friday, March 26th, this is one form of March Madness that will be over.
By DEAN RADFORD
Renton Reporter Editor
Mar 26 2010, 12:47 PM · UPDATED
The City of Renton has taken the lens cap off in its campaign to get Google to test-market a new fiber-optic network in the city.
Kelley Balcomb-Bartok and Lisa Garvich, two communication specialists in the city’s Communication Division, teamed up to produce the minute-long video now showing on YouTube.
Read the rest of the story over at the City of Renton’s marketing department. Otherwise known as the Renton Reporter.
Mar
27
by KING5.com StaffPosted on March 24, 2010 at 12:11 PM
RENTON, Wash. - Renton police are searching for the person who shot a man in the chest Tuesday night.
It happened at about 10:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Edmonds Avenue Northeast.
Reat the rest of the story here.
Mar
27
By TIM HAECK
KIRO Radio
People in Renton say one strip club in their city is more than enough. Monday night they were fighting to keep others out.
It’s been 25 years since Renton drafted its adult entertainment ordinance. The city has changed, but the ordinance has not.
Read the rest of the story at MyNorthwest.com.
