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.
The Spay Station, a mobile spay and neuter clinic sponsored by Pasado’s Safe Haven, an animal welfare group, will offer free or low-cost spays and neuters for pets June 4 at Black Diamond Community Centers. Microchipping also will be available.
The state and King County might do some swapping of recreation and conservation areas, including some near Black Diamond.
The city of Covington’s work on renovating its public swimming pool has garnered a statewide award.
Authorities will pursue prosecuting state Rep. Geoff Simpson, who was arrested on April 27 on charges of fourth-degree assault and interfering with reporting of domestic violence in an incident involving his former wife.
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.
It is often called “The Forgotten War” or “The Unknown War,” but many veterans remember it all too well.
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.
For more than a decade, the Tahoma School District tried to find a spot for a new bus barn, but either the site hasn’t been right or the money hasn’t been there to pay for it.
Metropolitan King County Councilman Reagan Dunn has called for a study of potential harmful environmental impact from biodiesel fuel used in Metro Transit buses.
The Tahoma High School Class of 1998 Reunion Committee still needs help finding “missing” gfraduates.
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.
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The members of Girl Scouts Troop 1415 in Covington recently went to the Kent Resource Center to make stepping stones for Morrill Meadows Park, a Kent city park. Doing their work at the Kent Resource Center, the girls worked with an artist on the decorative stones, which project organizers call “pebble mosaic movers” and are scheduled to be placed at the park before June 15.
The Washington Dental Service Foundation SmileMobile will be at Meadow Ridge Elementary School, 27710 108th Ave. SE., on June 3-13. The fully equipped mobile dental clinic provides dental care to children with limited family income and accepts medical coupons and sliding fee scale based on family income.
Covington is going to be a little bit healthier this summer.
Traffic control at an intersection near Tahoma Junior High School has been changed in an attempt to improve traffic safety.
A new regional, integrated system is expected to help police officers spend less time booking offenders into the King County Jail.
