Maple Valley Days may be over, but there’s still plenty to do right here in town this weekend, including a big anniversary party and the opening of the farmers market. Rock Creek Elementary kicks off the weekend with a 20th anniversary celebration at 7 p.m. Friday. The whole community is invited for a talent show [...]
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Tahoma students plant school rain gardens
Three Tahoma elementaries are helping to filter pollution with new rain gardens, thanks to a pair of local landscapers, an environmental educator and lots of students willing to get their hands dirty. “It’s kind of a community service project for us,” says Ena Soushek, who operates Maple Valley-based MVG, a landscape contractor, with her husband, [...]
Police say trail stabbing never happened
The Tahoma student who reported last week being stabbed by two men as she ran along a trail has admitted that she made up the story, King County Sheriff’s Office detectives say. Detectives say some of the evidence did not match the 15-year-old girl’s story, and when they confronted the girl, she admitted that she [...]
Tahoma schools to release early on Fridays
The Tahoma School District will release all schools 90 minutes early most Fridays next year for staff professional development time. The calendar change comes after a unanimous vote Tuesday night of the Tahoma School Board that followed a special meeting attended by about 50 parents and staff at the Rock Creek Elementary gym. The weekly [...]
Deputies narrow down location of jogger attack
The King County Sheriff’s Office now says that the attack on the teen jogger Wednesday night did not occur on the Lake Wilderness trail but rather on a dirt trail just south of there. Deputies re-interviewed the 15-year-old Tahoma student on Thursday. This helped them identify the location of the attack as a dirt path [...]
Fred Meyer opens to public
The new Fred Meyer, the anchor store in the new Maple Valley Town Square, has opened to the public — and so have two other businesses in the new development. At 2 p.m. today, Fred Meyer held a ceremonial cake cutting and announced more than $20,000 in donations to local nonprofits such as the Maple [...]
Two alternatives to Monday late starts proposed
The Tahoma School District superintendent has come up with two alternatives to the Monday late starts next year, and the district wants feedback from families before or during this Tuesday’s school board meeting. Superintendent Mike Maryanski reviewed initial feedback from parents, staff and the school board to devise two options, both on Fridays: a 90-minute [...]
Teen jogger escapes assault along trail
A 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the leg as she escaped an attempted sexual assault last night by two men while she was out for a jog near the railroad tracks just south of Maple Valley. King County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for the men, described as white and in their late teens or early [...]
Whooping cough outbreak affects Tahoma
As Washington state deals with its largest outbreak of whooping cough in many years, the Tahoma School District has confirmed 20 cases here. Michelle Zaleski, Tahoma’s nursing coordinator, says many other cases have probably gone undiagnosed. The disease, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial illness that looks a lot like a cold at first [...]
Johnson’s shopping center expanding
Demolition is underway near the shopping center that houses Johnson’s Home and Garden, as a developer begins a planned facelift and expansion of the property. Current plans call for a Walgreens and a Grocery Outlet for the shopping center, which is located in the northwest corner of the Four Corners intersection at state Route 169 [...]
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