Kent School District (KSD) students’ average combined score in reading, math and writing was higher than the Washington State and all states in which at least 30 percent of its students tested.
Residents in the greater Kent area who reside in the attainment area may stop by any Kent Fire Department fire station, beginning today, and receive a permit allowing them to burn during the month of October.
Valley Girls & Guys, participated in the Susan G. Komen Foundation 3Day Walk for the Cure Saturday.
Tina McDonough said the team lead the state and nation in fundraising with more than $320,000 by Saturday afternoon and still counting.
Olympic Lights rallied from last place and scored a 1-¼ length victory over Ugottabcatty in Friday’s $11,900 American Horse Transportation Purse at Emerald Downs.
A 22-year-old male was issued a criminal citation by Maple Valley Police and deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Office while riding a stolen bike Sept. 16.
The Black Diamond Community Center’s Open Gym Basketball program is now open for the fall, starting Monday, September 19.
Financial assistance for Maple Valley’s 11th annual “Make a Difference Day” community service projects and acts of service is currently available.
A ceremony was heldat the Covington Multicare Emergency Department site to mark the topping of the building Sept. 16.
Black Diamond Police Blotter Sept. 8-13
Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety will offer two “Emergency Preparedness” classes during the fair at Rock Creek Elementary School on Oct. 8.
The Washington Department of Ecology (WDE) has approved the city of Covington’s recently updated shoreline master
The city of Black Diamond’s hearing examiner, Phil Olbrechts, released his recommendation of approval late Tuesday for YarrowBay’s The Villages and Lawson Hills development agreements with many pages outlining revisions, potential conditions and legal strategies for the City Council to consider.
Maple Valley Fire and Safety Report Sept. 5-11
In 1994 Diana Ludke and other residents who lived on Lake Wilderness had reached the breaking point.
The Kent School Board unanimously approved a $308 million budget on Aug. 24 for the 2011-12 school year that is $18 million less than last year and includes 78 fewer jobs.
Southbound Witte Road at state Route 169 will be temporarily closed to traffic during construction between 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19.
A 46-year-old Covington man crashed his vehicle into a business on Kent-Kangley Road after it struck a transport van at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 13.
Thirteen-year-old Adam Vesperman speaks with a British accent that he didn’t have five months ago when he left Kent for London.
“I didn’t notice it,” Vesperman said during a return visit last week to Kent. “Everybody else did.”
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council held its regular monthly meeting.
Fostering Together’s Maple Valley support group for families and guardians of foster children is set to meet again at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center.
