Submitted by DuPont Community Garden Volunteers. The DuPont Community Garden is having a plant sale May 1st from 10:00 am until 1:00pm. There will be a large variety of plants and vegetable starts. All proceeds from the sale benefit the community garden and local food banks. The plant sale will be held at the community […]
Farrells Marsh Park Work Party April 8
STEILACOOM – We have an imminent opportunity to follow the CPTC Medical Histology students‘ inspiring example. Our next work party will be Thursday, 8 April, from noon to 2 pm in Farrells Marsh Park. We will meet at the Oak Dr. entrance to the park. A mountain of wood chips will be awaiting us. The […]
Promising Futures: Hillside fifth grader Christine Souza
Our Promising Futures featured student this week is Hillside Elementary School fifth grader Christine Souza. Her favorite subject is science because she loves the hands-on experience of doing experiments in her class. She is particularly fascinated by archeology and marine biology because she enjoys learning about the past and sea life deep in the ocean. […]
Statewide Flag Lowering to honor Rep. Alcee Hastings
Pursuant to the attached Presidential message, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities continue to remain lowered to half-staff, in honor and remembrance of Congressman Alcee Hastings, of Florida. Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Other government entities, citizens and […]
City of Tacoma Opens Second Round of Resiliency Grant Program on April 9
TACOMA, Wash. — In an ongoing effort to mitigate the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on Tacoma’s micro businesses, defined as five or fewer employees including owners, the City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department established a COVID-19 Resiliency Grant Program in October 2020. In the first round of the COVID-19 Resiliency Grant Program, […]
Sound Credit Union Moves into New Branch in Graham
TACOMA, Wash. – Sound Credit Union (Sound) is pleased to announce the opening of its new full-service branch located on the corner of 187th Street East and Meridian Avenue East, just south of Sunrise Boulevard and the Pierce County Airfield. The branch has an open floor plan, designed and constructed by Momentum, Inc. in collaboration […]
Strickland Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Military Hunger
On April 2, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) joined Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Don Young (AK-at-large), Don Bacon (NE-02), Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Jim Baird (IN-4) in introducing the bipartisan Military Hunger Prevention Act to help low-income military families living with food insecurity make ends meet. The legislation would create a basic needs allowance to support […]
89 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases, 1 new death confirmed Apr. 6
On April 6, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 180.6. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County and it includes a 6-day data lag. We confirmed 89 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death, a man in his 50s from Parkland. Our totals are 40,074 […]
Obituary Notices – April 7, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Winok Wolf; Roy Dallas Broman. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Eric Leo Collins; Don Wells; Griselda Rivera. Mountain View Funeral Home: James Oliver Brodie; Loke Mamea; Kathleen Mavis Theoe; Gail Marlene Webster. Powers Funeral Home: Virginia Crawford.