This upcoming fall and winter will be a little different.
Every year between 5 and 20 percent of Americans become ill with seasonal flu. In addition to seasonal flu, health experts expect that H1N1 influenza (swine flu) will be circulated widely this fall and winter.
Valley Medical Center will host a free conference titled, “Cancer as a turning point: from surviving to thriving”.
The conference is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3 and is being presented in cooperation with Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center and Healing Journeys, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support healing, activate hope and promote thriving for anyone touched by cancer or a life-altering illness.
The full-day conference aims to differentiate between curing the body and healing the person, to explore illness as an awakening with transformative potential, to rekindle hope and motivation to live fully in the present, to rediscover the healing capacity of the human spirit and to facilitate healing from within as an essential component of total health.
Stories, music and laughter, group support, diet and nutrition will be incorporated into the program to ensure an entertaining and lively event.
In May 2009 the Zach Lystedt Law went into effect in the state of Washington. This law requires that all student athletes with suspected head injuries be removed from play until cleared by a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of sports-related concussions.
Maple Valley Police Department storefront officer I often talk with citizens who express concern over residences where there appears to…
COVINGTON Aug. 29 TAGS STOLEN: 27100 block of 164th Avenue Southeast. Someone stole the rear license plate from a car…
The Kent Education Association Thursday afternoon announced it was giving the district “one more opportunity to do the right thing” before making a decision whether or not to defy a court order to end their strike and return to school.
The District No. 43 Fire Board met tonight and appointed Bill Van Ruff to the vacant position left open by the resignation of Jeff Granlund.
The Kent Education Association met at the gym in the Green River Community College at 2:30 p.m. today to decide the course of action following a ruling by King County Judge Andrea Darvas ordering the teachers to end the strike.
A judge has ordered schools in Kent to open for students on Wednesday.
Union members, however, may still decide to defy the court’s order and continue their strike, which has so far stretched for a week.
Though the new state assessment tests are set for the spring, local educators will need to start thinking about it…
King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas ruled this morning the Kent Education Association’s strike was illegal.
She also ruled the Kent teachers need to be back in the classroom Tuesday.
The Maple Valley City Council and city staff conducted a town hall meeting Monday to present the plans for the Summit Park and ball fields.
The number counting for the Aug. 18 primary election is complete and the results were to be certified Wednesday. Now…
The Kent teachers’ strike began with a vote to walk the picket lines Aug. 26 and the district and union…
Kent Education Association President Lisa Brackin-Johnson responds to the school district Superior Court filing asking for the teachers’ strike to be halted.
After hearing both sides in the district’s request for an injunction to end the Kent Education Association’s week-long strike, King County Judge Andrea Darvas postponed the decision until 11 a.m. Thursday.
Kent School District files injunction in King County Superior Court to stop teachers’ strike.
I rarely have time to watch T.V. during the day, but on a recent visit to my parents, I caught a little of the Price is Right. At the end of each show, I remember Bob Barker reminding people to have their pets spayed or neutered. This gave me inspiration for this month’s article, the benefits of spaying and neutering your pets, going beyond the obvious benefits of decreasing the number of unwanted pets.
The recent record heat combined with very little rain is creating stress on landscape plants. July brought us the hottest day ever recorded in our area in the midst of the driest July on record. Here are some helpful summer time tips for providing adequate irrigation for your landscape beds.
While not a resident of Maple Valley, as the contractor of the Capstone Office Building, I feel it incumbent to bring to the public’s attention some issues regarding the recent city manager’s decision to pursue a different location for City Hall than the move to the Capstone Building, which had been previously negotiated before Mr. Johnston arrived on the scene.