New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home:Hazel Nugent. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Virginia Louise Attanasio; Bradley Michael Barboza; Ann Weinschenk; Isabel Janine Silva: David Alan Peterson; Berdine Mae Mattoon. Mountain View Funeral Home:Patricia A. Delano; Linda Eriksen; Walter Maurice Hively; Agnes C. Rytkonen; Christopher Tollesson; William Trip; Thomas … [Read more...]
Versatile Writer Signs on to JayRay Team
Submitted by JayRay Staff. Strong writing skills, resourcefulness and a tour guide’s enthusiasm are hallmarks of Genny Boots, JayRay’s newest assistant advisor. Boots was hired full-time at the end of her summer internship with the creative and strategic communications agency. … [Read more...]
Traditional High School not for you? Don't Drop Out!
TACOMA, Wash. – With the high school graduation rate hovering at 79 percent in Washington state, there is understandable fear that a segment of our population is at risk of being left behind. In response, Bates Technical High School is offering an innovative program that enables students to earn their high school diploma and a college Associate's Degree concurrently and tuition free. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – September 18
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Alice Onacki. Mountain View Funeral Home:Wilhelmine "Carmen" Franziska Ellison; Marlene Lenore Holmes; Stephen S. Romines. … [Read more...]
JBLM Late Night Firing this week
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night artillery and mortar training Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. through Friday at 7 p.m. using 155mm howitzer, 60mm and 120mm mortars. Queries or comments about noise may be directed to the JBLM Public Affairs Office's External Communication Division hotline at (253) 967-0852, daily. … [Read more...]
Park & Ride lots in Tacoma close overnight for repairs
TACOMA – Early next week, Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will perform asphalt preservation in two Park and Ride lots at the intersection of South 56th Street and South Alaska Street. … [Read more...]
Obituary Notices – September 17
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Richard Erban Paulsen; Philip Carl McCall; Lari Randall Stewart. Mountain View Funeral Home: Samuel G. Hewston; Michael Robert Murphy; Karen Elaine Tillis. … [Read more...]
Bates: Season premiere of KBTC’s Northwest Now features superintendent Chris Reykdal
As trees start to change color and summer heat turns to cooler temperatures, people in the Pacific Northwest can also see other telltale sign of fall as students all over Western Washington get ready for the start of school. … [Read more...]
Steilacoom School’s Sept. 14 Community Connection online
The Sept. 14 edition of Steilacoom Historical School District’s Community Connections is online. … [Read more...]
Health Department Plans to Appeal Court Ruling in Vaping Lawsuit
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in Washington, according to the state Department of Health. In November 2015, Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health unanimously passed vaping regulations. The rules protect the public from second-hand vaping smoke and keep youth from accessing vapor products. … [Read more...]