A Maple Valley organization that rescues abused or neglected horses will host a fund-raising tack sale and raffle today.
$3,000 apiece from Rotary to graduates
Faith on Covington Community Church breakfast menu
Businesses and citizens have more than doubled the amount of donations in the last two weeks to try to keep the Fourth of July Splash fireworks show at Lake Meridian Park as big as before.
King County law enforcement is part of a regional crackdown on motorists who speed or drive while intoxicated.
Tents and fireworks stands will soon pop up in local grocery store parking lots as Independence Day approaches.
Culverts beneath roadways are out of sight and out of mind until there’s something wrong with them. Then comes the work, as in two major projects this summer in the Covington and Maple Valley areas.
Keep an eye out this weekend for crews relocating power lines on Interstate 405 as part of a larger project involving the Maple Valley Highway junction.
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Amateur radio communications will be demonstrated this Saturday and Sunday at Lake Wilderness Park as part of a nationwide exercise for “ham” radio operators.
Rebecca Keaton of Maple Valley, a first-year recipient, and Chirayu Patel of Covington, receiving the honor for the third year, are among 100 students in Washington who were given a combined $300,000 in scholarships this year by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
How do you get kids to read more books? Make it a competition.
A 14-year-old boy died as the result of an apparent drowning accident last Friday at Lake Meridian.
Mountain View Fire and Rescue, seeking to fill a vacancy among its commissioners, is accepting applications from prospective appointees.
Next year’s high school seniors will have have two more chances to take both WASL tests before graduation in addition to state-approved alternatives.
Preliminary scores for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning are out, with 85 percent of students statewide passing the test and the Kent and Tahoma school districts more than keeping pace.
Jamey Kiblinger is the new police chief in Black Diamond, but she’s not a new face to the community.
Kiblinger came to the city as a rookie officer a decade ago. She replaces longtime chief Rick Luther, who after three decades in Black Diamond decided to retire at the end of 2007.
Part of State Route 169 near Black Diamond, including a bridge across the Green River, has been restricted to one lane because it could collapse under normal traffic.
