Washington State Patrol detectives are looking for anyone who witnessed a one vehicle serious injury collision that occurred on the southbound I-5 exit to westbound state Route 18 at about 10:30 a.m. Feb. 16.
Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, invites constituents to participate in a live telephone town hall with him the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 22 to discuss legislative issues.
Ghost hunting in the Black Diamond Cemetery piqued the interest of more than Puget Sound Ghost Hunters, who presented a report to the City Council Feb. 3.
The 78 year-old woman, Betty Bauder, missing since 3:30 p.m. Feb. 18 was found early this morning, Feb. 19 by searchers in a field in the 24500 block of 180th Ave SE.
The city of Black Diamond decided not to join the appeal of the Growth Management Hearings Board ruling sending back to the city the ordinances approving the YarrowBay master planned developments The Villages and Lawson Hills.
Kent Regional Fire Authority investigators determined a fire in the 13400 block of SE 230th Street Feb. 17 was caused by combustibles igniting after they were placed too close to a fireplace. Investigators have ruled the fire to be accidental.
The other shoe finally dropped over the Summit Place today, Feb. 18, when YarrowBay pulled out of the $51 million purchase and sale agreement.
Megan Hoy found inspiration in a rooster.
Hoy, a sophomore at Tahoma High, designed a poster that was selected as the 2011 Maple Valley Farmers Market promotional poster for the season.
Kent firefighters, with support from surrounding agencies, are mopping up following a house fire in the 13400 block of SE 230 Street. The fire was first reported at 3 p.m. and took over two hours to fully contain and extinguish.
Starting in April, residents will have the chance to learn the ins and outs of being a police officer through the Maple Valley Police Department’s Citizens Academy.
Black Diamond released a statement regarding the Feb. 15 Growth Management Hearings Board ruling that remanded back to the city the ordinances approving YarrowBay’s The Villages and Lawson Hills developments.
Some refunds are a lot less fun then others.
The Maple Valley City Council was informed Monday they were on the hook for more than $400,000 because of an error made in 2005.
Once again the city of Maple Valley and King County are going toe-to-toe over the Summit Place, also known as the donut hole, and the outcome is a tough one to handicap.
The county is in the process of trying to close a purchase and sale agreement with YarrowBay, a Kirkland-based developer, for the Summit Place site. The agreement calls for YarrowBay to pay about $51 million for the property, and the deadline for closing the deal is Sunday.
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A ruling by the Growth Management Hearings Board has one side popping corks and the other poring over legal documents.
The Central Puget Sound Region Growth Management Hearings Board ruled the city of Black Diamond did not comply with “its own adopted public participation procedures for GMA (Growth Management Act) amendments as set forth in the BDMC (Black Diamond Municipal Code)” regarding ordinances approving the YarrowBay master planned developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills.
The board sent the ordinances back to the city for compliance with the Growth Management Act.
Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 32400 block of 2nd Avenue for a possible domestic Violence incident that was occurring. Upon arrival officers contacted the woman involved, who advised the incident was involving her boyfriend.
Sixty years ago, Maple Valley was a small community transitioning from its mining, logging and farming roots to being a bedroom destination for Seattle and the likes. Farms sprouted houses instead of cattle and gardens; cabins were springing up along the banks of the Cedar River. It had everything it needed – grocery store, restaurant, gas station and barber shop, BUT NO fire department. If a building caught on fire it just burned to the ground.
A woman called to report a fight she witness between two women and a man at a home. When an officer arrived, he arrested all three for obstructing an officer.
Last year, 124 candle fires causing over $4.5 million in damages were reported to the Office of State Fire Marshal by fire agencies across the state. That number has increased by 33 fires and almost twice the cost in damages from 2009, $2.3 million.
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed two bills Friday to extend federally funded unemployment benefits and permanently reduce state taxes on those benefits. The bill signing ended weeks of contentious debate in the Legislature over unemployment insurance.
