$3,000 apiece from Rotary to graduates
Faith on Covington Community Church breakfast menu
Businesses and citizens have more than doubled the amount of donations in the last two weeks to try to keep the Fourth of July Splash fireworks show at Lake Meridian Park as big as before.
There was a time about a year ago when Sarah Stockwell’s relationship with her lifelong love was … well, a bit on the rocks.
Suffice to say that she and swimming were still on speaking terms. But for a while, they weren’t exactly best friends.
King County law enforcement is part of a regional crackdown on motorists who speed or drive while intoxicated.
Tents and fireworks stands will soon pop up in local grocery store parking lots as Independence Day approaches.
Culverts beneath roadways are out of sight and out of mind until there’s something wrong with them. Then comes the work, as in two major projects this summer in the Covington and Maple Valley areas.
Keep an eye out this weekend for crews relocating power lines on Interstate 405 as part of a larger project involving the Maple Valley Highway junction.
Maple Valley’s annual Independence Day celebration and picnic at Lake Wilderness Park is taking shape, organizers say – and ditto…
The residents of Covington overturned the City Council the first time they passed the utility tax. Many of us were upset when they passed the tax again within a couple of short years.
However, this time there was no initiative effort to overturn it. as us citizens probably realized the council was going to do whatever it wanted to one way or another.
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen someone throw litter from a car or truck, I could afford gas a lot easier for my own car.
The other day, I thought of a new law that ought to be enacted.
Fifth annual Black Diamond Miner Days: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 11; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. July 12; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 13. Features merchants’ sidewalk sale Friday-Sunday. Saturday activities include Eastern Star Lunch, barbecue cook off, chili cook off, wine tasting and casino night. Vendor booths available; call for details. Location: Downtown, including Black Diamond Lodge, 32523 Third Ave., and Black Diamond Elementary School, 25314 Baker St. MikeD37@gmail.com or farinehart@msn.com.
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Amateur radio communications will be demonstrated this Saturday and Sunday at Lake Wilderness Park as part of a nationwide exercise for “ham” radio operators.
Rebecca Keaton of Maple Valley, a first-year recipient, and Chirayu Patel of Covington, receiving the honor for the third year, are among 100 students in Washington who were given a combined $300,000 in scholarships this year by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
How do you get kids to read more books? Make it a competition.
As the new Home Depot in Covington approaches its grand opening on Thursday, it’s obvious to store manager Bill Haytack that the community is excited.
“I had to put signs up on the windows that said ‘Grand Opening June 26th’ because there are so many people coming by,” Haytack said. “I actually caught a couple people in here shopping not too long ago and I had to say, ‘Gosh, I’m sorry, we’re not open yet.’”