Emissions produced by goods and services from outside King County and consumed here more than double our collective footprint, according to the first comprehensive study by a local government in the U.S. to quantify the impact of consumption upon climate change.
One down, two to go. The first of three weekend closures to install huge steel bridge girders over Interstate 5 in Federal Way went off without a hitch, and the freeway is back open to traffic.
The Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Reporter has a new and improved online community calendar at maplevalleyreporter.com. The calendar is an friendly access format that does not requires a logon or password and the form to submit an item is easy to use. You can designate where you wish the calendar item to appear within the Sound Publishing family of websites.
Richard Flores, 58, of Seattle was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 25 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan.
The Covington Chamber of Commerce (CCC) is requesting nominations for their annual Education Volunteer of the Year Award to volunteers from the Kent School District.
The Maple Valley Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb.15 in the Tahoma School District Board Room.
A half dozen teachers in Covington area schools have become National Board Certified Teachers according to the Kent School District.
People who swear by a particular diet to lose weight may be fooling themselves, according to a recent study by scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There is no real evidence that low-carb, low-fat or high-protein diets make as big a difference as overall calorie reduction when it comes to weight loss, according to Dr. George Bray who worked on the study.
Mountain View Fire and Rescue Report for Jan. 31 – Feb. 6
Applications are now open for the second annual Schools of Excellence in Arts Education Awards. Presented by ArtsEd Washington, in partnership with the Association of Washington School Principals, all K-12 schools throughout Washington State are invited to apply. Deadline for completed applications is March 30, 2012.
A workshop for parents of pre-school children will be held on Monday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center.
The Tahoma School Board voted Jan. 24 to add three days in June to the school calendar to make up for three of the four days that schools were closed on Jan. 17-20, due to ice, snow and power outages. June 20 will be the last day of school. The fourth day will be made up on Jan. 27, which is a regular full day of school.
The city of Maple Valley has hired a contractor to begin removing damaged trees within the Lake Wilderness Park.
The Black Diamond Police Blotter Jan. 26 – Feb. 1
The city of Covington is soliciting proposals from firms interested in proposing an asset management system for the city.
Six schools in the Kent School District and one school in the Tahoma School District are 2011 Washington Achievement Award recipients.
Transfer of development rights are likely to be a part of future growth in Maple Valley.
While TDRs have not been used in the past decade, when Maple Valley’s population increased by 59 percent, a similar King County program called the 4-to-1 program was used during the development of the 150 acre Maple Ridge Highlands in the 1990s.
A more than decade-long wait for Fred Meyer in Maple Valley will soon come to an end.
“It’s going to open on May 24, which is earlier than we originally anticipated,” said Fred Meyer spokeswoman Melinda Merrill in a phone interview. “We’re really excited about that.”
Comic strip of the week by Tahoma Junior High cartoonist Tyler Friesen
Northshore Fire Department Fire Instructor Wendy Booth now has good example of how important CPR can be – she is alive today because of it.
