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). […]
Obituary Notices – November 6, 2023
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Harvey Michael Ford. Mountain View Funeral Home: Frances Kay Gilbert. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Frank Hoffman. Scott Funeral Home: Maria Teresa Arakaki-Goehry.
‘It Takes a Village’ to Grow a New Community Garden From the Ground Up
Submitted by Steilacoom Historical Community Garden. Or, in the case of the Steilacoom Historical Community Garden, “It takes an entire town” to grow a garden on the site of an old water-well pumping and storage tank station, sitting dusty and decommissioned for decades next to Cherrydale Park. Since Steilacoom Town Council voted unanimously on Sept. […]
The Northwest Seaport Alliance awarded $54 Million Grant for Husky Terminal Expansion
Northwest Seaport Alliance announcement. Tacoma, WA — The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has been selected to receive $54 million in grant funding from the 2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The funding will support the expansion of Husky Terminal in our South Harbor, further increasing the NWSA gateway’s global competitiveness and regional job opportunities. “The Northwest […]
Strickland Calls on Feds to Investigate Financial Impact of Digital Store-Issued Coupons on Seniors, Low-Income Shoppers
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. Today (Nov. 1, 2023), U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led 13 House colleagues in a letter to Samuel Levine, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the potential financial impacts of digital store-issued coupons on seniors, low-income persons, and others without […]
Washington’s GET Prepaid Tuition program opens enrollment
Submitted by Washington Student Achievement Council. Washington’s popular Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program opens Wednesday, November 1 for a new enrollment period, providing families a fresh opportunity to start saving for future education and career training costs while their children are young. The 2023-2024 enrollment period runs through May 31, 2024, and provides a unique opportunity to […]
Obituary Notices – November 4, 2023
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Isabel Jones. Mountain View Funeral Home: Cecelia Berg; Wilfred E. Berube; Torrance Boyd; Harold Ray Doran; Mike Francis; Donna Jean Sacco; Joe Santamaria; Richard “Dick” Henry Shaw; Jesus M. Villahermosa Sr.; Elizabeth Ella Wisher. Powers Funeral Home: Frank L Fobes; Aiden Timothy Campbell.
30 Years and Counting
Lakewood Community Foundation Fund announcement. In the beginning, in 1993, there was $0.00. 30 years later, there is over $1.2 Million. The first big contribution to the Lakewood Community Foundation Fund (LCFF) was from the estate of a little-know citizen of Lakewood who loved her community and wanted to make it better going forward: Marianna Shaw left the […]