Celebrate Valentine’s Day 7 p.m. Feb 12 at the calligraphy rotation opening night.
The solo show features the art of Salley Penley and is presented by the Maple Valley Arts Council at the arts center, located at 23220 Maple Valley Highway SE , Suite 15.
The students in the Bear Metal Tahoma High robotics club are busy building a robot for the 2010 FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, competition.
This year the students are building a robot that will score goals with a soccer ball.
The Corner of Love Christian missionary organization has two groups scheduled to leave for northern Nicaragua.
The first team of 75 will leave Feb. 12 and return Feb. 20. The second team of 52 leaves Feb. 26 returning March 6.
A family and community forum on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Weatherly Inn,
15101 S.E. 272nd St. Kent.
The featured speaker is Dr. James Leverenz, associate professor in the department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.
The group Dads of Maple Valley has organized a shoe drive for the people of Haiti affected by the earthquake.
The shoe drop off event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 20 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at the main park or Climbing Wall Park in the Maple Woods neighborhood, located at the intersection of SE Maple Ridge Drive and Maple Ridge Way S.E.
Kentlake High graduate Garrett Vogland never joined the Army with thoughts of being labeled a hero. As a wheeled vehicle mechanic, and an Army specialist, he just wanted to do the best job he knew how.
Republican Pierce County Councilman Shawn Bunney announced his candidacy for the state legislature in the 31st Legislative District, Position 1….
A King County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the state was not meeting its mandate to fully fund basic education wrapping up a lawsuit brought by the Network for Excellence in Washington Schools in 2007.
The Ensemble Ballet Theatre has scheduled auditions for their upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland.”
The times are 1-2 p.m. for a mandatory parent meeting and 4-5 p.m. for auditions Feb. 21 at Dance Expressions, 23730 Maple Valley Hwy. S.E.
Up until Monday, some folks considered school to be a digital wasteland at Tahoma High.
Then Tahoma School District officials flipped the switch on its Digital Backpack program, which will allow high school students to access the school’s wireless network using their own devices, like laptops, for the first time.
Valley Medical has moved a step closer to building a 24-hour emergency services department in Covington.
According to Mike Glenn, senior vice president of business development for Valley, the public hospital signed a contract with Ashton Development for the property in the Town Center area.
It’s a new year, but the problems remain the same for state legislators.
Representatives from the 47th and 5th Legislative Districts, in which Covington and Maple Valley are located respectively, all listed the state budget as their number one priority.
Friends of the Black Diamond Library will host a Book Sale from10-5:30 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Black Diamond branch of the King County Library System, 24707 Roberts Drive. Friends of the Black Diamond Library will be selling a large variety of fiction and non-fiction books.
Transportation projects are top priorities for both Maple Valley and Covington’s lobbying efforts during this year’s legislative session in Olympia.
The National Transportation Safety Board adopted a final report Tuesday on the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Colgan Air Fight 3407 in Clarence City, N.Y., which took the lives of 50 people including Maple Valley resident and co-pilot Rebecca Shaw.
The King County Sheriff’s Department reported a 38-year-old man was found dead at 9:45 a.m. today in Flaming Geyser Park near Black Diamond.
According to Sgt. John Urquhart, sheriff’s department spokesman, the Auburn man was found by a visitor in the park.
The initial investigation indicates the man died from suicide.
The man was reported missing by family members yesterday.
A family and community forum on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Weatherly Inn, 15101 S.E. 272nd St, Kent.
Daniel Scansen, community outreach director of Fountain Court Senior Living, announced today two special benefit events to raise funds to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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