The Boots and Badges game is back to support Jack Reich from Black Diamond.
The Department of the Interior has granted a permit to resume mining at the Black Diamond location.
Danny Avila of Enumclaw and Trinidad Ramirez Ramirez of Black Diamond were two of 12 people arrested.
For the past 10 years, city employees have received one or two 1 percent COLAs, had three dozen furloughed work days, and had hours or positions cut, increasing their workload.
At first, the plan to grow the council to seven elected officials looked to pass. Then council members changed their minds.
The Black Diamond Police Department honored Hunter with a police procession.
The South King Youth Shelter is open and running once again.
Chris Wisnoski was nominated and confirmed unanimously to the Position No. 5 council seat.
According to Ballotpedia.org, Pepper is the sixth elected official in Washington to be recalled.
Councilwoman Pat Pepper will most likely be recalled as soon as the February special election is certified Friday, Feb. 23.
A King County judge found Black Diamond Councilwoman Pat Pepper and former council members Brian Weber and Erika Morgan violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Act. The defendants settled the lawsuit last week.
In a summary judgement hearing, King County Superior Court Judge Janet Helson said she was troubled by both the actions of Black Diamond Mayor Carol Benson and former City Council majority Pat Pepper, Brian Weber, and Erika Morgan over the last two years concerning potential Open Public Meetings Act violations.
The new Black Diamond City Council wasted no time on settling in and testing the political waters. On their first meeting of the year, new Councilwomen Melissa Oglesbee and Erin Stout and returning Councilwomen Tamie Deady and Janie Edelman marched through a long list of agenda items, many of which reversed council policies and goals set over the last two years.
