King Conservation District announces five candidates for the board of supervisor election; on-line voting begins Feb. 15
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council will hold its monthly meeting 7-9:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at King County Police Precinct No. 3 (NE corner of intersection of SE 231st St & SR-169 across from the Fire Station).
The Mary Lou Harting Memorial Concert is an annual opportunity for students, parents, staff and the public to witness the amazing talents of the Tahoma School District’s music faculty. Each music teacher will sing or play instruments as solo or ensemble performers. Students, especially, will enjoy seeing their own teachers performing.
The best entertainment in town Friday was at the Lake Wilderness Lodge listening to the Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra during the Grand Affair Waltz Gala Ball.
The Auburn Food Bank, along with 10 other food bank agencies in South King County, has partnered with Northwest Harvest, the Latter Day Saints Cannery in Kent and Rotary First Harvest to create “Yes, we CAN!”, a community canning project.
Housing awards create jobs for construction of 495 new units of housing around King County
Spencer Kombol of Black Diamond recently spent a week as a Senate page sponsored by Deputy Secretary of the Senate Brad Hendrickson.
The son of Bill and Jennifer Kombol, Spencer is a freshman at Tahoma Junior High School in Ravensdale and plays soccer, piano and guitar.
Deferring state requirements to meet growth, shorelines and stormwater management mandates would save cities and counties untold amounts of money, legislators learned Thursday (Feb. 3), at a hearing before the Senate Government Operatons, Tribal Relations and Elections Committee.
Tanya and Nelson Amador had a dream that began more than a decade ago in Maple Valley, and that dream is spreading steadily across the globe.
The Maple Valley couple have been organizing trips bringing medical, dental and vision treatment, supplies and other humanitarian services to San Ramon, Nicaragua for the past 11 years through their Corner of Love Christian mission. The first step was one idea and one trip, and it has blossomed into nine missions this year.
For some time now I’ve been trying to put my finger on why I feel out of place at the Kentlake Site Council meetings.
We met on Jan. 26 and the next morning I realized exactly what it is: I’m the youngest person in the room.
Half a world away money raised by the Maple Valley Rotary club has been helping provide education and health care for families in Cameroon.
A Kent man facing a May 2010 driving under the influence charge was booked in jail when he appeared in a King County courtroom on January 26 after consuming alcohol and was arrested three days later for suspicion of DUI.
Trail safety, drugs and gangs were hot topics at the Lake Wilderness Lodge Monday.
Maple Valley Police Chief Michelle Bennett organized a town hall meeting addressing safety concerns on the Lake Wilderness Trail, drug abuse in the schools and community and information about gang activities.
In a one week period in January, three students were suspended from Tahoma Junior High for possession of marijuana.
Surprised?
Teens, law enforcement officers and a drug prevention specialist don’t think you should be surprised.
A grandmother shoved the father of her 13 year old grandchild.
Somehow instead of living with a human family, I seem to have acquired a fledging of ducks. For the record, a fledging is a bird that is capable of flying but is still dependent upon parental care and feeding.
Firefighters and deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Office responded to a river rescue on the Green River at 10 a.m. When fire units arrived on scene one man was on the same side of the river as rescue personnel and he stated there were two more men on the river.
Firefighters were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover accident with the driver and passenger trapped at 2:53 p.m. in the 25000 block of SE 224th Street. The vehicle hit a power pole and rolled-over coming to rest on the roof. The driver and passenger were able to free themselves.
YarrowBay has presented new information concerning phosphorous runoff to Lake Sawyer from two master planned developments in Black Diamond.
Duane Hamamura 1952-2011 – award winners and favorites from a photojournalist career.
Duane Hamamura 1952-2011 – award winners and favorites from a photojournalist career | Slide Show
