The mood is merry inside the wood-paneled clubhouse. People sing along to folk songs the man in the corner strums on his guitar. A young girl dances. An assortment of appetizers and cakes sit nearby.
Contaminated gasoline from a supplier in Anacortes was sold to customers at the Safeway gas station in Maple Valley last Sunday, causing mechanical problems for their vehicles.
The Cedar River was reopened by King County authorities for recreational uses Friday, but the Green River – where two people drowned two weeks ago – remained closed because of dangerous, fast-flowing water levels.
Four Corners is on its way to becoming the heart of Maple Valley, and the city wants to make sure that it happens just right.
A King County Sheriff Department deputy sits just beyond the turnstiles, beeping because someone didn’t have a key card. Behind the deputy is a chain-link cage, guarded by a fingerprint scanner. Fifty-nine security cameras are recording in the building’s eight security zones. All visitors are wearing badges. Most doors automatically shut in 30 seconds.
A Bloodmobile from the Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) will be at the MultiCare clinic in Covington Friday for a blood drive.
Katie Brooks, who’s from Covington, was named to the Judson College Dean’s List for the 2008 spring semester. The honor requires a grade point average of at least 3.7.
Michele Willson came to the Tahoma School District at the tender age of 20 and started her career teaching grade school.
According to King County officials, people living here enjoy some of the best job and residential options in the region.
Rotary Club of Covington: Noon Fridays. Covington City Hall, 16720 S.E. 271st St., Covington.
Rotary Club of Covington: Noon Fridays. Covington City Hall, 16720 S.E. 271st St., Covington.
It is often called “The Forgotten War” or “The Unknown War,” but many veterans remember it all too well.
The Memorial Day holiday weekend, something of a traditional start of the good-weasther season, should also be a time when people think twice before dipping into the dangerously cold waters in this area.
Tahoma High School cracked the top 1,400 in the United States in an academic ranking of high schools by Newsweek magazine.
As it has since it opened in 1997, Tahoma National Cemetery will host a Memorial Day ceremony in honor of Americans who have died in military service to their nation.
Kentwood sprinter Devin St. Clair faced his first significant challenge of the track season on Friday and Saturday during the West Central District meet at Mount Tahoma High.
The Tahoma High School Class of 1998 Reunion Committee still needs help finding “missing” gfraduates.
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