If you do anything this month, it should be this: bite into a barbacoa taco at newly opened Taco Street Tacoma, a walk-up taco stand at the one-year-old Point Ruston Public Market building. The slow cooked beef is punched with chile and aromatic spices. Tucked into warmed, doubled up corn tortillas, with fresh cilantro and […]
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Clover Park Provides Free Online Tutoring Services for Middle and High School Students
LAKEWOOD — Clover Park School District middle and high school students can now access free, 24/7 online tutoring services at any time on their digital devices. The district has partnered with Paper, an online tutoring resource for middle and high school students. The service allows secondary students to seek help from tutors online for over […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed July 6
On July 6, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for June 11-24 is 65.9 The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 2.8 per 100,000. Today we confirmed 48 COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths: A woman in her 70s from Tacoma. A […]
Obituary Notices – July 7, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Gregg Steven Marquart. Mountain View Funeral Home: Deanna Weller. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Marjorie Lucille Harbison; Mary E. Stutheit; Lorraine E. Maples.
Pierce Transit Board to discuss CEO position at July 7 meeting
The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Board Meeting on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Board is expected to recess into Executive Session shortly after the meeting is called to order to further evaluate and deliberate about the qualifications of applicants for the CEO position pursuant […]
JBLM to train with mortars and demolitions July 7-9
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct day and nighttime training with mortars and demolitions from 6:30 a.m. July 7 to July 9 concluding at 11:59 p.m. Public queries or comments about noise may be directed to JBLM Public Affairs.
Local Eagle Scout Builds Tiny Home for the Homeless
Everyone knows about homelessness and the problems that flow from people struggling for an everyday place to live. One local teen decided to do more than talk about it. She built a home for someone. Eighteen-year-old Delaney Dodd spent time, energy, and muscle into constructing a tiny home for the non-profit Sound Foundations NW. Dodd, […]
Teen creativity shines in Pierce County Library System’s art contest
Pierce County teen artists, photographers, and writers put an exclamation point on the 25th year of the Pierce County Library System’s annual Our Own Expressions Teen Writing and Art Contest! More than 700 students in grades 7 through 12 from schools across the county displayed their creativity and talent in their drawings, photographs, poems and short […]
Berry season has arrived in Pierce County – get some at these farms
For 100 reasons, the biggest of which was the pandemic, I missed out on the 2020 Pierce County fresh berry season. Flash forward to 2021 and it’s safe to say I’ve more than made up for what I was not able to buy last summer. I spent $75 at produce stands over the weekend. There’s […]