Covington officials are hoping for a hospital to be built in the city, and the City Council passed a resolution supporting the idea.
The members passed the resolution unanimously calling on the Washington state Department of Health to issue a Certificate of Need for a hospital in the city.
The only medical institution currently seeking a Certificate of Need for a hospital in Covington is MultiCare.
Washington State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to a drive by shooting that occurred at 4 p.m. today, April 13, northbound on state Route 167 between Central Avenue and 208th Street South.
Air Force Airman David Brussel-Smith graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, basic warfare principles and skills.
A new non-profit wildlife center has been formed to provide care for injured, orphaned or diseased wildlife. South Sound Critter Care is an outgrowth of the nonprofit work performed at Sawyer Lake Veterinary Hospital and Renton Veterinary Hospital. The bottom floor of Sawyer Lake Veterinary Hospital will be the primary receiving site, which will focus on care for songbirds and small mammals, including rabbits, squirrels, mink, opossum mountain beavers and some orphaned domestic kittens.
In the March “On Target” newsletter, we discussed some burglary prevention ideas for homeowners. We will continue with the related topic of property crimes in this month’s newsletter. As spring approaches, the nicer weather often prompts individual residents and entire neighborhoods, to take a more relaxed attitude toward general security measures in and around their homes and businesses. For example doors (including garage doors), windows and sheds are regularly left open and/or unlocked – and unattended, for extended periods of time.
Police blotter for Covington and Maple Valley for April 5-10.
A regional animal services model proposed by a Joint Cities-County Work Group would divide King County into four districts with at least one animal control officer for each.
Stray or abandoned animals would be housed at a non-profit shelter in Lynnwood or at the county shelter in Kent.
The number of green vehicles on county roads is growing and the Metropolitan King County Council unanimously adopted legislation increasing the number of locations where cars can charge up.
Up to 200 stations at county facilities will be available for public use.
The King County Sheriff’s office has scheduled a community notification meeting 6-8 p.m. at Cedar Heights Middle School regarding two level 3 sex offenders living in the area.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas T. White III graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
White 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.
He earned distinction as an honor graduate of the course.
Army Pvt. Antonia Elena Navejas has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla., as an honor graduate and received a letter of commendation.
Maj. Dave Germani described several changes in store for Sheriff’s Precinct No. 3 in Maple Valley. Due to budget cuts and recent annexations, King County is consolidating two unincorporated precincts, No. 2 (north) and No. 3 (south) into one precinct that will comprise 1,600 square miles of area. With this consolidation Germani, will be retiring as of May 1 after 30 years of service with the department. Germani introduced the new combined precinct commander, Jerrell Wills, cu
A new growing season is upon us. As new foliage begins to appear, various pests are lying in wait to begin their annual feasts. The following are signs of some of the more common and highly visible insects and diseases that are or soon will be visible.
Tradition is starting to settle in with the annual “Hooked on Fishing” Opening Day Trout Derby, organized by the Greater Maple Valley/Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce, as the familiar activities of trying to catch the tagged fish and eating a fisherman’s breakfast, among others, will be featured.
You’re more likely to get killed in a traffic accident involving speed in King County than anywhere else in the state.
That’s probably not surprising, given the county’s population and traffic load. Counting 2004 through 2008, speed killed 246 people in King County, or 21 percent of the state’s total.
Maple Valley’s strength as a community is what keeps it moving in the right direction according to Mayor Noel Gerken in his state of the city address April 2 to the Maple Valley Rotary Club.
“I want to discuss community because community is where it starts and ends,” Gerken said. “We have such an exceptional community here in Maple Valley.”
Tahoma School District’s Elementary Boundary Review Committee will present a series of options at a pair of public meetings set for 6:30 p.m. April 14 and April 19, both at Rock Creek Elementary.
MultiCare is on the planning road to build an emergency department and 58-bed hospital in Covington to serve the south King County area.
MultiCare has scheduled a town hall meeting to gather information from the public about the projects from 6-8 p.m. April 14 at Cedar Heights Middle School, 19640 S.E. 272nd St. in Covington.
Work on Covington’s downtown plan revision is in the home stretch, according to Planning Manager Richard Hart.
“The consultant completed their study in September,” Hart said. “We took all of the policy recommendations out of that document and put those into the new downtown plan element of the comprehensive plan.”
That downtown element was one of a handful of changes to the comprehensive plan that were adopted in December.
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety was dispatched to investigate a possible electrical fire at a residence at 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 7 in the 24200 block of 275th Avenue S.E.
While enroute dispatchers updated the firefighters dark smoke was coming from the attic. Twenty firefighters from Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety, Mountain View Fire and Rescue and King County Fire District 47 responded to the residential fire.
