After extensive public input and number crunching, the Tahoma School District Board of Directors approved a final budget for the…
A felony voyeurism charge was filed Monday against 54-year-old Donald Sam Hayes from Covington who is accused of videotaping a 13-year-old girl while she undressed in his home.
The candidates for Maple Valley City Council Position No. 2 covered a variety of topics during a 90-minute debate Aug. 6 at the Tahoma School District headquarters.
Bill Allison and Jim Flynn are challenging incumbent Deputy Mayor Glenn Smith who is seeking his second term on the council.
Questions formulated by The Reporter editorial staff, the host of the debate, ranged from the future of Lake Wilderness Golf Course to economic development to Summit Place, which is also known as the donut hole. The candidates also fielded questions from the audience for 30 minutes.
The Covington Chamber of Commerce has a new woman in charge. Loray Rainwater, who grew up in the area and…
Maple Valley Fire Chief Tim Lemon is on voluntary administrative leave after the Board of Fire Commissioners voted Thursday night not to renew his contract in 2010, according to a statement released by the department on behalf of the commissioners.
A group of local volleyball players made their mark in July at the Girls Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships in Miami….
The children, who will be in kindergarten, have spent two hours a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Mountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship’s Kindergarten Readiness Camp.
Dace Anderson is stoked about his next couple gigs with the band Sealth in the area.
Anderson, founder and president of Dace’s Rock N More Music Academy in Maple Valley, will be playing with his band that he fronts with a trio of students from the Academy.
It looks like Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety will have to continue using its savings as the board of…
There’s a new addition to the Reporter Web site — blogs.
Dennis Box and Kris Hill will both write staff blogs. Hill’s will continue on the same lines as her recent columns about her pregnancy, the challenges of being diabetic, and eventually being a first time mom. It has been dubbed “Baby Babble.”
A commuter rail concept that would connect Covington and Maple Valley to Auburn’s Sounder Transit light rail line could potentially receive federal funding.
The House of Representatives passed the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill July 23 that included a funding request for a feasibility study from Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Auburn for a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) line that would run from Covington and Maple Valley to Auburn.
Scott Thomas has spent his first year as the parks and recreation director for Covington laying a foundation for the future.
A trio of Tahoma High students came home from the Mu Alpha Theta convention July 18-24 in Knoxville, Tenn., with some serious hardware as well as having earned national math rankings.
Juniors Sean Messenger and Zach Overhauser along with sophomore Anthony Yun from Tahoma participated at the convention against teams from 48 other high schools and 530 competitors from across the country on topics like geometry and calculus.
People are freaked out by needles so the reaction when I mention the concept of taking insulin to control my blood sugar is, “Ick!” Or, “Wow, that sucks.”
Now, if I weren’t pregnant, I would be totally resistant to the idea of taking insulin because for more than seven years I’ve managed my Type 2 diabetes through diet and the use of oral medications. As long as my pancreas functions and makes insulin then I’m going to avoid using insulin injections as long as possible.
As the city of Maple Valley grows it needs to be able to market itself particularly to businesses and developers.
Heath Anderson, chair of the city’s Economic Development Committee, said something to keep in mind while they develop the city’s brand is a lesson he tries to teach his 7-year-old son, Aidan.
Each year National Night Out, slated for Aug. 4, grows bigger in Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond.
In Maple Valley the police and fire departments have tweaked the event that encourages neighbors to work together to fight crime, strengthen neighborhood spirit and send a message to the bad guys they can’t get away with crime because neighbors are working together to prevent it.
It’s official: Maple Ridge and Maple Woods are now part of the city of Maple Valley.
Ty Peterson, director of community development for the city, said the annexation of the neighborhoods into Maple Valley will be effective July 26.
During a Tahoma School Board workshop session on Monday the members discussed levies they wish to put on the ballot next February.
The session “focused mainly on discussion about a capital projects bond in addition to the technology levy and the operations levy,” according to Tahoma School District spokesman Kevin Patterson.
A beautiful, sunny weekend with temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s greeted festival goers at Covington Days.
Organizers from the Covington Lions Club were pleased with the event and like each year they handle coordinating the event, they learn something new according to Judy Swanberg, co-chair of the club’s festival committee.
With warm weather, food and plenty of activities, the event was well attended.
Terry Haddock has gone cross country and back racing his nitro funny car and top fuel dragster in both the…
