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 […]
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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 […]
House Appropriations Subcommittees Advance Vital Federal Funding for Tribal Relocation Efforts in Western Washington
This week, the House Appropriations Committee advanced critical funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support tribal relocation efforts in Western Washington. The House fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills advanced by the Committee included $1,650,000 in federal funding for the Hoh Tribe’s relocation development project and $1,479,355 in federal funding […]
Obituary Notice – July 6, 2021
Mountain View Funeral Home: Ji Gang Chu.
Western State Hospital Master Plan Comment Period Approaching Conclusion
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has proposed an amendment to the Master Facilities Plan for the Western State Hospital campus to include the construction of a proposed 350-bed forensic hospital. Public comments on the proposal will be accepted through July 7 at 5:00 p.m. The proposed updated […]
Racism and the Clover Park School District
Submitted by Pad Finnigan. The Clover Park School Board concluded its two-evening 2021 board retreat Tuesday night after reviewing the results of five months of staff work. The work product is called the final draft of its Equity Policy. The policy draft is supposed to be voted on by the board on Sept. 13. What’s […]