The first day of school will mark a homecoming for Chris Thomas.
Thomas, a 1988 graduate of Tahoma High, has taken over as principal at Glacier Park Elementary School.
For more than a decade he had taught and served as a principal in the Bellevue School District, most recently at Sherwood Forest Elementary, but the chance to work in the Tahoma School District was “too big of an opportunity to pass up.”
The city of Maple Valley Music in the Park series at Lake Wilderness Park featured the Magic Bus band Aug. 12.
A large crowd enjoyed the Rock n’ Roll music performed by the group. The band has been touring since 1992.
The Washington State University Extension and state Department of Resources presented the forest owner field day July 31 at Tahoma Junior High in Ravensdale.
Because I’m a senior citizen I’m easily attracted by poems about my brothers and sisters meandering into their golden years….
Marilyn Kallet lives and teaches in Tennessee. Over the years I have read many poems about fireflies, but of all…
It was a simple pitch by Tina McDonough to get a new walker on her team.
McDonough, who founded the Valley Girls and Guys team, teamed up with Abby Steiner to enlist a new member to walk in the Susan G. Komen Foundation 3-Day for the Cure in September.
Kris DiOrio of Maple Valley was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive lobular breast cancer on May 5, 2008.
The third annual Xterra triathlon kicked off Aug. 1 at Lake Sawyer in Black Diamond.
The Highland Greens Homeowners Association celebrated its second National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 3 with the focus on this year’s theme of “Stand against Crime.”
The Covington Police Department was joined by Kent firefighters, city officials and community members in the National Night Out celebration…
Anton Chekhov, the master of the short story, was able to see whole worlds within the interactions of simple Russian…
The Gateway Concert Band will present the second concert of the summer, “Summer Serenade”, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16 at Rotary Centennial Park in Enumclaw across the street from the library. The program will feature director Jack Prindle playing a trumpet solo with the band.
Childhood prodigies
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cleaned by a tragedy
overlooked by society
Oh sure, you may think you can’t sing, but Dace Anderson, founder of Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More in Maple Valley, will say that you just haven’t learned how to use your voice right.
The non-profit music school is offering a free class to help anyone who wants to learn how to sing to use their voice properly, Anderson said, with the class starting Tuesday, Aug. 10.
The Maple Valley Police Department along with King County Sheriff’s deputies and Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety firefighters gathered at communities around Maple Valley to celebrate National Night Out.
The annual nationwide event is a crime and drug prevention event meant to raise awareness in the fight against crime and promote partnerships with the community and police officers.
Chad Coleman, Bellevue Reporter photographer, shot the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight exhibition today, Aug. 5.
Slowly but surely, Darren Motamedy has been saying goodbye to Kent, to the school district, to the gigs, to the place he lived for more than 40 years.
On July 29 he played at Music in the Park at Lake Wilderness Park to a record crowd of more than 900. Many in the audience were former students of the saxophone player who taught for more than 20 years in the Kent School District, including at elementary schools in Covington, as a substitute and more recently as a full-time teacher.
The Maple Valley fire and police departments met on the ball field at Lake Wilderness Park for the “Guns and Hoses” softball tournament Saturday.
Members of each department along with friends and family enjoyed an afternoon of softball and followed by a barbecue.
Rae Solomon, 23, grew up near Enumclaw and now lives in Maple Valley. She released her first album, “The Long Road From the Emerald City,” in June.
As a former rodeo queen in Enumclaw, it makes perfect sense that her first single is called Country-Fied Chick, and it’s already getting air play on Seattle’s biggest country radio station, The Wolf.
Garth Brooks taught Rae Solomon everything she knows about performing.
In a manner of speaking, that is, as budding singer Solomon “wore out my DVD player” watching live concert videos of the country legend to take her stage skills to the next level.
The Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce wacky and wild golf tournament hit the greens at the Lake Wilderness Golf Course Friday.
The challenges included driving with eye patch and rolling a bowling ball for the first drive.
