City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. – As part of ongoing efforts to build upon the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tacoma, the City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department is leveraging Washington State Department of Commerce’s Small Business Innovation Fund (SBIF) dollars to partner with three organizations specializing in technical assistance for small and […]
Obituary Notices – February 22, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Norma C. Gardener. Mountain View Funeral Home: Geronimo “Cesar” Gatbunton; Prudencia Letourneau; William James Mackfay. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Mardell K. Fairchild. Gaffney Funeral Home: Catherine (Karen) Margaret LaPorte.
Statewide Flag Lowering to honor Corrections Officer Jay Miller
Washington Office of the Governor announcement. Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Washington State Department of Corrections Correctional Officer Jay Miller, 52, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Officer Miller died in the line of […]
LC3 to Host Parenting Summit in Lakewood this weekend: Parenting in a Changing Culture
Submitted by David Pritchard. This Friday and Saturday (February 24-25) Lake City Community Church (LC3) will be hosting a parenting summit open to the public. It’s called, “Parenting in a Changing Culture” and will feature multiple speakers with experience and backgrounds in parenting, ministry and mental health. It will be held on the Lake City […]
Pierce Transit Offering Free Rides to Warming Centers
Pierce Transit announcement. The Puget Sound is expecting cold temperatures for the next several days. To help those who need access to transportation to get out of the cold, Pierce Transit is partnering with the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management to provide free bus or SHUTTLE (for registered SHUTTLE customers) rides to warming centers […]
Letter: Hospice Care, Home and the Path Ahead
There’s a vista far above Enchanted Valley (also known as “The Valley of 10,000 Waterfalls”). It is one of the more difficult (to put it mildly) to reach. But after ascending those 2,000 feet of elevation, do you know what you can see from there? Everything. You can see far below where you’ve come from, […]
Keeping up with the Joneses (And doing the right thing)
Submitted by Greg Rediske for Lakewood Baseball Club. In DuPont, you’re nobody unless your business is sponsoring a youth baseball team. Their program is thriving. In Lakewood, that has not been the case. Lakewood Baseball Club’s program has been entirely self-financed, with the exception of funds received at various times from the Lakewood Community Foundation […]
Full Circle: Brandi Hilliard, Director of Career, Learning & Engagement
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished.“I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,” she said. Now as PLU’s Director of […]
DuPont February 17 Report from Mayor, Council
Read the DuPont Mayor and City Council February 17 report by clicking here.