2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (968+ words) Published 4: 08 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 Protesters lined up recently along 104th Avenue SE in Kent after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a 29-year-old Mexican man at the nearby Saars Super Saver Foods parking lot. A spokesperson for ICE confirmed in a…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (708+ words) Published 1: 07 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 Kent city leaders are blowing their own horns after receiving federal approval to create a Quiet Zone that will no longer require train engineers along the BNSF Railway tracks to sound their horns through the east…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1202+ words) Published 10: 11 am Friday, June 19, 2026 Puget Sound Energy (PSE) customers may have already seen an increase in utility bills, but what is going on? Why are costs going up? The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) approved several requests filed by…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (771+ words) Published 10: 50 am Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Seattle Stadium before kick off between Belgium and Egypt. Ben Ray / The Reporter Fans flood to the gates to enter for the Belgium vs. Egypt match at Seattle Stadium. The Pier 62 watch party is free to…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (285+ words) Published 4: 50 pm Monday, June 15, 2026 The city of Renton is looking to ban data centers from within the city limits. At the June 1 meeting, the Renton City Council voted unanimously for the city administration to begin working on a moratorium on…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (256+ words) Published June 12, 2026 February 27, 1959 " May 9, 2026 Richard Alan Walenceus, 67, of Auburn, WA passed peacefully at home on May 9, 2026, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Richard was born February 27, 1959 in Ames, Iowa. His family moved to Auburn in 1962 when his father began…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (192+ words) Published 5: 59 pm Friday, June 12, 2026 A long-time Renton resident was sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing "pound quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine." Manuel Garcia Hernandez, 41, was sentenced in U. S. District Court to 84 months in prison for his role as a…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (206+ words) Auburn Reporter Steve Hunter named editor of Auburn Reporter Published 11: 30 am Friday, June 12, 2026 After 26-plus years in the newspaper industry, including several years as editor of the Auburn Reporter and other King County newspapers, I have accepted a communications job…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1289+ words) Published 7: 30 am Friday, June 12, 2026 Theft: At 5: 31 a. m. June 9 in the 5900 block of Terrace View Lane Southeast, a motorcycle was reported stolen. Civil matter: At 2: 14 p. m. June 9 in the 300 block of East Main Street, a man surrendered firearms pursuant to a court order....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (262+ words) Published 5: 30 pm Thursday, June 11, 2026 The Washington State Park specialty license plate helps fund state park programming. Image courtesy of Washington State Parks. Funds from these plates, which depict a waterfall and a mountain range, help go towards park programming. Getting…...