Witte Road roundabout work continues this week as the contractor clears the right-of-way for the project.
Lane closures should be expected on Witte Road and Southeast 248th Street Tuesday, August 17 through Thursday, August 19.
The contractor will also be installing silt fencing and temporary fencing throughout the construction area.
The political playhouse is about to get thinned out following the Tuesday primary election.
Ballots for the mail-only primary election must be postmarked by Tuesday, Aug. 17 and the results will decide what two candidates will line up against each other in races in the 47th and 5th districts.
In a very short window of time two rapes in Covington were reported to the King County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement officials view the attacks as fairly unusual for the town of less than 20,000.
According to a news report from the Tacoma News Tribune, John Alan Carter, a suspect in a July 27 rape in Covington, has been arrested in near Florence, Ore.
Hospital beds were a hot topic during a state Department of Health public hearing Aug. 5 in the Kent library.
Bart Eggen, executive director from the Department of Health and Mark Thomas, an analyst with the department, set up the hearing, which opened at noon and lasted nearly five hours.
There have been a couple of breaks in the two rape cases in Covington.
Police Chief Kevin Klason said the King County Sheriff’s Office Special Assault unit has been investigating the two assaults. Covington contracts with the county for police services
Work on the Witte Road roundabout has begun with tree clearing on the south side of the road this week.
The road is limited to one lane near the intersection of Southeast 248th near the library where the crew is clearing for the roundabout.
The Maple Valley Police Department along with King County Sheriff’s deputies and Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety firefighters gathered at communities around Maple Valley to celebrate National Night Out.
The annual nationwide event is a crime and drug prevention event meant to raise awareness in the fight against crime and promote partnerships with the community and police officers.
King County Sheriff’s Office detectives are searching for a man suspected of raping a 21-year-old woman July 28 in Covington.
According to Sgt. John Urquhart, sheriff’s office spokesman, the attack occurred shortly after midnight near the LA Fitness at 27245 272nd Ave. S.E.
The Maple Valley fire and police departments met on the ball field at Lake Wilderness Park for the “Guns and Hoses” softball tournament Saturday.
Members of each department along with friends and family enjoyed an afternoon of softball and followed by a barbecue.
State Rep. Geoff Simpson, D-Covington, was arraigned or formally charged in Judge Kimi Kondo’s Seattle municipal courtroom today, July 26, on the charge of gross misdemeanor assault.
Simpson entered a plea of not guilty.
The Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners meetings jumped into the video age Monday, July 26.
For the first time the board meeting featured a two camera video-audio recording system. The plan is the recording will be posted to the Valley website by the end of business the Wednesday following the Monday meeting.
State Rep. Geoff Simpson, D-Covington, was arraigned or formally charged in Judge Kimi Kondo’s Seattle municipal courtroom today, July 26, on the charge of gross misdemeanor assault.
Simpson entered a plea of not guilty.
The Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce wacky and wild golf tournament hit the greens at the Lake Wilderness Golf Course Friday.
The challenges included driving with eye patch and rolling a bowling ball for the first drive.
A plan for fixing a hole in the King County budget is on the way to the November ballot – a two-tenths of one percent sales tax increase.
The budget gap the King County Council is trying to fill rings up at $60 million. The plan is for the increase to bring in about $59 million with most directed at public safety.
Budgets for cities, like individuals, come down to a couple of simple numbers, the amount coming in and the amount going out.
Tony McCarthy, the city of Maple Valley finance director, painted a stark mid-year budget picture for the Maple Valley City Council at the Monday study session. Not all the news was gloom and doom, but the addition and subtraction was sobering
The hearing for the two master planned developments The Villages and Lawson Hills in Black Diamond entered the City Council deliberations stage Monday.
The council members met in executive session Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and were expected to continue to meet in closed session Thursday.
A simmering controversy concerning 113 trees cut down on YarrowBay property in Black Diamond has been brewing for the past couple of months.
The issue was addressed in a city press release sent Wednesday, July 21.
The Covington Days celebration featured a parade, City Council challenge, live music, food and fun for all Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
A large gathering enjoyed the Black Diamond Miners Day celebration Saturday.
The acitivities included a ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating the opening of Railroad Road Avenue. The street has new pavement, sidewalks, lamp posts and an historic appearance.
