Tacoma Youth Symphony announcement. Tacoma, WA – On Sunday, November 19 (3 pm), the Tacoma Youth Symphony will open its regular season with “Igniting Fate!” at the Rialto Theater. The concert will musically explore the theme of Fate through Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger and Ludwig van Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5. TYSA alumnus […]
Rep. Leavitt recognized as 2023 Outstanding Service to Veterans Legislator of the Year
Washington State House Democrats announcement. Last month, Rep. Mari Leavitt (D-University Place) was recognized as the 2023 Outstanding Service to Veterans Legislator of the Year by the Governor’s Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee (VAAC) and the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA). In recognition of her unwavering support for veterans and military members and the historic progress achieved by the legislature […]
Obituary Notices – November 7, 2023
Gaffney Funeral Home: Joseph (Joey) James Goetz; Lydia Loy Smith.
Hearing Testing In Lakewood
Submitted by Lakewood First Lions. For the past 30 years Lakewood First Lions Club members like Eric Warn have collaborated with school nurses to conduct thousands of middle school hearing screenings annually in the Clover Park School District.
Fate of Historic Gault Middle School To Be Determined by City Council Committee Nov 8
Submitted by The Tacoma Sun. The fate of Tacoma historic 1920s Gault Middle School will be decided Wednesday November 8th by the Tacoma City Council’s Infrastructure, Planning and Sustainability Committee. The briefing was only recently added. Public comment is due by Tuesday November 7th, the day after tomorrow. There are presently very few significant City […]
Mary Bridge Children’s Carts for Kids program inspires friendly community competition
Submitted by Shelby Taylor. Ever wonder what would happen if a refuse company and a children’s hospital joined forces? The answer is Carts for Kids. In 2020, Lakewood resident and Waste Connections (locally known as Murrey’s Disposal and LeMay Pierce County Refuse) National Special Waste Coordinator Jeff Bishop reached out to the Mary Bridge Children’s […]
Veterans Day 2023 (Nov. 11) Celebration at Veterans Plaza, UP’s Cirque Park
Submitted by Howard Lee. University Place Veterans Plaza (501c3 non profit) and the City of University Place, WA, invite you to our celebration of Veterans Day 2023 at 11:00am, November 11th, at University Place Veterans Plaza, in UP’s Cirque Park. The celebration will consist of patriotic music, laying of a ceremonial wreath at the Veterans […]
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars and Five Thousand Socks
Submitted by State Farm and Red Cross. Local State Farm agents donated 5,027 pairs of new socks to benefit active military, veterans and displaced families. Working with the American Red Cross of South Puget Sound, State Farm conducted a sock drive at their annual Fall Planning Meeting where agents met to discuss community engagement and […]
PSE to nearly double its clean energy portfolio by 2025
Puget Sound Energy announcement. Through its early and aggressive acquisition of clean energy resources, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will deliver more clean energy than originally forecasted in its Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP), a course of action for clean electricity programs and investments to align with policies established by Washington’s Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA). […]