Up until Monday, some folks considered school to be a digital wasteland at Tahoma High.
Then Tahoma School District officials flipped the switch on its Digital Backpack program, which will allow high school students to access the school’s wireless network using their own devices, like laptops, for the first time.
Valley Medical has moved a step closer to building a 24-hour emergency services department in Covington.
According to Mike Glenn, senior vice president of business development for Valley, the public hospital signed a contract with Ashton Development for the property in the Town Center area.
It’s a new year, but the problems remain the same for state legislators.
Representatives from the 47th and 5th Legislative Districts, in which Covington and Maple Valley are located respectively, all listed the state budget as their number one priority.
Friends of the Black Diamond Library will host a Book Sale from10-5:30 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Black Diamond branch of the King County Library System, 24707 Roberts Drive. Friends of the Black Diamond Library will be selling a large variety of fiction and non-fiction books.
Transportation projects are top priorities for both Maple Valley and Covington’s lobbying efforts during this year’s legislative session in Olympia.
The National Transportation Safety Board adopted a final report Tuesday on the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Colgan Air Fight 3407 in Clarence City, N.Y., which took the lives of 50 people including Maple Valley resident and co-pilot Rebecca Shaw.
The King County Sheriff’s Department reported a 38-year-old man was found dead at 9:45 a.m. today in Flaming Geyser Park near Black Diamond.
According to Sgt. John Urquhart, sheriff’s department spokesman, the Auburn man was found by a visitor in the park.
The initial investigation indicates the man died from suicide.
The man was reported missing by family members yesterday.
A family and community forum on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Weatherly Inn, 15101 S.E. 272nd St, Kent.
Daniel Scansen, community outreach director of Fountain Court Senior Living, announced today two special benefit events to raise funds to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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Colgan Air Fight 3407 hearing on final report | National Transportation Safety Hearing
It wasn’t the result Kentlake wanted, a fifth place finish at the South Puget Sound League boys swim and dive championship on Saturday, but the Falcons didn’t have an answer for the sheer depth of Curtis, Beamer and Kentridge, which finished one-two-three.
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety fire report Jan. 25-31
A 35-year-old man driving a pickup at a high speed hit a telephone pole along state Route 169 in Black Diamond at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday.
According to a release from Tim Perciful, spokesman for Mountain View Fire and Rescue, the pole fell and power lines were on the ground.
When firefighters and emergency personnel arrived they found the pickup upside down.
Upcoming senior events at the Black Diamond Community Center
The Maple Valley Fire Department asks residents to be sure street numbers are highly visible on homes and businesses. The department encourages residents to post reflective address signs so emergency vehicles can quickly find an address even when it is dark.
The following information about ionization smoke alarms was provide by the Kent Fire Department.
The typical American diet contains way too much salt, according to clinical studies recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (1/22/2010; NEJM.org). This is not exactly news, however, the negative consequences for our health from the widespread overuse of salt in our food are more evident than ever before.
The City of Covington is accepting applications for one replacement position on the Covington Arts Commission. This position is open to an adult or youth living or working within Covington city limits and the commissioner will serve the balance of a three-year term set to expire Dec. 31. The Arts Commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Covington City Hall.
The Senate Republican caucus voted Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn out of the caucus meetings for this Legislative session and the remainder of the year.