Vendors and organizers wrapped up the final day of the inaugural season of the Maple Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday.
Lloyd Bondy wants to make the most of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is auctioning off a stained glass art piece on eBay to raise money for the Puget Sound affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
According to city of Maple Valley officials samples taken from the beach at Lake Wilderness Oct. 3 have measured very high for microcystin from blue-green toxic algae, which is known to cause liver damage.
About 50 citizens turned out Monday night to hear from those hoping to shape Black Diamond government for the next four years.
The current election season is of perhaps unparalleled importance in the small, historic community. Black Diamond has experienced its ups and downs as a one-time mining town, but now stands on the cusp of a monumental growth spurt, due to ongoing plans by the YarrowBay company.
At about 7:45 p.m. Thursday the Kent Fire Department was dispatched to a sprinkler water flow alarm in the 20400 block of 87 Ave S in Kent’s northern industrial area.
About 50 citizens turned out Monday night to hear from those hoping to shape Black Diamond government for the next four years.
The current election season is of perhaps unparalleled importance in the small, historic community. Black Diamond has experienced its ups and downs as a one-time mining town, but now stands on the cusp of a monumental growth spurt, due to ongoing plans by the YarrowBay company.
Tahoma School board director Tami Henkel and challenger, Melissa Greenstein, offered up their thoughts on questions put to them by the Tahoma Education Association Tuesday night at Rock Creek Elementary.
The TEA is the union representing the district’s teachers and the group hosted the forum in an effort to determine who it wanted to endorse for the school board.
The Maple Valley Fire Department Board of Commissioners passed a motion at the Oct. 1 meeting to increase number of commissioner from three to five.
Tahoma School board director Tami Henkel and challenger, Melissa Greenstein, offered up their thoughts on questions put to them by the Tahoma Education Association Tuesday night at Rock Creek Elementary.
Kent Fire crews were dispatched to the Waterford Apartments, just north of downtown Kent, at 8:31 p.m. Tuesday. On their arrival crews found smoke and flames from the top floor of the three story apartment building and upgraded the call to a “working fire” or confirmed fire.
Halloween would not be the same without Edgar Allan Poe, the author of such haunting tales as “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the gruesome “The Black Cat,” and the famous poem, “The Raven.”
Show tunes, food and drink are the fundamental ingredients for the Maple Valley Creative Arts Council benefit at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, at the Lake Wilderness Lodge.
Covington/Maple Valley Police blotter for week of Oct. 4-9
South County Cats Spay/Neuter Assistance organization is hosting the second CAToberfest – A Celebration of Cats, from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17th at the Black Diamond Community Center, 31605 Third Ave. There will be a silent auction, kitten adoptions, food, facts and more.
James Robert Ecret, a Black Diamond man accused of felony domestic violence, was arrested by King County Sheriff’s deputies and booked into the County jail Saturday.
The Tahoma Education Association is hosting a school board candidate forum at Rock Creek Elementary School gym at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5.
Tami Henkel and Melissa Greenstein are running for School Board Position 1. The candidates will be questioned about their education views as part of the forum, which is open to the public.
The Maple Valley Farmers’ Market commemorated breast cancer awarness Saturday with information booths and plenty of pink.
Jim King on Sax and Ernie ‘Two Scoops’ Moore provided boogie-woogie music for the entertainment.
Next Saturday, Oct. 10, marks the final day of the Maple Valley Farmers’ Market’s inaugural season. The Market runs from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Rock Creek Elementary School.
The League of Women Voters is presenting a Black Diamond mayor and City Council candidate forum 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Black Diamond Elementary School Gym, 25314 Baker St.
The mayor candidates are incumbent Howard Botts and challenger Rebecca Olness.
As budgets tighten at home and at school, the best tool for boosting your child’s learning power is a King County Library System library card.
The Mystery and Magic of Edgar Allan Poe
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15
