A bigger library for Black Diamond is ready for its coming-out party.
Crestwood Elementary School students felt the aftershocks of the earthquake in China and the impact of the cyclone in Myanmar through a social-studies project in teacher Leslie Marshall’s sixth-grade class.
Kenneth Seng, who colleagues said made the public’s safety his “highest concern” while displaying leadership and “compassion” as a commissioner for Mountain View Fire and Rescue/Fire District 44, has died.
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A special election next Tuesday will decide if King County Fire Districts 17 and 44 merge.
Corner of Love, a Christian non-profit outreach – birthed out of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church – that is supported by local residents and churches, has something to celebrate.
While most chambers of commerce struggle through their annual membership drive, the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce has something else planned.
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.
A community environmental project for Soos Creek is on tap this Saturday.
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.
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.
