A handful of years ago, Roger Aceituno dabbled in a single restaurant. Now he and his small, locally-grown restaurant group are up to 12 locations. Two of those newest additions will be in South Hill and Lakewood this year. “It’s been extremely overwhelming,” said Aceituno of the fast expansion of his Aceituno’s Mexican Food, his […]
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Steilacoom Roundabout Construction Continues Oct. 5
The Town of Steilacoom is alerting the public of some upcoming work that may have some minor impacts to the ferry lanes. On Tuesday, October 5, the contractor is scheduled to pave along curb lines recently installed in three primary areas. The area that will see the greatest impacts to the ferry lanes will be […]
Puyallup: Nighttime 5th Street Northwest closures
A press release from Sound Transit. Nighttime road closure of 5th Street NW between W Main and W Stewart Ave to install new utilities and continue buildout of the pedestrian bridge. When Road closures are expected from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the following dates: Monday 10/4 through Thursday 10/7 Monday 10/11 through Thursday […]
The Lakewood City Council Oct. 4 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Oct. 4 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
CPSD Staff Spotlight: District carpenter Jack Burkhart
A press release from Clover Park School District. Our CPSD Staff Spotlight this week features district carpenter Jack Burkhart. He has worked in the district for 13 years. While his main duties are generally carpentry related, Jack does a little bit of everything around the district. He repairs floors and ceilings, works on roofs, walls […]
NATOA Awards for UPTV
A press release from City of University Place. UPTV took home numerous honors from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Government Programming Awards on Sept. 23, including an Award of Excellence, three Awards of Distinction and six Awards of Honor. This marks U.P.’s best showing since the City began entering the awards […]
The University Place City Council Oct. 4 Meeting Agenda
The University Place City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Oct. 4 (6:30 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Housing Counseling
A press release from Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity. Before the pandemic struck, Tacoma Habitat was quietly working with HUD to become a certified housing counseling organization. Little did we know that in short order, this service would be more in demand than ever for our community. Since March of 2020, our small staff has […]
PLU’s Yesenia Arellano discusses her work as a bilingual mental health counselor
A story from Pacific Lutheran University. PLU alumna Yesenia Arellano ’13 was recently honored by the City of Tacoma during National Hispanic Heritage Month for her work as a mental health counselor providing bilingual therapy to diverse community members and an immigrant clientele. Yesenia spoke with PLU Assistant Director of Communications Veronica Craker about her […]