Brad Doerflinger lost a title, and it is good news for both him and Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety.
Since September of 2009 Doerflinger has been the interim fire chief of the department. At the Sept. 16 King County Protection District No. 43 Fire Board of Commissioners meeting the decision was made to remove the interim title and promote Doerflinger to the fire chief of the department permanently.
Two suspects robbed a Walmart employee with a knife while she was sitting in her car on a break from work. The suspects left without taking anything and the victim was not injured.
It was a rough night on Oct. 9 for a 35-year-old Maple Valley man who was severely beat up after walking home from a local bar.
According to Sgt. John Urquhart, spokesman for the King County Sheriff’s Office, the man was walking home from Four Corners Bar and Grill after “he’d had a few beers.”
The Black Diamond Community Center will host the 18th annual Harvest Moon Dinner Auction. Saturday, Nov. 6.
Tickets are $35. Dinner will be prepared by local volunteer caterer Jude Irish and includes prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, salad, dessert and coffee.
Phillip Baldwin was arraigned in King County Superior Court today, Oct. 18, for the charges of second degree rape and attempted rape.
The 20-year-old Baldwin plead not guilty to both charges.
Baldwin has been charged for allegedly raping a Covington woman Sept. 30 and attempted rape of a woman Sept. 22 in Ballard.
The next court date for Baldwin is Oct. 28.
U.S. Air Force Airman Eric A. Newland graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
A family of four was displaced from their Kent Easthill home by a smoky fire early this morning. At about 4 a.m. the family noticed a smoke odor in the bedroom. When they opened the bedroom door to search for the source of the odor, they found the living room charged with smoke. They immediately left the house and called 911.
Enjoy an evening of jazz music performed by the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble and the Kentwood Jazz Band 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18 at the Kentwood Performing Arts Center.
The Kentwood Jazz Band is directed by Mike Simpson.
The Whitworth Jazz Ensemble is directed by Dan Keberle, D.M.A.
The evening begins with a silent auction of desserts in the Performing Arts Center foyer and followed by the jazz bands.
The Greater Maple Valley Community Center’s Children and Family Program will host the annual Trick or Trucks event on Halloween, Oct. 31.
Maple Valley police officers and King County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives were requested by Tahoma High School principal to use a drug-sniffing dog to check vehicles in the parking lot for drugs.
The K-9 dog, Cooper, sniffed 29 cars and the dog gave an alert of drugs on two.
Oct. 12
FELONY WARRANT: Roberts Drive. An officer observed a vehicle speeding on Roberts Drive. Upon stopping the vehicle, the female driver was identified by her driver’s license. A routine records check showed the female had a felony warrant out of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office for fraud charges. The female was placed under arrest and booked into the Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Weather forecasters are predicting a severe fall and winter because of the El Nina developing in the Pacific Ocean. According to a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, the region could see a reprise of the snowstorms of 2008, the floods of 2007 or the windstorms of 2006.
The King County Superior Court released findings Oct.14 Cecil Douglas Walker is not mentally competent to stand trial for the stabbing death of his 86-year-old mother, Ella May Walker, in Black Diamond.
The 50-year-old Cecil Walker has been sent back to Western State Hospital for a 90-day mental evaluation according to the King County Prosecutor’s office. He is scheduled to return to court in January 2011.
William Pritchard, 23, has been charged with cyberstalking with sexual motivation by the King County Prosecutor’s Office. He is in custody and additional charges in are expected.
Detectives and prosecutors believe there may be other victims, perhaps many, in several other counties. Officials are asking anyone with information to come.
At about 4 a.m. this morning, Oct. 15, Kent Fire Department, Renton Fire Department and King County Medic One emergency units responded to a forklift accident at a warehouse in the north end Kent.
Another season of the Maple Valley Farmers Market is in the books and organizers are starting to think about the third season that will kick off in June 2011.
Dozens of vendors and hundreds of patrons were at the market every Saturday from June 19 through Oct. 9 at Rock Creek Elementary School.
Farmers Market Board President Victoria Laise-Jonas said in an e-mail interview that the second season was a success.
The deal is done.
The Maple Valley City Council approved a traffic improvement agreement Oct. 6 between the city and YarrowBay relating to the Black Diamond master planned developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills.
The two parties reached a tentative agreement, which was announced at the Black Diamond City Council closed record hearing Sept. 20.
The Lake Wilderness Golf Course Task Force is hoping to keep the swings straight, true and profitable in Maple Valley.
After about four months of intensive work, the task force presented the Maple Valley City Council with a series of recommendations to keep the course financially solvent at the Monday meeting.
The task force was formed in May at the direction of City Manager David Johnston.
The Valley Medical Board of Commissioners continued riding a roiling wave of discord Oct. 4 that has spanned three meetings.
The five commissioners and staff sparred over the statements made during the two earlier meetings.
The current contention has centered on Resolution 929, the 2010 incentive and goals program for the executive and management teams at Valley.
Toward Responsible Development filed a land use petition act or LUPA appeal in King County Superior Court against the two YarrowBay master planned developments in Black Diamond, Lawson Hills and The Villages.
Superior court Judge Cheryl Carey has been assigned to the case. The court date for the appeal is March 21, 2011. The attorney who filed the document for the petitioners was David Bricklin of the Seattle firm Bricklin and Newman.
