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Business group wants members
While most chambers of commerce struggle through their annual membership drive, the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce…
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Cities to jointly salute their staffs during National Public Works Week
The cities of Covington and Maple Valley will hold a joint open house May 22 to honor their…
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Pilot in fatal plane crash was 69-year-old Kent man
A pilot flying a Cessna near Covington who was killed in a crash on May 9 was officially…
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Bank robber escapes with loot
A robbery at the Key Bank branch in Maple Valley’s Four Corners area caused a nearby elementary school…
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Lakeside housing development hits another snag
The developer in a proposal to build 27 homes on the banks of Lake Meridian has run into…
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If it’s outdoor work you want, try Soos Creek
A community environmental project for Soos Creek is on tap this Saturday.
Sports
Tahoma’s Lafler also enjoys big day New events, same results for Kentwood’s St. Clair
Devin St. Clair jumped ship from the long jump because of a strained hip flexor almost two months…
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Tahoma High team back from D.C. with honors Government scholars ‘best of the west’
Students in the We the People class for seniors at Tahoma High School started the school year as…
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‘Unsung’ 9-1-1 dispatchers called forward
When someone with an emergency calls 9-1-1, the voice that answers probably won’t ever make the news. In…
Opinion
Commissioners: Back to business
It’s good that a squabble over meetings of the Hospital District 1 Commissioners is over. I have a…
Opinion
PSE deal: Watch your wallet
I don’t know how many of you look through all the inserts that are added to your monthly…
Life
Come on, candidates, loosen up a little
His race for Dufur public office was not going well. The voters in Dufur (DOO-fur), a small town…
Life
Training set for foster pet owners
Training for foster volunteers to temporarily adopt pets from King County animal shelters is scheduled for next week…
Life
Rock for Reason, an effort of Maple Valley teenager Ca
Rock for Reason, an effort of Maple Valley teenager Cameron Murray to raise money to build wells in…
Life
Dance show a cancer benefit
Mo-Dazz for the Arts’ fourth annual Dance for a Cure benefit performance, inspired by a Maple Valley cancer…
Life
Getting listed: Out & About, a listing of arts and ent
Getting listed: Out & About, a listing of arts and entertainment events, is published Wednesdays and Saturdays on…
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Calendar
Calendar submissions: Calendars are published Wednesdays and Saturdays on a space-available basis. Items for the Wednesday edition must…
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300-plus kids and adults in fund-raiser
Anyone passing the Black Diamond Elementary School playfield next to State Route 169 this Friday afternoon might hear…
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Chalkboard
Jenkins Creek Elementary School teacher Connie Compton was featured on the KOMO-TV program “Northwest Afternoon” April 16 as…