Maple Valley Pony, a youth baseball organization, is organizing a food drive for food banks serving Maple Valley, Covington, Black Diamond, Ravendsale and Hobart.
Gov. Christine Gregoire launched her re-election campaign April 7 in south King County, a few feet from where she once sat after school while her single mother cooked flapjacks and flipped burgers.
Gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi would push for an eight-lane bridge across Lake Washington, not impose tolls until the bridge is completed and add lanes to Interstate 405 between Bellevue and the Maple Valley Highway.
While Washington’s unemployment rate rose slightly, King County had the lowest rate – 3.6 percent – statewide in March, according to the state Employment Security Department.
Free seminar on joint replacements hosted by Valley Medical
Legislators representing the 5th Legislative District, which includes Maple Valley, visited the Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon meeting Wednesday and offered the business group’s members their perspective on this year’s session of the Legislature.
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Nearly 700 people attended a town hall meeting Monday to discuss the embattled King County animal shelter system, with dozens speaking their piece before the County Council.
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A community group is feeling better about sharing water from Lake Tapps with water consumers in Covington, Maple Valley and elsewhere.
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Organizers of the 10-year reunion this summer of the Tahoma High School class of 1998 are asking for help contacting some of their old classmates.
Covington will observe its fourth annual April Pools Day from noon to 4 p.m. this Saturday at the Covington Aquatic Center.
Covington’s Christmas tree is gone — for now.
Dear Jordan: Thanks for caring
Major reforms to King County’s animal shelter program – and the public’s opinions about whether the county should even have a shelter program – were the expected topics when the County Council conducted a town hall meeting Monday.
Liz Fast, a Covington resident who helped save the life of an apparent heart attack victim, was honored last Thursday by American Red Cross as one of its 2008 Everyday Heroes.
Kentwood sophomore Eric Foss was the third-place finisher in the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair April 4-5 in Bremerton.
In a reminder that winter-type weather hasn’t gone away despite the start of spring, a portion of State Route 18 was closed temporarily Wednesday morning because of black ice on the roadway.
