Tiger, an elderly Uganda man, was furious.
Rather than greet Suzy Gillies inside of his internally displaced person (IDP) camp, he began shouting at her in broken English. Having survived the horrors of the Lord’s Army Resistance insurgency, which had engulfed the northern region of Uganda for 18 years, he couldn’t understand why the outside world still remained seemingly oblivious to their plight in 2008, three years after the war had ended.
The final bill for the January snow and ice storms for Covington and Maple Valley.
The total price tag for cleaning Maple Valley was $87,000 and roughly 80 percent of the cleanup has been completed.
In Covington, however, the storm cost the city $200,000 and much of the debris is still being removed, according to City Engineer Don Vondran.
The Tahoma choir held a rehearsal for the school’s upcoming drama production “Into the Woods” Monday, Feb. 28.
Maple Valley has agreed to partner with other cities on a joint effort to bring more affordable housing to southeast King County.
The two suspects who allegedly robbed the Ravensdale Market on Jan. 27 didn’t exactly plan it out like “The Italian Job.”
Lynn Roberts, executive director of the Greater Maple Valley Community Center, has announced that she is retiring on March 31.
One chapter in the northwest quadrant saga has closed. The next chapter is about to begin.
The 4A boys swim and dive state meet on Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center was a success for individual Kent and Tahoma swimmers.
In terms of history, growth and development, Maple Valley and Black Diamond are almost opposites of each other. Maple Valley is a relatively young city, incorporated in 1997, while Black Diamond has existed since the 1880s and became a city in 1954. Maple Valley experienced a surge in development and population growth in the past two decades, much of the land within Black Diamond remains undeveloped.
Mike Jeffrey was appalled the first time he went to Sierra Leone in 2008.
Though the country’s 12-year civil war, in which thousands of people had been killed or displaced, had ended, the Maple Valley resident noted the humanitarian effort was “pathetic.”
Tahoma Junior High student Tyler Friesen has figured out at 14 what a lot of us don’t figure out until we’re in our 20s.
Actually, he’s figured out two things: what he loves to do and what he’s good at.
The Maple Valley City Council adopted a cyberstalking ordinance as a part of the city’s criminal code on harassment at its Feb. 13 meeting.
Transfer of development rights are likely to be a part of future growth in Maple Valley.
While TDRs have not been used in the past decade, when Maple Valley’s population increased by 59 percent, a similar King County program called the 4-to-1 program was used during the development of the 150 acre Maple Ridge Highlands in the 1990s.
Northshore Fire Department Fire Instructor Wendy Booth now has good example of how important CPR can be – she is alive today because of it.
Kentridge’s boys swim team put together another strong performance at the West Central District meet Feb. 3-4 at the Curtis Aquatic Center.
If there is one thing Maple Valley and Covington agree on, it’s their opposition to Gov. Christine Gregoire’s proposal to eliminate the state liquor excise revenue sharing.
The Maple Valley Planning Commission has approved a proposal that would affect the sale of a non-operating business.
A change to Maple Valley’s zoning would allow big box stores such as the Fred Meyer under construction to add gas stations as well as allow businesses to put in electric vehicle charging stations in the city.
Talking to Rick Haag about the Tahoma Film Academy made me think about my own days in high school and subsequent college education.
Kentridge had a strong South Puget Sound League boys swim and dive meet with a second place finish as a team.
