Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s August 30 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
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Cohen Veterans Network Unveils Mind the Gap: Preventing Suicide After Service to Bring Awareness to Critical Transition Period
Submitted by The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Valley Cities. New Tool Available for Proactive Approach to Suicide Prevention During Veterans’ Transition from Military Service Veterans are 1.7 times more likely to die by suicide than civilians, with the highest risk occurring during their transition from military service. To bring awareness to this […]
Labor Day Festival Doubleheader Softball Game at Cheney Stadium
Submitted by Buffalo Soldiers Museum – Tacoma. The Fun starts at 10 am, Monday, 2 Sep when the gates open at Cheney Stadium for the Annual Labor Day Festival Theme “Honoring Our Military Labor Force Past, Present and Future”. The event is honoring our active duty and retired military and civilian labor force. This free event is […]
Pierce Transit Cuts Ribbon on Upgraded Bus Shelters
On August 28, Pierce Transit hosted Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland and other elected officials and dignitaries to celebrate the kickoff of a systemwide bus stop shelter upgrade. Event attendees held a ribbon cutting ceremony at one of the new shelters installed along Bridgeport Way W. in Lakewood. The upgrades to bus shelters throughout Pierce Transit’s service area […]
Two Lakewood businesses among 30 state businesses nominated for Employer of the Year Awards
The Washington State Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues & Employment (GCDE) announces the 2024 nominees for the Governor’s Employer Awards. These awards honor public and private employers statewide for their exemplary work recruiting, hiring, retaining and promoting workers with disabilities. Employer of the Year Award nominees listed in alphabetical order by city: Washington businesses, agencies, organizations and […]
Puget Sound Energy extends clean energy contract for hydropower
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has just signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Douglas County PUD to receive a slice of surplus hydropower from the Wells Hydroelectric Project. The clean energy agreement starts on Jan. 1, 2026 and continues until Dec. 31, 2032. This new agreement continues PSE’s long-term partnership with Douglas County PUD, which operates […]
Pierce County Library System closed Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Day
The Pierce County Library System will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Day. During that time, the Library’s online services, as always, will be open at www.mypcls.org, featuring online e-books, audiobooks, videos and magazines as well as other services and resources.
Obituary Notices – August 30, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Carly E. Boyd; Harry Aaron Guay; Marisha Price; Anthony Spodobalski. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Doris D. Hartman.
History of Chambers Bay (Part 3)
Via Chambers Creek Foundation Newsletter. Railways Bring Big Changes Perhaps nothing changed our Chambers Creek area — and many other areas across the United States and beyond—like the onset of rail transportation. For Chambers Creek, that impactful first railroad company was the Tacoma-Steilacoom Railroad, and it came to town in the early 1890s, just shortly […]