New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Kaaren Louise Gordon; Mary Michele Terral. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Zeituni Zakiya Abhur. Mountain View Funeral Home: Dona A. Webb. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Anna Mae Blevins; Betty Lou Croft. Powers Funeral Home: Joseph Allan Lebert; Willem Nolde; Kiyoko F Babcock. Gaffney Funeral Home: Larry Calkins; Gerhart (Jeff) […]
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188 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths confirmed Apr. 30
On April 30, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 366.3 The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 4.6 per 100,000. This week, we discontinued our COVID-19 case rate reporting and instead post the state’s case rate metric for Pierce County. […]
What could possibly be behind that locked door?
By Bruce Dammeier, Pierce County Executive. Many of us spend countless work hours in our County-City Building (CCB). But I’ll bet most of you rarely give a second thought to the complex systems that lie behind that locked door at the end of the hallway. When you get on the elevator and push the button […]
100 Tacoma households to get $500 per month in city program
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A guaranteed income pilot program will launch in Tacoma this summer. The News Tribune reports the program, called Growing Resilience in Tacoma, or GRIT, plans to serve at least 100 people chosen at random who will receive $500 a month for than 12 months. Read more at KOMONews.com.
Lakewood City Manager April 30 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) April 30 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Emergent needs addressed in first round of ARPA allocations by Pierce County Council
Economic stabilization topped the list of emergent funding needs the Pierce County Council tackled Tuesday with its first round of American Rescue Plan Act funding allocations. In a unanimous vote Council allocated an initial $50.5 million in federal funds to help the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This bill addresses the emergent needs of […]
Help shape the future of Pierce County
Submitted by Jani Hitchen, Pierce County Council District 6. Are you interested in planning and land use and how it is done in Pierce County? The county’s Planning Commission will soon have a vacancy for its District 6 position due to the current member being at the end of their term. Want to know more? […]
Act Six Scholar Finds Support, Future at PLU
By Veronica Craker, Marketing & Communications. A native of Yemen, Abdulghani Mosa ‘23 had no idea what his future would hold when he moved to Tacoma in 2012. “Moving here, everything changed,” said Mosa, who was 12 years old when he and his family joined his father who was already living in the states. “The […]
153 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases, no new deaths confirmed Apr. 29
On April 29, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 365.3 The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 4.7 per 100,000. Yesterday, we discontinued our COVID-19 case rate reporting and instead post the state’s case rate metric for Pierce County. You […]