Submitted by Washington State Board for Community and Technical. Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Dr. Bernal Baca of Tacoma as a member of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Baca serves as executive director of Mi Centro, a Tacoma-based nonprofit that provides social, cultural and educational services to the greater Pierce County Latino […]
Obituary Notices – April 17, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Paraskovya Kutsak. Mountain View Funeral Home: Josephine Klarich and Florence Elaine Velacich; Shari Winner. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Laura J. Long-Carver. Powers Funeral Home: Clave McCraw; Millicent E Parmelee; Irene Elizabeth Higgenbottom; Robert Ivan Miller. Hill Funeral Home: Barbara Ann Bearer. Gaffney Funeral Home: Ralph Genaro Turco. Week’s Dryer […]
Music Boosters Mattress Fundraiser
Submitted by SHS Music Boosters. SHS Music Boosters is hosting the 5th Annual Mattress Fundraiser this Saturday (April 20) from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Steilacoom High School. You’re invited to save big on top name brands in a no-pressure environment while supporting the SHS Music Program. Visit fb.com/SteilacoomHSMusicBoosters to print a copy of a flyer […]
April 20, 9am, Clover Creek cleanup
“And they meant it when they said, boots on the ground. The Clover Creek Restoration Action Alliance (aka The Clover Creek Council) will hold its first creek cleanup this year. The Saturday before Earth Day, April 20, they will meet at 9 a.m. at Yakima Ave and Tule Lake Road, the Parkland Prairie Nature Preserve […]
Obituary Notices – April 16, 2024
Gaffney Funeral Home: Curtis Perry Campbell Jr. Scott Funeral Home: Apuaulo Tupulua.
Obituary Notices – April 15, 2024
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Denise Cristine Cole. Mountain View Funeral Home: Lisa Johnson; Nicholas “Nick” Langer; Brandy Yvonne Richards; Janice Lynn Robertson. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Jana L. Crahan.
Obituary Notices – April 13, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: William McLain. Gaffney Funeral Home: Sr. Margaret “Peg” Murphy, OP.
Tours of Spanaway’s Tiny Home Village proposed site, April 13, 20, 27
From the Pierce Prairie Post: “Spanaway Concerned Citizens are offering tours to interested local citizens to see where in the watershed the County Executive’s Office has proposed to make this tiny home “Pierce County Village” available to single homeless people with addiction and mental health issues. “You will see huge second growth fir trees, a […]
Kilmer Legislation to Spur Economic Development for Puyallup Tribe Heads to President Biden’s Desk
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer announcement. On April 11, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06); U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (WA) and Patty Murray (WA); and U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) celebrated the House passage of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Act. The bill now heads to President Biden’s desk for signature. The Puyallup […]