A funny thing happened when I was discussing with my parents what I wanted for Christmas.
My dad asked me if I wanted a new smartphone.
I shrugged. Being the avid reader I am, my mom then asked if I wanted a Kindle or Nook.
There was a long, awkward silence.
Before he was even sworn into the office, soon-to-be council member Sean Kelly already learned a vital lesson about politics.
“It’s hard to please everybody,” he said. “You do the best you can and make sound decisions that people can discuss.”
It was another successful food drive at Kentlake High this year, where students were able to collect 4,500 cans of food.
The collection, explained leadership adviser Rick Chance, exceeded expectations.
An enjoyable, but nevertheless typical sequel – all the elements from the first film are doubled or tripled, but nothing new is introduced or explored about the character.
It is certainly well-worth seeing, but what hurts it is not so much the film itself but the fact that – as the first film demonstrated – it had the potential to be so much more.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is currently conducting a study of state Route 516 and plans to release the final report in early 2012.
In Covington, sitting idly at a green light because you’re changing the radio station could get you honked at.
Now, thanks to a recently passed ordinance, it could cost you $250 for inattentive driving.
As 15-year-old Tyler Gage sees it, people can always do one more thing to help those in the community.
The Meridian Kiwanis Club held its 39th annual kids Christmas Party at the First Christian Church in Kent.
Members of Americorps and the Civilian Community Corps held a restoration project in the Dorre Don Natural Area in Maple Valley.
Leonora Noble will serve as interim principal of Crestwood Elementary for the remainder of the academic year, according to the Kent School District, as the search for a new principal continues.
Maple Valley is looking for a new location to use as a municipal courthouse due to overcrowding at the Enumclaw courthouse.
Finding an environmental message in the lyrics of a hip hop song can be tough.
Students at Rock Creek Elementary, however, had the opportunity to experience just that during lunch on Dec. 7 when the Green Team put on a performance of the “Compost Rap” in the cafeteria to teach their classmates about the school’s composting program.
For this year’s Munch Madness canned food drive, the associated student body at Kentwood decided they would try to raise 35,000 pounds of canned food.
Maple Valley held its annual Lights at the Lodge event Dec. 7 at the Lake Wilderness Lodge | Slideshow
Developers in Maple Valley will have an easier time calculating their transportation impact fee (TIF) when applying for permits.
The Maple Valley City Council voted at its Nov. 28 meeting to repeal the ordinance pertaining to TIFs and replaced it with a new ordinance.
Preview of the Kent and Tahoma boys swim and dive season.
The Maple Valley City Council voted to approve the city’s 2012 property tax levy at its Nov. 28 meeting.
Maple Valley City Council voted to approve a new School Impact Fee (SIF) as a part of the 2011-2016 Capital Facilities Plan at its Nov. 28 meeting.
Kentlake Drama’s production of “The Pajama Game” premiered Dec. 1 at Kentlake High School
A 1950s union strike in a textile factory doesn’t sound like the best setting for a musical comedy, but, for Kentlake Drama it has worked well in its production of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross’ “The Pajama Game.”
