Safeway in Maple Valley is among 30 grocery stores in Washington where shoppers will soon to be able to sample wine and beer.
Shalini Bansal, who has worked in city or state governments in five states, has been hired by the city of Covington as its new economic development manager.
Dr. Niket Shrivastava, a hand surgeon, has joined Valley Orthopedic Associates at its Covington and Renton clinics.
King County’s unemployment rate in July was 4.1 percent, better than the statewide rate that increased from a month earlier, according to the state Employment Security Department.
It was in 1933, during the depths of the Great Depression, when Welsh coal miners founded Palmer Coking Coal. Tomorrow, the company will mark its 75th year in business.
Requirements for food nutrition labeling at restaurants in King County began taking effect yesterday. The regulations, first adopted in July…
The Covington Chamber of Commerce has organized a golf tournament for Aug. 22 at Elk Run Golf Course.
Entry fees are $95 per player or $380 for a team of four. Fees cover gifts, a prime rib or salmon dinner, and raffle tickets.
Additional information is available at (253) 631-6117.
More than 100 students from 47 high schools throughout south King County and Pierce and Thurston counties will participate in MultiCare Health System’s fifth annual Nurse Camp beginning July 29 by learning firsthand from doctors and nurses about careers in nursing and healthcare.
More than 2,000 home were sold in King County last month, part of a trend around western Washington in which housing sales reached the highest level for any month since August 2007, according to real estate industry analysts.
Maple Valley will a Four Corners developer’s forum at 6 p.m. on July 16 at the Tahoma School District central facility.
Citizens and business representatives can hear input from leading development firms on the viability of the city’s future plans for Maple Valley’s Four Corners sub-area, city officials said.
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.’”
It’s an intoxicating mixture of cooking, connecting with others and using her savvy that keeps Harpreet Gill motivated as a businesswoman.
Maple Valley city manager Anthony Hemstad hosted a breakfast meeting last Wednesday at Lake Wilderness Grill to hear from community members about about issues the city is facing.
Topics ranged from sign code enforcement to eminent domain to the donut hole to the Four Corners sub-area plan to the recent recognition of Tahoma High School in Newsweek magazine’s annual Best of Education feature.
Things are coming along at Covington Esplanade, as new businesses in the commercial project just east of Wax Road on Southeast 272nd Street begin to open.
June 26 will be the first day of business for Home Depot’s new store in Covington.
Ten years ago, MultiCare Health System became the first health system in the south Puget Sound region to implement an electronic health record for patients at its outpatient clinics in Pierce and south King Counties, including the clinic in Covington.
Sound Publishing Inc., whose newspapers include the Covington and Maple Valley Reporter, has concluded the purchase of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and its sister publication in Bonney Lake, Sound announced Wednesday.
