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Desire to help drove Perciful and Passarelli from Black Diamond to Taylor Bridge fire
Desire to help drove Perciful and Passarelli from...
By TJ Martinell • August 30, 2012 12:10 pm

While most fled from the Taylor Bridge wildfire earlier this month Tim Perciful and Ginger Passarelli did the opposite.

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Green Society Group ruled a medical marijuana collective garden, according to Maple Valley Hearing Examiner | Breaking news
Green Society Group ruled a medical marijuana collective...
By TJ Martinell • August 29, 2012 5:46 pm

A rose is a rose, and Green Society Group Management is a collective garden no matter what its owners call it and as such not allowed under city zoning, according to the Maple Valley Hearing Examiner.

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Tips for the new journalist | Editorial
Tips for the new journalist | Editorial
By TJ Martinell • August 29, 2012 12:19 pm

For me, watching the growth and progress of the citizen journalist phenomenon has been a mixture of optimism and healthy reservation.

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Outside of Green Society Group premise. According to a Maple Valley city staff member
Green Society Group closed for business, according to...
By TJ Martinell • August 28, 2012 3:15 pm

Green Society Group, a medical marijuana management company, is no longer open for business, according to a Maple Valley city staff member.

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Pictures from Bank of America of the suspected bank robber.
Police request for help in search for suspect...
By TJ Martinell • August 27, 2012 4:24 pm

Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed the Maple Valley Bank of America on Friday, Aug. 24.

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A Maple Valley firefighter accepts a donation as part of the annual Fill The Boot Fundraiser at Four Corners on Aug. 17. The money goes to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
Boots overflow in Maple Valley firefighter’s fundraiser
By TJ Martinell • August 23, 2012 9:00 am

Maple Valley firefighters raised $8,000 as part of their annual Fill the Boot fundraiser campaign Aug. 17 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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Don’t panic, it’s just a big disaster drill in Maple Valley, Covington
Don’t panic, it’s just a big disaster drill...
By TJ Martinell • August 23, 2012 7:00 am

If you wake up to see helicopters in the sky Wednesday and fire engines blaring outside your home, just know it’s only a drill, a really big one.

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Update | Maple Valley Hearing Examiner upholds citation against Green Society Group, dismisses others
Update | Maple Valley Hearing Examiner upholds citation...
By TJ Martinell • August 22, 2012 5:06 pm

The Maple Valley Hearing Examiner upheld the city’s stop work order to a medical marijuana business, but dismissed nine others.

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Request for injunction filed on behalf of roll your own cigarette shops like Maple Valley’s PJ Smoke Shack
Request for injunction filed on behalf of roll...
By TJ Martinell • August 22, 2012 1:38 pm

A request for an immediate injunction has been filed on behalf of roll your own (RYO) cigarette businesses like Maple Valley’s PJ Smoke Shack.

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A Maple Valley firefighter accepts a donation as part of the annual Fill The Boot Fundraiser at Four Corners on Aug. 17. The money goes to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
Maple Valley firefighters hold annual Fill the Boot...
By TJ Martinell • August 17, 2012 6:29 pm

Members of the Local 3062 Maple Valley Fire Fighters participated in their annual Fill the Boot fundraiser event on Friday, August 17.

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Black Diamond Police Chief with Isaiah Weever
Black Diamond Chief for a Day | Slideshow
By TJ Martinell • August 17, 2012 4:19 pm

Isaiah Weever, 12, got to be Black Diamond Police Chief for a day as a part of a county-wide chief for a day event held at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien on August 17.

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Maple Valley’s proposed business license gets makeover
Maple Valley’s proposed business license gets makeover
By TJ Martinell • August 16, 2012 4:08 pm

Although the Maple Valley City Council has yet to vote on a proposed business license ordinance, several significant amendments have been made.

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Maple Valley considers using Kent courthouse and jail
Maple Valley considers using Kent courthouse and jail
By TJ Martinell • August 15, 2012 1:27 pm

Anyone arrested in Maple Valley may end up going to jail in Kent if the City Council approves a proposed interlocal agreement.

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Incumbents in 47th Legislative District covering Maple Valley, Covington maintain lead in primary election
Incumbents in 47th Legislative District covering Maple Valley,...
By TJ Martinell • August 15, 2012 1:05 pm

If the primary election is any indication, it is the year for incumbents in the 47th Legislative District as the candidates head to the general election in November.

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Maple Valley hearing examiner upholds stop work order for Green Society Group dismisses others
Maple Valley hearing examiner upholds stop work order...
By TJ Martinell • August 14, 2012 9:18 pm

The Maple Valley hearing examiner on Tuesday upheld the city’s stop work order citation to a medical marijuana business, but dismissed nine others due to ambiguity in their language and references to prior orders.

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A Tahoma senior’s midsummer night of Shakespeare in the park
A Tahoma senior’s midsummer night of Shakespeare in...
By TJ Martinell • August 9, 2012 12:00 pm

Originally, the cast of a Shakespeare play was exclusively male, with young boys playing the girls parts.

In Maple Valley, Tahoma High senior Nico Lindblom is doing just the opposite — young girls in male roles — for her senior project, which is a production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Can I quote you on that? | Editorial
Can I quote you on that? | Editorial
By TJ Martinell • August 9, 2012 12:55 pm

The past month has provided two glaring examples of bad journalism ethics gone wild.

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Covington City Council member Wayne Snoey recovers from battle with cancer
Covington City Council member Wayne Snoey recovers from...
By TJ Martinell • August 8, 2012 2:25 pm

It takes more than stage three prostate cancer to faze Covington City Council member Wayne Snoey.

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Construction workers on state Route 169 near Witte Road installing underground utilities. The improvement project is currently on schedule
Road work on schedule for state Route 169...
By TJ Martinell • August 8, 2012 12:31 pm

Work this summer to improve traffic flow on Maple Valley Highway has gone well so far and is on schedule.

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Trust fund set up by Maple Valley resident for injured son
Trust fund set up by Maple Valley resident...
By TJ Martinell • August 7, 2012 7:49 pm

Maple Valley resident Mike Rowe has set up a trust fund for his 12-year-old son who was injured after a tree fell on him while camping.

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