After more than two weeks, 50 hours and hundreds of pages of documents, the hearings for The Villages and Lawson Hills, YarrowBay’s master planned developments in Black Diamond, came to a close Monday night.
The hearings lasted more than two weeks with passionate testimony from residents, a subpoena duel between city attorneys and legal objections raised like battle flags.
Southeast 288th and 216th Avenue Southeast.
A vehicle was traveling southbound on 216th Avenue at 9 a.m. approaching Southeast 288th. The driver turned left on southeast 288th and stated he did not see the bicyclist who was traveling northbound on 216 Avenue S.E. The bicyclist was hit and transported to the hospital for treatment. The driver was cited for failure to yield and no proof of insurance.
Police blotter for Covington and Maple Valley for March 16-22
What a great tea! Once again the Hellebore Tea was filled with good conversation and lots of fun.
It would not have been a success without all of the people who donated their time and energy to make sure it came together.
The Greater Maple Valley Community Center Egg Hunt is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 3 at Lake Wilderness Park for children who are walking through third grade.
Max Prinsen of Renton has been elected to a
three-year term as a member of the King Conservation
District board of supervisors following a final canvassing of votes cast in the district-wide election March 16.
At 2:43 p.m. March 17 in the 26800 block of Maple Valley Highway engine 80 was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm. Upon arrival firefighters found the building evacuated and were informed that there had been a fire inside a clothes dryer and it had been extinguished by the occupants using a fire extinguisher.
Join the Sierra Club South King County Group, in coordination with King County Parks, for our 14th semiannual restoration event at Soos Creek Park March 27.
Black Diamond firefighters were dispatched to room fire 3:25 p.m. March 16 in the area of 172th Avenue S.E. Once firefighters arrived the found the entire home on fire with flames rising 30 feet above the roof line. About 11 people were evacuated from the home. A power line leading to the home was on the ground creating an additional hazard.
A 59-year-old male driving a 2008 Mazda CX-9 at a high rate of speed westbound on Kent Kangley Road March 15 near Ravensdale ran his car head-on into a tree.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Public Health – Seattle and King County has been awarded two federal stimulus grants totaling $25.5 million dollars over two years to address obesity and tobacco use, two of the leading contributors to premature illness, death and health care costs in the United States and locally.
Mariah Whitman works full time during the week, drag races on the weekends and will be graduating from high school this June thanks to online classes through Insight School of Washington.
Starting in April she’ll be running her dad’s 1969 Chevy Nova in the Pro class of the National Hot Rod Association’s Summit Series at Pacific Raceways which is just a short drive from her home in Maple Valley.
The Girl Scouts annual day camp is set for Aug. 2-6 in Maple Valley.
The focus this year will be on all things “Wild” – wild plants, wild life and the wilderness.
Pastor Steve Murray has long had a vision for the future home of Real Life Church and the vision would become reality on a 90 acre property on the edge of Black Diamond.
Murray envisioned a place for Real Life to have a church building to call its own — the congregation of 400 meets at Kentlake High these days — and the rest of the property could be used for recreation and be a gift to the community.
Three Tahoma schools, Glacier Park Elementary, Rock Creek Elementary and Tahoma Middle School, were awarded the Washington Achievement Award for…
The city of Black Diamond has placed a public safety levy on the April 27 ballot and Police Chief Jamey Kiblinger said passing the measure is critical.
The proposition failed by 11 votes in the November 2009 general election, and supporters are hoping the second time around will be the charm.
Valley Medical Center’s Board of Commissioners passed a resolution March 15 authorizing the construction of a free standing emergency department in Covington, but the vote came after a contentious battle between the board members and staff.
The marathon of hearings on the two YarrowBay developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills, continued through this week and appears to be nearing the finish line.
• March 8 NO INSURANCE: 32600 Third Avenue A vehicle was observed with a cracked brake light at 12:48 p.m….
March 14
CAR BREAK IN: 25900 block of 185th Place Southeast. Someone stole the stereo and quarters from the victim’s car which was parked on the shoulder of the road.
