Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. TACOMA – Overnight travelers who use both directions of Interstate 5 in Tacoma near South 56th Street and South 84th Street will need to give themselves extra travel time to reach their destinations. During the overnight hours of Wednesday, Nov. 17 and Thursday, Nov. 18, Washington State Department of […]
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DuPont Council Nominates Sonia Garza as Councilmember
City of DuPont announcement. The DuPont City Council recently held a Special Meeting to interview candidates for the vacant City Council Position No. 5. The City of DuPont would like to welcome Ms. Sonia Garza as the candidate chosen by the Council. Ms. Garza is an active member of Hiring Our Heroes as a […]
Bar Rosa opens in Tacoma’s Hilltop with wood-fired pizza, flavorful cocktails
Bar Rosa opened Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. It’s a mighty fine companion to a lineup of favorite Tacoma bars: The Eleven Eleven across the street, Zodiac Supper Club just around the corner, plus 1022 South J just a short few blocks away. Do I dare say Bar Rosa has a Hilltop […]
Clover Park School District Celebrates American Education Week: Math Teachers
Clover Park School District announcement. Clover Park School District is celebrating American Education Week by highlighting some of the great teachers providing students with the opportunities they need to learn and grow in the classroom. Today’s featured subject is math. Katrina Howe, Carter Lake Elementary School Carter Lake Elementary teacher Katrina Howe lets her third […]
JBLM to train with Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Aircraft through Dec. 17
Joint Base Lewis-McChord announcement. Army units from Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct combined aviation training with AH-64D Apache helicopters from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force in and around western and central Washington from approximately Nov. 15 to Dec. 17 as part of an annual bilateral training exercise at the Yakima Training Center. Expect increased […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator November 12 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s November 12 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
COVID Vaccine for Kids: 3 Important Things to Know
Submitted by Dr. Paul Sherman, Chief Medical Officer with Community Health Plan of Washington. Federal health officials have cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5-11. It’s the first COVID vaccine to be made available for this age group. About 28 million kids in the U.S. are newly eligible. Should […]
Sound Transit Board meeting November 18
Sound Transit press release. The Sound Transit Board of Directors will convene its regular Board meeting on November 18 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting has been rescheduled this month due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The Board is scheduled to consider the following items: Agreements for the OMF East Transit Oriented Development project […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed November 15
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. On Nov. 15, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Oct. 21-Nov. 3 is 379.3. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 9.1 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 205 COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths: […]