TACOMA, Wash. – With temperatures anticipated to rise into the 90s for several days starting Sunday, July 7, the City of Tacoma’s Neighborhood and Community Services Department will continue to deploy outreach teams and volunteers to provide unsheltered individuals with access to water and masks. Cooling centers will also open throughout Tacoma. The City of […]
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Aiding or Abetting in Street Racing Activity
As part of the new legislation a new RCW has been added to deter street racing in our state. RCW 46.64.048 Attempting, aiding, abetting, coercing, committing violations, punishable. Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared by this title to be a […]
CPSD Superintendent Banner Earns Inaugural State Learning from Leaders Award
LAKEWOOD, Wash.—Clover Park School District Superintendent Ron Banner received the inaugural Learning from Leaders Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) for his outstanding leadership of the Superintendent’s Youth Advisory Council (SYAC) and efforts to elevate student voice. This is the first year this award has been given and recognizes a WASA member’s […]
Tacoma Animal Shelter Cares for Dog Thrown From Moving Vehicle
Submitted by Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. Between June 28-30, two weeks after the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County adopted out over 220 animals during a capacity crisis, the shelter welcomed 121 animals in need. Among them was Blaze, a dog who was thrown from a moving vehicle on SR-509 in […]
Lakewood’s Gabriel Zapf Named to Aurora University Spring 2024 Dean’s List
Aurora University has named Gabriel Zapf of Lakewood, to the Dean’s List for the spring 2024 semester. Zapf is majoring in Biology. The Dean’s List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who have earned a 3.6 grade-point average or higher. Founded in 1893, Aurora University is a four-year, private, nonprofit, accredited higher education institution located on a […]
Sounder trains available for Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this Sunday’s Mariners game. Special Sounder service is in addition to Link light rail, ST Express and King County Metro service to and from T-Mobile Park. The special service will be available Sunday, July 7, for […]
PSE’s 2024 Voluntary All-Source RFP
Puget Sound Energy (“PSE”) has issued a Voluntary All-Source RFP for CETA-compliant Energy and Capacity Resources (the “All-Source RFP”). The All-Source RFP seeks bids from qualified respondents to supply up to 2.3 million annual megawatt hours (“MWh”) of Clean Energy Transformation Act (“CETA”) eligible resources and up to 1,755 MW of summer and 1,573 MW […]
July 16 Workshop on Doing Business With the City of Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. — As part of its ongoing work to address disparities for historically underutilized businesses owned by minorities, women, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, the City of Tacoma’s Equity in Contracting (EIC) team is hosting a workshop on doing business with the City of Tacoma. The workshop will be conducted in a hybrid […]
Lewis Army Museum restores historic military vehicles
Story by Pamela Sleezer, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Affairs Office. Big improvements are on the way for the Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. This summer, after years of hard work from staff members, funding was secured for the restoration of all 18 vehicles on display outside on the museum’s grounds. Now through the […]