The city of Black Diamond decided not to join the appeal of the Growth Management Hearings Board ruling sending back to the city the ordinances approving the YarrowBay master planned developments The Villages and Lawson Hills.
The other shoe finally dropped over the Summit Place today, Feb. 18, when YarrowBay pulled out of the $51 million purchase and sale agreement.
Some refunds are a lot less fun then others.
The Maple Valley City Council was informed Monday they were on the hook for more than $400,000 because of an error made in 2005.
Once again the city of Maple Valley and King County are going toe-to-toe over the Summit Place, also known as the donut hole, and the outcome is a tough one to handicap.
The county is in the process of trying to close a purchase and sale agreement with YarrowBay, a Kirkland-based developer, for the Summit Place site. The agreement calls for YarrowBay to pay about $51 million for the property, and the deadline for closing the deal is Sunday.
A ruling by the Growth Management Hearings Board has one side popping corks and the other poring over legal documents.
The Central Puget Sound Region Growth Management Hearings Board ruled the city of Black Diamond did not comply with “its own adopted public participation procedures for GMA (Growth Management Act) amendments as set forth in the BDMC (Black Diamond Municipal Code)” regarding ordinances approving the YarrowBay master planned developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills.
The board sent the ordinances back to the city for compliance with the Growth Management Act.
Singer-songwriter Rebecca Cohen featured act at Maple Valley Creative Arts Council ‘Open Mic’
The Tahoma boys wrestling team won the 4A regional tournament today in Shelton.
The Tahoma Music Faculty performed in a concert Friday, Feb. 11, dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Harting, a former Rock Creek Elementary Music Teacher.
If you catch sight of a strange light near the Black Diamond Cemetery, it may not be from a streetlight.
Stephanie Davisson and her sister Patricia Davisson from the Puget Sound Ghost Hunters organization presented a report on ghost hunting in the city’s cemetery at the Feb. 3 City Council meeting.
Covington City Councilwoman Marlla Mhoon was one of 51 “jailbirds” who helped to raise $22,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Feb. 3 at the Lake Wilderness Lodge.
To be a gambler or to be a risk taker, that is the question.
The horses have returned to Emerald Downs, and that means I begin my yearly delusion of believing I am a winner. This is the mark of a gambler, the religious belief I will win the big one, while the sin of losing hangs over me like a cloud.
Tanya Rider spent her childhood facing traumatic situations, and in a twist of fate it may have been those years of struggle and strife that saved her life.
Public service was the top order of business at the Covington City Council meeting Tuesday.
The council members honored the volunteer of the year and the commissioner of the year.
A series of car prowls and thefts in the Black Diamond Morgan Creek Development have caught the attention of police and residents.
The car prowls occurred in late November and December.
The Tahoma Bears grappled to the top of the South Puget Sound League, North Division subdistrict wrestling tournament Saturday at Auburn High.
Tanya and Nelson Amador had a dream that began more than a decade ago in Maple Valley, and that dream is spreading steadily across the globe.
The Maple Valley couple have been organizing trips bringing medical, dental and vision treatment, supplies and other humanitarian services to San Ramon, Nicaragua for the past 11 years through their Corner of Love Christian mission. The first step was one idea and one trip, and it has blossomed into nine missions this year.
Need, desire and change – it is the stuff of our dreams and nightmares.
This happy subject came to me the other day while I was watching the 1935 film Anna Karenina from Leo Tolstoy’s novel staring Greta Garbo and Fredric March, directed by Clarence Brown. If you ever wondered what those boys in the ‘30s could have seen in Greta Garbo, watch this picture and you will see the reason.
Trail safety, drugs and gangs were hot topics at the Lake Wilderness Lodge Monday.
Maple Valley Police Chief Michelle Bennett organized a town hall meeting addressing safety concerns on the Lake Wilderness Trail, drug abuse in the schools and community and information about gang activities.
YarrowBay has presented new information concerning phosphorous runoff to Lake Sawyer from two master planned developments in Black Diamond.
The Taylor Creek-Olson Mansion property has new owners and a brighter future.
The 45 acres was purchased by The New Community Church Dec. 30.
The closing price for the property was about $1.6 million and includes the 10,000 square foot mansion which is a King County landmark.
