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From Walmart clubs to pro golfer

Tahoma High grad Jeremy Johnson was sidelined from his favorite sport, baseball, in high school when he tore…

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Oglesbee challenges Benson for council seat in Black Diamond

Shawn Oglesbee is challenging current City Councilwoman Carol Benson in the Position No. 4 City Council race in…

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Crunching the Tahoma school bond numbers

Tahoma School District officials announced a revised bond tax collection rate for the $195 million construction bond this…

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Maple Valley man pleads not guilty in state Superior Court

Thomas Hicks, a Maple Valley resident, pleaded not guilty Aug. 16 to charges of communicating with a minor…

Opinion

Pondering journalism’s future in light of recent sales of several publications such as the Washington Post | Katherine Smith

It’s not all bad news, there are papers out there that are still profitable, albeit at smaller margins…

Gabby Letourneau

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Kentwood freshman-to-be Gabby Letourneau chases her dancing dreams

Letourneau, who began dancing as a toddler, earned a spot in the Rockettes summer intensive program in New…

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Maple Valley Parks and Recreation offers boat rentals this summer for the first time

Maple Valley Parks and Recreation Director Greg Brown said that the city decided to do a pilot program…

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Dave Gordon jumps to early lead in Black Diamond primary

Dave Gordon took 66 percent, 567 votes, in the early primary returns in the Black Diamond mayor's race…

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Black Diamond mayoral primary in home stretch

As a follow-up to the forum The Reporter sat down one-on-one with candidates to ask some follow-up questions…

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Tahoma School Board approves bond measure

Thursday night the Tahoma School Board voted to put a $195 million school bond to voters in the…

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Covington home sales reach highest level since Dec. 2007

In May, 16 new homes and 25 existing homes sold bringing in a total of $50,955 in Real…

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Black Diamond candidate forum spotlights city’s future

YarrowBay, community unity, the city budget and the qualifications and knowledge of candidates were the themes at the…

Jim Vach

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Father, son from Maple Valley team up to get out alive

Austin Vach of Maple Valley posted a video to YouTube and ended up in the middle of nowhere…

Sports

Dropping time one mile at a time at Gonzaga

Kentwood graduate Danny Lunder can’t get enough of running.

Garrett McGann turned his summer hobby into a business with a booth at the Black Diamond Farmers Market July 12. McGann learned to make survivor bracelets on YouTube after seeing his friend make them. McGann had a display of premade bracelets and was also taking special orders for specific color combinations.

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Black Diamond Farmers Market | Slideshow

The Black Diamond Farmers Market is held from noon to 6 p.m., Fridays

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Gun Free Zone: Creating a safer school through partnerships, vigilance

The push for reforms in how we as a society approach school safety was sparked by Columbine and…

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Gun free zone: collaboration, communication key to keeping schools safe

Part one in a two part series on the approach to school safety in the Kent and Tahoma…

Sean Messenger

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Passions and learning collide for Tahoma High grad

A high school interest in robotics has turned into a career path for Tahoma High graduate Sean Messenger,…

Opinion

The challenge of school safety | Katherine Smith

When Kris Hill and I started talking about potential series ideas that I could work on my thoughts…

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City steps up notice of sign code violations

The city of Maple Valley recently stepped up enforcement of its sign code much to the frustration of…