TACOMA, Wash. – North 16th Street – between North Proctor and North Adams streets – will be closed for maintenance April 25-May 2, from 8 AM – 5 PM, and detours will be in place while this work is happening. This work is weather-dependent, and timing may be subject to change. Community members with questions about […]
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Grants $1.7 Million to Local Nonprofit Organizations
Submitted by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. April 22, 2024, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) announced its commitment of $1.7 million to support local nonprofit organizations across the Puget Sound that address some of the region’s most pressing health issues – access to care, behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, and violence prevention. The goal of the […]
Obituary Notices – April 24, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Demara Marie Vandervort. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Rose Marie Margaret Collazo Castro. Mountain View Funeral Home: Dale Curtis Schueller. Hill Funeral Home: Christopher Lee Mares.
Letter: To The Hearing Examiner
Submitted by Claudia Riiff Finseth. Please, protect the waterat the heart of our community—The Spanaway Marsh may mean little to some,but not to us. It is our arterial blood,our breath, our home. We are done with the hundred-year destructionof filled-in wetlands, re-routed streams,toxic human pollution and buildings too closeto these arteries of life. We are […]
Choir Dessert Auction
Submitted by SHS Music Boosters. Join us Friday, May 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. for an evening of musical theater-themed entertainment by the Steilacoom High School Choirs. Dinner provided by Sodexo (menu below). Following dinner, donated desserts will be auctioned off, along with reserved seating at the end-of-the-year choir concert. Menu:Penne with Marinara or Pesto Alfredo […]
Strickland, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), alongside Representatives Carol Miller (WV-01), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), and Earl Blumenauer (OR – 03) introduced the Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to increase access to home dialysis by providing trained, professional staff assistance to patients in the home and ensuring that all […]
Obituary Notices – April 23, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Rastus Lott; William “Bill” Dean Hanson. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Neil L. Fisher. Powers Funeral Home: Ronald Eugene Carpenter; Damaris Irene Dean; Lyle Edward Schaefer; Sharon Lee Wylie.
Obituary Notices – April 22, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: James Francis Mulderig; Sharon “Shari” Cecile Wagar; Venetta Lee Hildebrand. Hill Funeral Home: Terrence Francis Holmes.
Volunteers in Pierce County are recipients of 2024 Washington State Volunteer Service Awards
Submitted by Serve Washington. Serve Washington has selected the Pierce County Community Engagement Task Force and Tacoma resident Mattice Hoyt as recipients of the 2024 Washington State Volunteer Service Awards for the South Puget Sound Region of Washington. The South Puget Sound Region includes Mason, Thurston, Pierce and Lewis counties. The purpose of these awards […]