On Sept. 16 the Black Diamond/Maple Valley Kiwanis Club named Natalie Routh as Kiwanian of the Year for 2015-2016.
It looks like Black Diamond’s Comprehensive Plan will be further delayed as the city’s traffic adviser, DKS Associates, appears to be running out of patience with the City Council.
A recent influenza-related death of a person in Spokane County is a sad reminder that flu seasons, while unpredictable, are always serious. Flu season is quickly approaching and public health officials are urging people to get a flu vaccine as soon as it is available in your area. Everyone, including pregnant women, can benefit from an annual influenza vaccine, and for many people it is critical.
Following the tragic Oso landslide, King County Executive Dow Constantine and the King County Flood Control District called for modernizing 1990’s-era landslide hazard maps.
A plan initiated by Metropolitan King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove to expand the King County Metro human services bus ticket program was unanimously approved Monday by the County Council.
Sen. Joe Fain received the “Crayon Award” from the Early Learning Action Alliance during the Fall Family Child Care Conference held Saturday at Auburn’s Green River College. Fain was recognized for his work to expand access to and improve the quality of early learning in Washington state after co-sponsoring the Early Start Act in 2015 and championing opportunities for the state’s youngest learners.
In honor of the new school year, Washington State Ferries is excited to announce its first-ever drawing contest.
Laura Philpott stepped up a few months ago to take the position of interim city manager for the city of Maple Valley when the former city manager quit.
A task force of experts from a wide range of disciplines delivered a comprehensive list of recommendations to confront a heroin and opioid epidemic that has caused a spike in addiction and fatal overdoses across the region.
One of the worst scenarios for families caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease is a loved one wandering or getting lost. It causes immediate panic and concern, and unfortunately happens all too often. In fact, nearly 50 percent of some of these family members have experienced a loved one with Alzheimer’s wandering or getting lost, according to a new survey conducted by Home Instead, Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care® network. Of those, nearly one in five called the police for assistance. To help families keep their loved ones safe, the Home Instead Senior Care network has launched a free tool, the Missing Senior NetworkSM, now available in Seattle.
For the Reporter
BY MARK KLAAS
For the Reporter
The two Everett police detectives didn’t know the flag was missing until a stranger rang the doorbell at Fire Station 1 on Rucker Avenue. The man handed over a plastic bag to firefighters, along with a tale that led the detectives on the investigation of a lifetime.
In the 18 years since its dedication, the Tahoma National Cemetery has performed more than 44,000 internments for veterans and their spouses.
Green River College’s Auburn Center is open for business, just in time for the fall quarter, which begins Monday, Sept. 19.
The start of a school year is always an exciting and interesting time, with students returning to classrooms, teachers preparing lesson plans and homes suddenly much quieter.
In his role as Green River College’s interim president, Scott Morgan is focused on serving the community and the college’s students.
The founder of Lee’s Martial Arts Studio in Renton, as well as other Lee’s Martial Arts Academy schools on Monday released a statement disavowing Renton owner Robert Morrison, who was charged Aug. 19 with thee counts of rape of a child in third degree and one count of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
After many years of legal zigs and zags the first phase of the Oakpointe Communities master planned development in Black Diamond is under construction.
