King County Executive Ron Sims today signed a purchase and sale agreement with Yarrow Bay Group for the 156-acre Summit Pit property, the much-debated “donut hole” in Maple Valley that the Kirkland-based developer plans to develop for housing.
Starting next week, motorists can expect a series of lane closures within the 165th Place Southeast, 168th Place Southeast and…
Candidates for the three 5th District seats in the Legislature up for election in November had to talk over the sounds of construction as crews worked on Lake Wilderness Lodge.
West Nile virus, a potentially fatal illness for humans, has been found in a dead bird in King County. Tests…
For the first time in nearly 10 years, the Tahoma High School band will take the football field at halftime of a football game this Friday.
The Kent School District has hired Ray and Associates, a national recruitment firm specializing in school executives, to help in the search for the district’s next superintendent.
A flock of geese flew overhead during the ceremony to officially recognize the completion of a $96 million project on State Route 202, as if to emphasize the 16-acre wetland included in the package.
Metro Transit is making its largest single addition of new service since 2001, which comes at a time when the King County system’s ridership is nearly 7 percent higher than last year.
Compared to the same period a year ago, homes in King County last month were selling for prices up to 10 percent lower, according to a real estate organization.
The southbound lane of Kummer Bridge over the Green River on State Route 169 is closed today for minor repairs…
The new Creative Arts Center officially opened last weekend (see related photo on page 3 of today’s Reporter) with an open house on Saturday and an invitation-only shindig the day before. And the revoews are good for the center, with its performance stage, space for art workshops and its gallery and studio for local artists.
Tahoma Junior High School is now affiliated with a national organization that is providing phone calling cards to U.S. soldiers that are paid for through the sale of used cell phones.
Maple Valley is on the route of a fund-raising bicycle ride tomorrow by women who want to stop domestic violence.
While the jobless rate in King County remained low by comparison, statewide unemployment in Washington last month rose to national levels, according to the state’s Employment Security Department.
Covington city employees have a little more breathing room now.
A proposed Seattle Public Utilities sockeye salmon hatchery near Landsburg will be a subject for a meeting of the Cedar River Council next Tuesday.
