Covington News

MultiCare announced Monday plans for a 34-bed hospital to be built in Covington over the next seven years.

The budget discussion at Mondaya s meeting of the Maple Valley City Council showed the signs and strains of challenging economic times.

If you listen hard enough, you can hear the screams of thousands of teenage girls tonight.

Over the past year local governments faced some of the biggest challenges of our lifetime - " the recession, pandemic flu, preparing for a potential flood and devastating budget shortfalls.

MV City Council - Plain Talk Updates Yes, it is possible to condense an insufferable 3-hour city council meeting into an entertaining 5-minute read.

The Kent City Council will vote Dec. 8 whether to ask voters next spring to approve forming a regional fire authority merging the Kent Fire Department and King County Fire District 37.

The King County Council passed a motion Monday concerning the Summit Place property that may extend the development deadlines.

Covington Library programs for teens

Peace Lutheran Church, 18615 SE 272nd St., Covington, is announcing the opening of their Blind Mission on Jan 2. The opening will feature a visit from Pastor David Andrus, who is blind, and a meal provided in the Malt Shop Tradition.

With the tightened economy, there are more federal, state and corporate grants available and more people looking to acquire them.

The Covington City Council has scheduled a public hearing on 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Black Diamond Proposition No. 1 bounced back to the yes side by three votes today.

Trapper O'Keeffe just wants to make sushi. He must be doing something right because he now owns two sushi restaurants, Sushi Town in Bonney Lake and Trapper's Sushi in downtown Covington, both of which have loyal regular customers.

King County Elections updated the results from the Tuesday general election, and two local races are still too close to call.

The last votes are still being counted. However, the real voting hasna t even started yet in Maple Valley.

Covington is preparing for a pair of projects, one that will bring overhead power lines underground which will then allow for another section of Southeast 272nd Street to be improved.

As the rain settles in over Western Washington, the nights get darker and the blustery winds blow, parents should be prepared for those conditions as well as be aware of general precautions to take as their youngsters get ready to trick or treat this Halloween.

Tuesday is Election Day and hopeful candidates will be waiting for first returns from election offices around the state.

Maybe it's just Mother Nature getting in the Halloween spirit. A new video making the rounds on the Internet shows a spooky looking cloud over Romania: It comes just a couple weeks after a similar cloud was spotted over Russia .

A compensation package for Valley Medical Centera s chief executive officer and transparency of government issues concerning the board of commissioners have become hot topics for the public hospital district.