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.
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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.
Students from Cedar Heights Middle School have been crushing the competition lately as more than a dozen kids placed in three different academic contests.
U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, whose 8th District constituency includes the Covington and Maple Valley areas, is the host of the annual Veterans’ Resource Fair scheduled for today from 9 a.m. to noon in Renton.
Prices of homes for sale in King County barely moved last month, a residential real estate industry group reported.
A King County sewer project that officials say will help Black Diamond keep up with its population growth over the next 17 years will be explained during a public meeting next Tuesday.
