The Make a Difference Day event Saturday was very different for a group of Covington residents, city officials and staff.
A group gathered at about 12:30 to celebrate the reopening of Jenkins Creek Park.
The city was forced to close the 23-acre park in 2006 because funds were not available to fight the vandalism and maintain safe conditions at the park.
The battle lines on the Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners continue to be starkly drawn with withering hostility marking the business of the meetings.
The Oct. 18 meeting was once again rocked with controversy and contention, which was centered on an anonymous e-mail and videos made of clips from the meeting tapes produced by the staff at the direction of Valley Superintendent Rich Roodman.
Make a Difference Day began with a breakfast served by the Maple Valley Rotary and the Black Diamond Community Center board members. According to Mayor Rebecca Olness Lake Sawyer Christian Church and Lake Sawyer Regional Park Foundation were among the citizens who worked on various projects painting the interior of the Black Diamond Community Center, tree planting and clean up at the new parking lot for the regional park. Also volunteers cut firewood and delivered it to five families.
Less the two weeks remain before the candidates hit the finish line on Nov. 2 in the 2010 general election.
The Reporter is running a series of question and answers articles with candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts. Each candidates answers four questions posed by the editorial staff.
The candidates in this entry are Rep. Pat Sullivan, Democrat, and Rodrigo Yanez, Republican, running for the 47th District State Representative Position No. 2.
Tahoma won dramatic victory against Kentridge on a 47-yard field in the closing seconds of the game.
The Bears won 36-34.
Less the two weeks remain before the candidates hit the finish line on Nov. 2 in the 2010 general election.
The Reporter is running a series of question and answers articles with candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts. Each candidates answers four questions posed by the editorial staff.
The candidates in this entry are Rep. Pat Sullivan, Democrat, and Rodrigo Yanez, Republican, running for the 47th District State Representative Position No. 2.
Maple Valley was brimming with volunteers Saturday participating in the Make A Difference Day event.
The ballots have been mailed for the Nov. 2 general election and the political races are in the homestretch.
During the next two editions of The Reporter the candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts will be answering four questions posed by the editorial staff.
The ballots have been mailed for the Nov. 2 general election and the political races are in the homestretch.
During the next two editions of The Reporter the candidates from the 47th and 5th legislative districts will be answering four questions posed by the editorial staff.
Brad Doerflinger lost a title, and it is good news for both him and Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety.
Since September of 2009 Doerflinger has been the interim fire chief of the department. At the Sept. 16 King County Protection District No. 43 Fire Board of Commissioners meeting the decision was made to remove the interim title and promote Doerflinger to the fire chief of the department permanently.
Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake vying for top three spots in the South Puget Sound League North Division with the Bears and the Falcons squaring off this Saturday.
Phillip Baldwin was arraigned in King County Superior Court today, Oct. 18, for the charges of second degree rape and attempted rape.
The 20-year-old Baldwin plead not guilty to both charges.
Baldwin has been charged for allegedly raping a Covington woman Sept. 30 and attempted rape of a woman Sept. 22 in Ballard.
The next court date for Baldwin is Oct. 28.
Maple Valley police officers and King County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives were requested by Tahoma High School principal to use a drug-sniffing dog to check vehicles in the parking lot for drugs.
The K-9 dog, Cooper, sniffed 29 cars and the dog gave an alert of drugs on two.
Kentwood celebrated homecoming Friday at French Field during halftime of the Conks game against Kent Meridian.
Cecily Gray was crowned homecoming queen for 2010.
Kentwood hosts Kent Meridian in a South Puget Sound League, 4A North Division game.
Erick Walker will be sending live updates during the game.
The King County Superior Court released findings Oct.14 Cecil Douglas Walker is not mentally competent to stand trial for the stabbing death of his 86-year-old mother, Ella May Walker, in Black Diamond.
The 50-year-old Cecil Walker has been sent back to Western State Hospital for a 90-day mental evaluation according to the King County Prosecutor’s office. He is scheduled to return to court in January 2011.
A group of students at Tahoma Junior High know what to do with rain water – build a rain garden.
Peter Donaldson from Friends of the Cedar River Watershed put the project together for the students.
Todd Baker, a teacher at the school, gathered a group of students to build the project.
KeyBank is opening its new location known as the Lake Wilderness Branch in Maple Valley at 23928 225th Way S.E.
It is the second branch in the city for the Cleveland-based bank.
Kirk Lantier will be moving from the management of the Four Corners KeyBank branch to the new bank.
The deal is done.
The Maple Valley City Council approved a traffic improvement agreement Oct. 6 between the city and YarrowBay relating to the Black Diamond master planned developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills.
The two parties reached a tentative agreement, which was announced at the Black Diamond City Council closed record hearing Sept. 20.
The Lake Wilderness Golf Course Task Force is hoping to keep the swings straight, true and profitable in Maple Valley.
After about four months of intensive work, the task force presented the Maple Valley City Council with a series of recommendations to keep the course financially solvent at the Monday meeting.
The task force was formed in May at the direction of City Manager David Johnston.
