The compost bin is not the place for potentially tainted tomatoes.
That’s the word from Cedar Grove Composting in Maple Valley in the wake of recent cases nationally of people becoming ill after eating tomatoes with salmonella poisoning.
Catch the Reading Bug, the children’s summer reading program of King County Library System, starts June 16.
Covington is accepting nominations for its 2008 Citizen of the Year and Honorary Citizen of the Year awards.
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Jacob Fullen has earned the rank of Eagle Scout from Boy Scouts Troop 406.
Today’s Maple Valley Days Parade, a centerpiece of the annual community festival, will again have a University of Washington influence.
Home prices are on the rise in King County, according to a real estate industry organization.
The city of Maple Valley will receive a statewide award for its anti-cyber bullying campaign next week.
Victory Life Center has come up with a way to make new friends and ease some of the pain at the pump at the same time.
The removal of taxpayers’ sensitive personal identification from tax records held by King County has been made official.
The County Council this week formally accepted a committee’s recommendations for keeping information such as Social Security numbers out of the general public’s hands.
A non-profit agency is short on volunteers to drive senior citizens to medical appointments.
Maple Valley Days is back this weekend.
Proposed cutbacks to King County’s budget to make up for a nearly $70 million shortfall in 2009 will likely cause a ripple effect throughout the county if court services, sheriff deputies and prosecutors are reduced as proposed.
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To get an early start on the salute to dads, Black Diamond Community Center’s seniors program will host a Fathers Day luncheon tomorrow.
To get an early start on the salute to dads, Black Diamond Community Center’s seniors program will host a Fathers Day luncheon tomorrow.
The town of Black Diamond has seen its fair share of change over time.
The King County Sheriff Department’s annual Party Patrol began last Friday evening with the goal of curtailing drinking and driving by teenagers.
A permanent ban on land-clearing burning in King County was adopted last week by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Board of Directors.
