Habitat for Humanity story. Marianne and Matthew share a beautiful history of perseverance, strength and unwavering determination. Their love story began when Marianne fell for Matthew at just 15 years old, and over three decades later, their bond remains unshakeable. A stage three cancer survivor, Marianne has faced many hardships, but none was more devastating […]
Obituary Notices – February 8, 2025
Mountain View Funeral Home: Joanna Grayson; Kirk S. Miller. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Patrick M. Matthews; Elizabeth A. Cowart.
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound honors young leaders at annual gala
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound press release. Tacoma, WA – The Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound will host its highly anticipated 2025 Legacy of HOPE – celebrating its Youth of the Year from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on February 20 at Hotel Murano in Tacoma. The event will […]
Obituary Notices – February 7, 2025
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Dale Olton Turnipseed; Duane Erath Erickson; Aunrey Lee Venson Stuckey. Mountain View Funeral Home: Julia Ann Booker; Darrell Dewayne Childress; Steven William Hagerty; Sherry Meyer. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Betty Wulfekuhle. Gaffney Funeral Home: Kathleen Bernadette McGoffin.
Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Week
Submitted by Barb Kohler. February 7-14 is CHD Awareness Week. Most people are unaware that congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the number one birth defect in the United States, yet 1 in every 110 (40,000 annually) are born with one or more CHDs. Of those, 25% will need heart surgery or medical interventions just to […]
Letter: The Post-War Military Bloat: A Legacy of Self-Justification
Submitted by Gregory Alderete. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan led to a massive expansion of the U.S. military, but when these conflicts ended, the force was never adequately downsized. Instead of returning to pre-war levels, the military retained much of its bloated infrastructure, leading to an inefficient, self-justifying bureaucracy. As a result, organizations and […]
Letter: Why is the cost of environmental justice so high?
Submitted by Kirk Kirkland and Claudia Finseth. Two neighborhood groups in unincorporated Pierce County have recently paid very high prices to attempt to protect their communities because the county is not doing it. Both were to try to stop two different kinds of large projects from dramatically changing their valued open space. Both proposed projects […]
Strickland and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Adjust Military Life Insurance for Inflation
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland press release. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Keith Self (TX-03), alongside U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Angus King (I-ME) and introduced the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, which would help ensure life insurance packages for service members and veterans […]
U.P.’s Tracy Lomax named to Dean’s List
Sara Fier, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota’s Alexandria Technical & Community College, recognizes individual students for academic excellence. Tracy Lomax of University Place, WA was named to the Dean’s List for achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credits Fall Semester 2024.