Kentlake and Tahoma met in the pool Tuesday in the second to last league meet of the season.
Little more than a year ago the Camp Casey program offered for fifth grade students in the Tahoma School District was on the chopping block.
ROBBED: 17000 block of Southeast 272nd Street. A Key Bank customer was forced to withdraw $200 from the ATM by a suspect with a knife.
The state Department of Transportation opened two westbound lanes of state Route 18 at 3:20 a.m. today, Tuesday, but the truck climbing lane remains closed.
Shake out those memories of the Berry Patch Restaurant, recall peeling those spuds, picking those berries and the aroma of chicken dinners and come to the Maple Valley Historical Society’s Feb. 21 program to share those wonderful days.
The arrival of the New Year brings many challenges that range from world issues to private family matters. Buried somewhere in the list are a few challenges we face in our landscapes.
From the outside, the office is just another small, nondescript warehouse building in one of the many corporate parks that line the Green River Valley in Kent.
But inside lies what could be the cutting edge in the race for a new way to space.
And it’s name is Otis.
The Greater Maple Valley Area Council met Jan. 11 for the regular monthly meeting. The area council serves as an all-volunteer, locally elected advisory body to the King County Council representing all rural unincorporated area residents living in the Tahoma School District.
More than a million ballots will be delivered to the United States Postal Service Wednesday for delivery to mailboxes throughout King County.
Nearly 17,000 ballots were mailed to voters serving in the military and those living overseas and out of state on Jan. 8 to allow extra transit time for delivery.
The King County Library System (KCLS) will ask voters to approve a property tax levy lid lift for one year
The measure will be on the Feb. 9 special election ballot, which is mail-only.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra played the U.S. and Canadian national anthems tonight at the Seattle Thunderbirds’ game at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The westbound lanes of state Route 18 will remain closed until at least Wednesday, Jan. 20, after a second slide brought down approximately 1,500 cubic yards of mud, rocks and debris across all westbound lanes of the highway Thursday evening, Jan. 14.
Fifth grader Clayton Stults declared, “Bill Gates is a genius,” as he logged onto a wireless server using a brand…
As members of the Association for Librarian’s Services to Children gear up to debate who will win the John Newbery Medal, students in Angela Ramsey’s fifth grade class from Grass Lake Elementary have been pondering the same issue.
Donald Hayes of Covington pled guilty to a lesser charge of attempted voyeurism on Nov. 12 in King County Superior Court, according to Dan Donahoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s office.
Hayes, 54, was originally charged with felony voyeurism Aug. 10 after he was accused of videotaping a 13-year-old girl while she undressed in a spare room in his home.
A mudslide on state Route 18 in Auburn has closed the westbound lanes at state Route 167 while geotechnical experts will assess the stability of the slope to determine whether state Department of Transportation crews can safely begin removing the debris.
The Maple Valley police officer hit by a car Tuesday is in a rehabilitation facility and will be for an extended period of time according to Police Chief Michelle Bennett.
The 22-year-old officer was responding to a kidnapping report from a 12-year-old boy, which turned out to be a hoax, when he was struck by the car.
Students at three Tahoma schools will have brighter classrooms and hallways soon thanks to the installation of new lighting ballasts and lamps paid for with a combination of energy grant funds, rebates from Puget Sound Energy and school district funds.
Voters will have a chance to cast their ballots in a Feb. 9 special election on a pair of levies for the Tahoma School District.
First is the educational and operational programs levy, which accounts for about 20 percent of the district’s annual budget.
A new decade has brought new faces to the Maple Valley City Council with Councilwoman Erin Weaver and Councilman Bill Allison.
With just a pair of meetings under their belts, Weaver and Allison both said the transition is going smoothly so far, and they’re both looking forward to tackling a number of issues and challenges the city is facing alongside their fellow council members.
