Oct. 20 – next Monday – is the deadline to register to vote in Washington in the general election. Hours…
Artwork by children who have lived with domestic violence will be displayed at Covington City Hall this month.
A record-setting 742,000 mail-in ballots are being distributed to King County voters for next month’s general election – part of what county election officials predict will be the biggest voter turnout in the county’s history.
Organizers of Dark Hollow Haunted Forest promise a suitably spooky experience heading up to and including Halloween. Here’s the lowdown:
Lake Meridian Garden Club 51st Holiday Luncheon: Noon Oct. 18. Guest speaker: Dianne Green. Cost: $15 donation; advance tickets required. Zion Lutheran Church, 25105 132nd Ave. SE. Information: 253-631-3372
Maple Valley – Halloween Carnival: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 18. Open to children 12 and younger. Costumes encouraged. Dance Expressions Studio, 23730 Maple Valley Hwy. SE. Information: misskim.wooten@gmail.com.
Season’s greetings to you! I mean the flu and cold season, of course.
Valley Medical Center’s scarf project started small: Give a scarf a week to a breast-cancer survivor during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Blood drives for Puget Sound Blood Center, which supplies hospitals in King County and regionally, are scheduled for Oct. 22 in the Maple Valley and Covington-areas. The times and locations are:
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The occupants – humans and animals – of a house on Southeast 388th escaped injury in a fire Sept. 29, according to Mountain View Fire and Rescue/Fire District 44.
Metro Transit’s bus service in the Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond areas has increased. Officials said that includes:
A police chase of a car thief resulted in the temporary lockdown last Thursday of Kentlake High School.
The state and King County have agreed to a transfer of control over 1,500 acres of forest between Tiger Mountain and Rattlesnake Ridge.
The worries on Wall Street and “significant” in the municipal bond market may force the Kent School District to postpone a sale of $25 million in school bonds, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 22.
The general election Nov. 4 will decide the race for state representative (Position 2) in the 47th District between incumbent Pat Sullivan, who has held the office since 2004, and Republican challenger Tim Miller.
Covington city officials will host a public meeting at 7 p.m. at City Hall next Wednesday to reveal three potential designs for a new public park.