The cities of Covington and Maple Valley will hold a joint open house May 22 to honor their respective public facilities and services workers as part of National Public Works Week.
A pilot flying a Cessna near Covington who was killed in a crash on May 9 was officially identified Tuesday by the King County medical examiner as Roger N. Thompson, a Kent resident. He was 69 years old.
A robbery at the Key Bank branch in Maple Valley’s Four Corners area caused a nearby elementary school to go into lockdown mode.
The developer in a proposal to build 27 homes on the banks of Lake Meridian has run into another roadblock because of six lots being on wetlands.
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.
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.
A community environmental project for Soos Creek is on tap this Saturday.
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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.
A Maple Valley man is among 17 defendants in what King County and federal authorities describe as widespread trafficking of cocaine and methamphetamine.
Maple Valley Police chief Michelle Bennett will soon be trading in her city uniform for the green and tan of a King County Sheriff Department deputy again.
Puget Sound Blood Center, which supplies hospitals in King County and elsewhere, will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday in one of its bloodmobiles at the Fred Meyer store in Covington. More information is available at 800-398-7888 or www.psbc.org.
It isn’t too early to start taking precautions to prevent brush fires.
Shortly before 5 p.m. last Friday, a small plane crashed into a home between Covington and Maple Valley. The pilot was killed.
Shortly before 5 p.m. last Friday, a small plane crashed into a home between Covington and Maple Valley. The pilot was killed.
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.
