Leonora Noble has been named interim principal at Crestwood Elementary, according to Chris Loftis, executive director of communications for the Kent School District.
The city of Maple Valley approved a sublease agreement with King County at the Aug. 22 meeting.
In a fenced area behind Glacier Park Elementary, kids in Susan Davidson’s third grade class learn how to make a “three sister garden.”
With students in the Kent and Tahoma School Districts about to begin another school year, I can’t help but think of my first day as a student at Sammamish High School. Actually, it wasn’t the day I remember so much as the angst-filled morning precipitating it.
A sick newborn is a parent’s worst nightmare.
It’s something Patrice Briggs of Maple Valley knows well, both as a parent and as an employee of Children’s Therapy Center in Kent, which serves families throughout King County including Covington and Maple Valley.
Residents of Maple Valley and Covington can breathe a bit easier knowing that despite some highly publicized crimes in the past year, the number of burglaries and robberies are decreasing, according to statistics provided by King County Sheriff’s Office.
With a little more than a week left before school begins, Crestwood Elementary in Covington is still searching for a new principal.
Decreased use and budget cuts are to blame for the closure of the King County Sheriff Office’s precinct station in Maple Valley according to Sheriff Sue Rahr.
The first day on the job as principal of Eatonville Middle School, Andy McGrath saw a group of kids running down the hall. When he had been the principal Eatonville High, such a scene usually meant a fight was brewing.
The Covington City Council unanimously approved a sublease agreement with the King County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 9.
Kathryn Hyatt represented Maple Valley as a semi-regional finalist in the Foster Farms chicken cooking competition Aug. 12 in Ballard.
The Maple Valley City Council approved a resolution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its July 25 meeting.
Cory Allyn Duke of Renton pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment at the Kent Regional Justice Center Aug. 10.
Non-profits in King County that provide food and a place to sleep for those in need were dealt another budgetary blow last month when $1.2 million of funding from a national grant for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) was cut.
Non-profits in King County that provide food and a place to sleep for those in need were dealt another budgetary blow last month when $1.2 million of funding from a national grant for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) was cut.
The Rainier Valley Slammers U17 ‘93 boys team won the National Premiere League championship on Aug. 1 in Boise, Idaho.
For those who enjoy running or mountain biking in the area there will soon be a new trail system at the top of Henry’s Ridge near Ravensdale.
Kathryn Hyatt of Maple Valley will participate in the regional finals for the Foster Farms chicken cooking competition Friday in Ballard.
Hyatt became aware of the competition when she was shopping one day at a grocery store and saw an ad for the competition.
While other recently graduated high school students are enjoying their final summer before going off to college, 19-year-old Cory Allyn Duke of Renton is in jail facing charges of vehicular homicide.
Riding with Officer Fred Didway July 28 made me feel like a kid again.
My first recollection of meeting a police officer was in preschool. We had a show and tell for dads and one of my classmates’ father was a police officer.
