Office of Rep. Mari Leavitt, 28th Legislative District announcement. Rep. Mari Leavitt, D-University Place, is privileged to receive five appointments: one appointment is to the Dept. of Child, Youth and Families’ (DCYF) Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice (WA-PCJJ); the second appointment is to DCYF’s Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC); the third is to the National […]
Tacoma Habitat staffing transition
Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity. There are some changes afoot in the construction department at Tacoma Habitat. After 17 years at the helm of construction and land development, Gomer Roseman is dipping his toe into partial retirement, and has passed the torch to Jonah Kinchy, who joined Tacoma Habitat in March of this year. Jonah […]
Obituary Notices – July 27, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Shawntae Tucker. Powers Funeral Home: Audra Lee Carreno. Gaffney Funeral Home: Elizabeth Ann Cook. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Matthew Scott Gaspard. Scott Funeral Home: Amari M Stone.
Tacoma Businesses Can Now Apply for $5,000 Grants
Submitted by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Beginning July 24, 2023, small businesses in Tacoma owned by women and people of color can apply for $5,000 in grants for their business through the Thrive Tacoma Business Fund. Announced as part of a $400,000 investment by Comcast in the South Sound, the goal of the Thrive Tacoma […]
The Arts Night Out Block Party returns next week
Submitted by Hilltop Artists. The annual Arts Night Out block party is almost here! Stop by the Hilltop Heritage hot shop Tuesday, August 1 from 4 – 7 pm to see glass demos; grab a free snack from Galileo’s and Taco Kane, buy a treat from Chill Paletas, groove to DJ Midnight Mike‘s beats, and enjoy hands on arts and […]
Obituary Notices – July 26, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Kenny C. Bailey; Melford Enevold; Lori Renee Hancock; Becky Jean Hoof; Bonny Leech; Kenneth Ray Nobles; Violeta Estrella Smith; Emma Jean Wright.
Northwest Room secures grant funding from National Archives
Tacoma Public Library announcement. TACOMA, WASH.— Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room local history and archives center has received support from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to launch a $200,000 digitization project. The project, titled “Below the Fold: Revealing Hidden Stories Through Digitization of a Newspaper Photograph Archive,” will fund large-scale digitization of the photo archive […]
All Along the Riverwalk: Arts & Education Festival
Submitted by Friends of the Riverwalk/ Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition. On Saturday, July 29 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, The Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition and the Friends of the Puyallup Riverwalk will be hosting “All Along the Riverwalk: Arts and Education Festival”. It will take place on the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail between Veterans Park and the Goodwill […]
Obituary Notices – July 25, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Stephen Ray Kelso. Mountain View Funeral Home: Alex Kawalec; Cheryl Lynn Kosmicki-Hernandez. Powers Funeral Home: Alice Marie Christy; Donald Ross Vose. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Doretta Rose (Clifford) Kelley.