Maple Valley News

At 6 p.m. Saturday four homes in the 25400 block of 163 Ave. SE were damaged when fireworks being discharged in the street ignited juniper bushes of a nearby house.

Dry weather, smoking heat, and careless mistakes are igniting dangers all over Western Washington.

Myrna Leickem was elbow deep in dough last Friday morning. Leickem was making cinnamon rolls for her new business with daughter Andrea Pickett, which sells only on Saturdays at the Maple Valley Farmers Market at Rock Creek Elementary School.

By the fall Maple Valley will have a new Puget Sound Energy substation that should meet increased demand for electricity as well as improve reliability of service.

Work on a roundabout on Witte Road in Maple Valley should start, if all goes to plan, in about eight months according to Steve Clark, the city's public works director.

The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will host local artist Kathleen Fruge-Brown for a three month rotation starting this week and will kick off the exhibit with Opening Night Reception at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 10.

King County residents can safely dispose of car batteries, oil and other household hazardous items when the King County Wastemobile visits Renton this weekend.

Barry Fountain remembers a moment early in his teaching career when he was working in Federal Way that crystallized his teaching philosophy.

The Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce announced the election of three new board members a ' Doug Corbin, Puget Sound Energy; Patti Jenson, Allstate, The Jenson Agency at Four Corners and Karen Crowe, EnviroSpect Northwest.

The 13th annual golf tournament to benefit the Maple Valley Rotary scholarship fund and Greater Maple Valley Community Center youth programs took place on June 12 at Druids Glen Golf Club.

The Maple Valley City Council passed a resolution Monday bringing the Summit Place property, better known as the donut hole, a step closer to annexation by the city.

There's good and bad news about the city of Portland's four-year-old food composting program for local restaurants and businesses.

A firefighter and resident were injured Monday morning when a fire broke out in a two-story home, destroying a deck and causing serious damage to the home.

The Seattle Police Department's parking-enforcement division is unleashing its latest weapon: camera-toting sedans that record and catalog vehicles parked in the street, searching for violators.

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 203 calls for service between June 8 and June 14, among them the following: June 8 Brush fire: 1 p.m., . Valley Com dispatched VRFA, South King Fire and Rescue and Fire District 44 firefighters to a brush fire on Highway 18.

Ita s been nearly a year in the making and things have come together for the opening day of the Maple Valley Farmera s Market Saturday.

The race for Maple Valley City Council Position No. 2 is proving to be a spirited sprint for the primary finish line.

The Covington City Council is considering beefing up its city laws regarding dangerous and vicious dogs.

Maple Valleya s community development staff have had a lot on their plate the past nine months or so and something had to go on the back burner.

Black Diamond and Maple Valley library news and notes