New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Chun Fang Coy. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Dung Tri Nguyen. Mountain View Funeral Home: Doris Marie Nance.
Courageous Conversations COVID-19 Vaccine: You Decide
Courageous Conversations is a bold new 5-part ZOOM talk show series for straight talk about the COVID-19 vaccine. This program is free of charge and produced by Bethany (B.Lyte) Montgomery’s Power 2 The Poetry in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Each Conversation will be a 60-minute discussion with Q&A on vaccine-related […]
Introducing Dr. Dolores Silas High School
Woodrow Wilson High School will become Dr. Dolores Silas High School officially on July 1, after the Tacoma School Board of Directors voted unanimously Feb. 11 to rename the 61-year-old school. A celebration, hosted by students, community members and Dr. Dolores Silas herself, is scheduled for July 1 at 11 a.m. Join us for light refreshments […]
City of Fife opens cooling center June 26-28
Fife, WA – The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning. Dangerously hot temperatures – hotter than 100 degrees – are headed our way this weekend. The City of Fife wants to keep residents cool and safe, which is why the City of Fife is opening a FREE cooling center at the Fife Community Center this weekend. […]
PSE offers hot weather tips as temperatures heat up
Puget Sound Energy is encouraging customers to be more energy conscious as temperatures heat up over the next few days. Across its service area, PSE’s electric infrastructure is currently performing well, and energy usage is being monitored closely. Over the years, power consumption has risen during the summertime as customers add some form of air conditioning […]
Obituary Notices – June 25, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Heriberto S Melendez. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Hideko Angela Metz; William James Wylie; Brenda Joy Mulligan; Dorene Ocampo St Germain. Mountain View Funeral Home: Jeffrey Donald Fewins; Charlie Earl Hill Sr.; John David Snider. Hill Funeral Home: Mary Hoss.
Tahoma Fuchsia Society Summer Sale
Submitted by Nancy White. The Tahoma Fuchsia Society will hold the Third Annual Summer Fuchsia Sale on Saturday, June 26, 2021 in the parking lot of Lakewood Presbyterian Church, 8601 104th St SW, Lakewood WA 98498. There is plenty of parking. Attendees are asked to observe social distancing guidelines, masks optional. Club members will be […]
Obituary Notices – June 24, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Tonya Oree Stephens; Mona Leather Griffin; Sachiko Upham; Raymond Henry Tisch, Jr. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: James Glenn Roe; Walter Tolliver Jr.; Clyde James Lambert. Mountain View Funeral Home: Diane Bredeson; Teofilo Caoile Servito. Hill Funeral Home: Ethel Marian Rathbone; Margery Elizabeth Worthen.
Elizabeth Grasher: Running for Steilacoom Town Council Seat 2
Submitted by Elizabeth Grasher. My family roots in the South Sound began when my Great Grandfather, Raymond Morrissey, served on Camp Lewis during World War One and later settled in Dupont. My Grandparents purchased land on Anderson Island in the 1970’s and I spent many summers, holidays and birthdays on Anderson Island and in Steilacoom. […]