On April 14, 2025, six women traveled to launch into space aboard Blue Origin’s new Shepard Mission NS-31 rocket from West Texas at around 9 a.m. as the first all-female space flight in over 60 years.
The...
The northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park has been made inaccessible for the foreseeable future after the Fairfax Bridge closed on Monday, April 14. After providing more than one hundred years...
Every morning, before the sun rises, students, teachers, and educators alike roll out of bed, get ready, and head to school—day after day, year after year, in a seemingly endless cycle until they graduate,...
Since its establishment in 1983, the locally founded REI Co-op has been a leader in the outdoor equipment industry and a symbol of environmental activism and the outdoor reaction community in the Pacific...
In September 2024, the Renton School District announced progress on our voter-approved construction project. The press release from the architecture firm INTEGRUS said, “Since June 2023, we’ve been...
California Wildfires by Erika
On January 7, a large wildfire burned in the hills near Los Angeles, California. It has been labeled the Sierra Madre Fire. Due to high winds and dry conditions, it burned...
Though most of the November 5th news coverage and attention was focused on the presidential Election, nine local Washington positions were also up for vote on the ballot. Although many incumbent candidates...
Early Saturday, August 24, local Renton produce market known as ‘Top Of Hill Quality Produce and Meats’ was set on fire by a currently unidentified arsonist.
The Renton Police Department...
On April 15, Renton approved a funding of $472,000 to be received from Janssen, a pharmaceutical company, to provide the city with accessible medicine that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses. Renton, among...
On April 16, 2019, Parisians and spectators across the world watched in tragedy as the six-century-old cathedral, Notre Dame, was engulfed in flames. Exactly five years later, another cultural and historical...
14-dollar adoptions Tacoma Humane Society:
Tacoma Humane Society and Pierce County offered $14 adoptions for the whole week of Valentine’s Day. From February 13-18, all animals 2 years of age and older...
This is a reminder that the war between Russia and Ukraine continues. Social media has many unproductive uses, but a beneficial use of these platforms is using them to spread awareness about war without...
