Renton News

Celeste Gracey started this week as the Renton Reportera s new reporter, just in time to cover the big fire in the Highlands.

A fire started by a roofer's torch that was thought out caused a four-alarm blaze Tuesday night that gutted one of two buildings of the Harrington Square Apartments, according to Bill Flora, Renton's deputy fire chief.

A Renton Police officer was carried about 100 feet on the front end of a Toyota pickup truck Tuesday night after he was hit by the truck while diverting traffic in the Highlands away from the four-alarm apartment fire on Harrington Avenue, according to Renton police.

David and Jeff Hinckley, both 18 and Hazen High School graduates, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

A pair of Renton firefighters try to douse some lingering flames. SUKI DARDARIAN South King County Fire Districts responded to a large fire at Northeast Sunset Boulevard and Harrington Avenue Northeast in the Renton Highlands shortly after 8 p.m. DARREN M. BRIN A fire at a condo development on Sunset Blvd in Renton, WA Gallery Fire guts Renton ...

Firefighters continued to douse hot spots at the apartment building on Wednesday, after fire gutted it and another building on Tuesday.

A spectacular fire breaks out in a five-story apartment complex under construction in the Highlands neighborhood of Renton, Wash., sent up a smoke plume visible for miles.

Firefighters battle a blaze in an uninhabited condo complex in the Renton Highlands on Tuesday.

A spectacular fire that broke out Tuesday night in a multistory apartment complex under construction in the Highlands neighborhood of Renton, Wash., sent up a smoke plume visible for miles.

Water leaking through a damaged abutment at the Howard Hanson Dam still puzzles the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and increases the risk of flooding this winter in the Green River Valley.

Today is Friday, June 26, and today is my last day at the Renton Reporter. After three years as a staff writer for Rentona TMs only newspaper, Ia TMm still coming to terms with that reality.

With the July 4 holiday just around the corner, City of Renton officials are reminding residents that it is illegal to possess or discharge fireworks in the city, at any time, including on July 4. There has been a total ban on the use, sale and possession of any fireworks in Renton since 2005.

Vandals, likely two young transient men, ransacked the office areas of the downtown Renton Library early Wednesday morning and raided the refrigerator in the staff lounge, tossing food on the floor.

Starting Tuesday, we'll have another group of locals to root for in a nationally televised talent competition.

Water storage behind the Howard A. Hanson Dam on the Green River is being reduced for two weeks because of leaks in the earthen dam.

With an upcoming appearance on the NBC show "America's Got Talent," Renton's EriAm Sisters are getting ever closer to becoming the nation's next young singing sensation.

The second day of Maple Valley Days came to a grim ending when a Valley Regional Fire and Authority diver pulled the body of an 18-year-old male from Lake Wilderness at about 10 p.m. Saturday.

Ten-year-old Talaya Logan pointed excitedly, proclaiming: "Whoa, guys, look." A bird flew past Logan and fellow members of Mr.

Susan Hutchison, a former TV news anchor, rode into Renton to appear at Renton Western Wear Tuesday, part of a day-long kick off of her campaign for King County executive.

Say goodbye to the WASL. The new state tests to measure student achievement, which will roll out next spring, will be shorter than the Washington Assessment of Student Learning.