When someone with an emergency calls 9-1-1, the voice that answers probably won’t ever make the news. In the south King County area, that voice often belongs to one of the call receivers at Valley Communications.
A community environmental project for Soos Creek is on tap this Saturday.
Students in the We the People class for seniors at Tahoma High School started the school year as students taking a government class to satisfy a graduation requirement.
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Anyone passing the Black Diamond Elementary School playfield next to State Route 169 this Friday afternoon might hear some loud Radio Disney-type music and see more than 300 children and adults running, walking and dancing.
Jenkins Creek Elementary School teacher Connie Compton was featured on the KOMO-TV program “Northwest Afternoon” April 16 as the recipient of an All Spreading the Love award.
The Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners will continue meeting at 3:30 p.m., after voting on Monday to rescind a decision to meet at 6 p.m. that effectively could have resulted in the resignation of one of its newest members.
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Air Force Airman Brandon Gillespie, formerly of Maple Valley, has completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Students from Cedar Heights Middle School have been crushing the competition lately as more than a dozen kids placed in three different academic contests.
Nishanth Sukasi is completing his first year in the All State Concert Band. He auditioned and was accepted as one of eight alto sax payers this past fall. The band is a part of the Washington Music Educators Association and has approximately 200 members.
Between the busy nights performing as a professional jazz musician and the jam-packed days teaching elementary-school band students, Darren Motamedy said the latter has become the more challenging career.
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Students and schools in Covington and Maple Valley have received King County Earth Heroes awards for their actions on behalf of the environment.
Be prepared for when the next disaster hits, and know that local agencies are prepared, too – more so if residents are able to help themselves.
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