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Miners Days rolls back into Black Diamond Friday
Miners Days rolls back into Black Diamond Friday
July 8, 2008 1:56 am

Black Diamond Miners Days opens this Friday and continues through Sunday.
The fifth annual festival will include merchants’ sidewalk sales all three days, a lunch hosted by Eastern Star on Saturday, a barbecue and chili cookoff and a wine-tasting (the latter at Mama Passarelli’s Dinner House) on Saturday, and a casino night Saturday.

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Covington School Briefs | July 9
Covington School Briefs | July 9
July 8, 2008 1:55 am

For the second straight year, Green River Community College is hosting student leaders from Bangladesh for a Leadership Institute as part of a federal grant program funded by the U.S. State Department.

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Citizens offer economic development suggestions for Covington
Citizens offer economic development suggestions for Covington
July 8, 2008 1:55 am

Citizens participating in a forum on Covington’s economic development came up with the following when asked for suggestions on how to build a lasting economy, examples of businesses that fit with the city, and unique opportunities for Covington:

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The new Home Depot store
Covington citizens say they want variety in downtown...
July 8, 2008 1:55 am

Downtown Covington is booming with new development, but residents who attended an economic development forum hosted by the city want to see more of everything, from restaurants to shops to hotels.

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King County exec wants 25-cent fare increase to offset Metro fuel costs
King County exec wants 25-cent fare increase to...
July 8, 2008 1:55 am

King County Executive Ron Sims wants a 25-cent fare increase on Metro Transit buses to help offset rising fuel costs and avoid cutting any service.

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This might be the last summer before fees are charged to launch boats at Lake Meridian
Lake Meridian boat launch fees could take effect...
July 8, 2008 1:55 am

In a few months, the privilege of using the boat launch at Lake Meridian might cost a few dollars.
The funds would be used to help maintain the launch, as well as to control weeds in the lake. The fee also could cut down the number of boats to help prevent overcrowding on the water.

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State DOT OK’s SR-169 bridge repairs, declares it traffic safe
State DOT OK’s SR-169 bridge repairs, declares it...
July 8, 2008 1:54 am

A State Route 169 bridge across the Green River near Black Diamond has been declared safe for traffic following emergency repairs of the roadway last week.

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Firefigthter Blake Cleveland inspects one of the fire trucks of Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety. Equipment and other basics of the fire district are paid for through a levy that voters will decide on next month.
Maple Valley citizens cite firefighter safety in push...
July 8, 2008 1:54 am

James Koch wants to make sure fellow volunteer firefighters stay safe, so he is supporting Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety’s levy lid lift – Proposition 1 – which will be on the Aug. 19 primary election ballot.
Koch is part of the three-member Citizen Committee to Pass Maple Valley Proposition 1, along with Jim Blumenthal and Paul Bokar.
If the measure is passed by voters in the district, which includes Maple Valley and some Covington areas, it will allow Maple Valley Fire (also known as Fire District 43) to restore its property taxing level to $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, chief Tim Lemon explained.

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Bill Blair wanted to ‘make his community better’
Bill Blair wanted to ‘make his community better’
July 5, 2008 12:00 am

Bill Blair, 69, an active member of the community who served on the city’s Planning Commission, died June 19 at his home in Covington.

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Fire destroys candidate’s house
Fire destroys candidate’s house
July 5, 2008 12:00 am

The home of Darcy Burner, a candidate for Congress in the district that includes Maple Valley, Black Diamond and Covington, was destroyed in a fire Tuesday morning.

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This was the week for a crumbling hillside beside State Route 169 near Black Diamond to undergo emergency repairs by the state Department of Transportation (DOT). Workers impaled the slope with soil nails (above) and then sprayed it with concrete (left). If the hillside hadn’t been stabilized
Hill stoppers tackle SR-169’s problem
July 5, 2008 12:00 am

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Lois VanDress
How to be a computer NetMaster
July 4, 2008 2:15 pm

The Covington, Maple Valley, and Black Diamond branches of the King County Library System are seeking volunteers to teach beginning computer classes such as “Introduction to Computers,” “Internet Level 1,” “E-mail Basics” and “Microsoft Office Products.” Applicants will be trained to be NetMaster volunteers.

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Community program has summer plans
Community program has summer plans
July 4, 2008 2:15 pm

Tahoma Learning Community, a program affiliated with the Tahoma School District, offers offers art and sports camps and other activities this summer.

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Two key volunteers in the campaign of Mark Hargrove
The family that campaigns together …
July 4, 2008 2:14 pm

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Motorcyclist ticketed for 140 mph on highway
Motorcyclist ticketed for 140 mph on highway
July 4, 2008 2:14 pm

Late for work and showing no patience for traffic, a 23-year-old Bonney Lake man decided to apply plenty of zip to his high-performance motorcyclethe morning of June 27 – to the tune of 140 miles per hour.

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Briefly
Briefly
July 4, 2008 2:13 pm

Log jams adding to Green River’s danger

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$1 million in federal money earmarked for GRCC and cancer network
$1 million in federal money earmarked for GRCC...
July 4, 2008 2:13 pm

A proposed U.S. Senate spending bill includes $1.1 million for programs affecting the south King County area.

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Danger in chaining dogs for long time?
Danger in chaining dogs for long time?
July 4, 2008 2:13 pm

A countywide ban on the continuous chaining or tethering of dogs has been proposed by a Metropolitan King County Council member.

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Al Dams
Animal shelter changes directors
July 4, 2008 2:13 pm

King County’s embattled animal care and control program has a new acting director to replace the old one.

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Drowning victim was Kentwood High School student
Drowning victim was Kentwood High School student
July 4, 2008 2:12 pm

The teenager who drowned June 20 at Lake Meridian was Isaih Goodwin, 14, a Kentwood High School student.

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  • King County’s new prosecuting attorney announces task force units
  • Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate
  • Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk
  • Housing costs, homelessness among top issues in WA, survey says
  • While many were found, work remains to protect Indigenous people

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