A press release from Comprehensive Life Resources. Adults with serious mental illness and youth with serious emotional disturbances will soon receive services from the first Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in the Tacoma area: Comprehensive Life Resources. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) awarded Comprehensive Life Resources (CLR) a $1.4 million federal grant last week to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). As a […]
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Youth Operated Vessel Licensed By Coast Guard
A press release from the Tacoma Youth Marine Center. Following a thorough US Coast Guard inspection, Tacoma’s SSS #110 Charles N. Curtis was granted renewal of their Subchapter T licensure to operate as a passenger vessel. “As a passenger on this vessel, this COI is your assurance that the vessel meets Coast Guard safety criteria,” […]
The Board of Health July 21 Meeting Agenda
The Board of Health will hold a Study Session on July 21 (3-5 pm). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed July 19
On July 19, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for June 25- July 8 is 72.6. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 2.6 per 100,000. Today we confirmed 77 COVID-19 cases and 1 death, a man in his 80s from […]
Obituary Notices – July 20, 2021
Mountain View Funeral Home: Roberta Eileen Axtell; David Alan Stewart. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Helen Andrea (Marvik) Gorenson.
JBLM to train with artillery and demolitions July 20-22
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct day and nighttime training with artillery and demolitions from 5 a.m. July 20 to 11 p.m. July 22. Public queries or comments about noise may be directed to JBLM Public Affairs.
Oldest Working Nurse in America Hangs Up Her Scrubs After a Career Spanning 70 Years
A news story from MultiCare. TACOMA, Wash. — More than 70 years after her career began, 96-year-old Florence “SeeSee” Rigney, the oldest working nurse in America, is retiring, MultiCare Health System announced today. Her last day was Friday, July 16, 2021. “I don’t like to sit around – I’ve always got to have something to […]
All Shook Up – Elvis and Musical Theatre
We have a brand-new great-grandson, whose middle name is “Memphis.” He’s named in honor of his grandmother, one of our very best friends. Andi, a London Brit who met and married a Peace Core volunteer Randy Melquist, who thrown out of Libya with all the other Americans when Gaddafi came into power. The family came […]
Keith Snyder named 2021 ‘Citizen of the Year’ for Steilacoom
Submitted by Kiwanis Club of Steilacoom. 2021 was a year of challenges in our town, but we were fortunate to have a citizen who took the time to make life better for many. Keith Snyder is being honored as Steilacoom’s Citizen of the Year for 2021. Keith initiated major projects to improve the websites for […]