http://www.rainiervalleypost.com Proudly serving Southeast Seattle since 2007 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/sound-transit-ten-on-train-robberies-in-january-three-arrests/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/sound-transit-ten-on-train-robberies-in-january-three-arrests/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:57 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=47142 SEATTLE – Sound Transit says there were ten on-train robberies last month, with most of them occurring in the Rainier Valley and involving teenagers snatching phones and other electronic devices from riders as trains came to a stop at the stations. The announcement comes less than two months after Seattle Police warned of robbers targeting [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/sound-transit-ten-on-train-robberies-in-january-three-arrests/feed/ 34 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/woman-near-death-after-being-hit-by-suv-in-rainier-beach/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/woman-near-death-after-being-hit-by-suv-in-rainier-beach/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:05:00 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=47131 RAINIER BEACH – Police say a woman is fighting for her life after being hit by an SUV in the 9000 block of Rainier Avenue South earlier this afternoon. It was about 3:20 p.m. when a woman driving a Hyundai SUV collided with an adult female pedestrian. “The driver of the involved SUV is being [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/woman-near-death-after-being-hit-by-suv-in-rainier-beach/feed/ 3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/firebomb-defused-at-othello-bank-streets-reopened/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/firebomb-defused-at-othello-bank-streets-reopened/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:41:32 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46784 KOMO (RVP News partner) OTHELLO – Streets have reopened and light rail service has resumed near Martin Luther King Jr. Way and South Othello Street after police defused an incendiary device at a bank near there. The device was spotted Friday at about 6:35 a.m. by a customer at a Chase Bank branch in the [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/firebomb-defused-at-othello-bank-streets-reopened/feed/ 9 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/suspicious-package-shuts-down-streets-light-rail-near-mlk-way/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/suspicious-package-shuts-down-streets-light-rail-near-mlk-way/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:02:35 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46774 KOMO (RVP news partner) OTHELLO – Police have blocked off streets and shut down light rail service near Martin Luther King Jr. Way and South Othello Street as they investigate a suspicious package. According to preliminary reports, the package was spotted near a Chase Bank in the vicinity. An eyewitness told KOMO News that his [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/suspicious-package-shuts-down-streets-light-rail-near-mlk-way/feed/ 4 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/community-group-planning-safety-walks-at-area-hotspots/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/community-group-planning-safety-walks-at-area-hotspots/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:00:26 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46488 RAINIER VALLEY – In light of the recent increase in violent street robberies throughout the Rainier Valley light rail corridor, a local community group is planning a series of safety walks at area hot spots. The Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council (SSCPC) says it is planning walks – in cooperation with the Seattle Police Department’s [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/community-group-planning-safety-walks-at-area-hotspots/feed/ 2 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/woman-robbed-aboard-light-rail-train-in-columbia-city/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/woman-robbed-aboard-light-rail-train-in-columbia-city/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:13:13 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46445 COLUMBIA CITY – Earlier this week, we reported on an increase in violent street robberies throughout the Rainier Valley light rail corridor. Seattle Police Department had reported that each of the four stations – Mount Baker, Columbia City, Othello and Rainier Beach – were “hotspots” where robbers have been targeting victims who are distracted by [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/woman-robbed-aboard-light-rail-train-in-columbia-city/feed/ 2 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/police-rainier-valley-light-rail-corridor-attracting-increase-in-street-robberies/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/police-rainier-valley-light-rail-corridor-attracting-increase-in-street-robberies/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:20:17 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46262 RAINIER VALLEY – Earlier this month, we learned that the Rainier Valley has seen an increase in violent street robberies. The incidents have usually involved two to three male suspects who target a person walking alone and demand the victim’s cell phones, iPhones, iPods, wallets and jewelry. In some cases, weapons have been used, and [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/police-rainier-valley-light-rail-corridor-attracting-increase-in-street-robberies/feed/ 37 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/new-holly-man-shaken-by-robbery-much-like-vega-killing/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/new-holly-man-shaken-by-robbery-much-like-vega-killing/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:00:56 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46318 Seattle Times: NEW HOLLY – Nhan Thai was a few steps from his front door when he was punched in the face and grabbed from behind. He felt a blow to his neck, his jacket was torn from his body and he was knocked to the pavement with a kick to his back. Thai rolled [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/new-holly-man-shaken-by-robbery-much-like-vega-killing/feed/ 5 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/eastbound-i-90-lanes-closed-through-mount-baker-tunnel-saturday-night/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/eastbound-i-90-lanes-closed-through-mount-baker-tunnel-saturday-night/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:00:04 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46277 RAINIER VALLEY – Two of three eastbound lanes through the Mt. Baker Tunnel on Interstate 90 will be closed from 11 p.m. this Sat., Dec. 10, until 8 a.m. Sun., Dec. 11, while a crew for the Washington State Department of Transportation installs video cameras to test new technology that detects and responds to emergencies [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/eastbound-i-90-lanes-closed-through-mount-baker-tunnel-saturday-night/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-join-mayor-city-councilpersons-for-transform-seattle-discussion/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-join-mayor-city-councilpersons-for-transform-seattle-discussion/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:19:28 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46226 NEW HOLLY – Imagine Seattle 10 or even 20 years from now: there are more people living in our city, more jobs, and more housing to choose from. How will we travel from place to place? What kind of air will we breathe? How will we heat our homes or fuel our cars? What kind [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-join-mayor-city-councilpersons-for-transform-seattle-discussion/feed/ 7