The Tahoma track and field team won its first league meet against Mt. Rainier on March 21.
Bipartisanship and civility are two terms that get thrown around a lot when discussing politics. Consequently, I’ve heard them frequently when people talk about the current special session of the state Legislature and the budget crisis.
Speed and strength could likely be the scene on the oval as well as in the field this spring.
Both defending 4A state boys and girls track and field champions are from the Kent School District which means every team in the South Puget Sound League North division will be taking aim at Kentwood and Kent-Meridian, especially rivals Kentlake, Kentridge and Tahoma.
Help your community first was the theme of the Greater Maple Valley Community Center’s eighth annual breakfast benefit on March 15.
Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, has announced that he will run for reelection for the 47th Legislative District.
Bud Sizemore, a Kent firefighter and former Covington city council member, has announced that he will run for 47th Legislative District.
Scores of Maple Valley residents rose in the early hours of the day to attend the eighth annual Greater Maple Valley Community Center Benefit Breakfast on March 15.
As the middle child of three boys, I was always in a state of warfare with one of my siblings while growing up.
My parents, in an attempt to bring a quasi-détente to our household, told (just) me to pick my battles.
The Maple Valley City Council has thrown its support behind the movement for the federal government to reclassify medical marijuana as a Schedule II drug.
Kentlake sophomores had the chance to eat a school-provided breakfast before they took the High School Proficiency Exam (HSP) on Wednesday, March 14.
New technology is not just for teachers. Students now have many tools at their disposal they didn’t even have five years ago.
While laptops, document cameras and Power Point presentations have replaced overhead projectors, dry erase pens and transparencies for educators, technology tools are replacing hard copies of text books, pen and paper for students.
Despite a shooting in December 2010, the Lake Wilderness Trail is no more dangerous than any other part of the city, according to Maple Valley Police.
Beatrice Baldridge just recently turned 100 years old.
She also celebrated her 25th birthday.
Seattle guitar legend Randy Hansen played at Tahoma Junior High as a part of a “History of Rock” class on March 9.
For Tahoma, the transition started in 1994, when the first technology plan was created by the Tahoma School District Technology Committee (TSDTC). It was revised in 1997 and 2000, and was later updated in 2003.
It wasn’t too long ago when classroom instruction was almost devoid of any technology.
Educators in both the Kent and Tahoma school districts are slowly, but surely, adapting to the use of technology for lesson planning, teaching as well as tools for their students.
Bullies are simply cowards, and cyberbullies are no different, according to Maple Valley Police Chief Michelle Bennett.
Bennett spoke at Shadow Lake Elementary on March 2 during a presentation about cyberbullying in an effort to inform and educate students about how they can prevent cyberbullying at school.
In Covington he was known as the “Rose Fellow” and the “Candyman.”
Robert D. MacDonald, the 2005 Covington Citizen of the Year, passed away on Feb. 26 at the age of 89 in Auburn.
Watching the news coverage of the Ohio high school shooting last week reminded me of what makes me so angry about sensationalist journalism.
Jesse Dehnert climbed onto the diving board out of curiosity but the Kentwood senior finished his high school career with a third place medal at state while setting a pair of school records.
Going into his freshman year at Kentwood Dehnert decided to give diving a chance after watching the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He joked that he avoided swimming because it looked too hard.
