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, June 16, for […]
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Duck Daze Recap
Just when you think it can’t get any bigger or better, Duck Daze 2024 set an attendance record and wowed the crowd with a great parade and hours of post-parade fun in Market Square. The festivities included the new South Sound Makers Market featuring unique products from 40 regional vendors, a slithering reptile exhibit, live […]
Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health elects Jani Hitchen as Chair, Joe Bushnell Vice Chair
At the June 5 Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health meeting, members voted for Jani Hitchen to succeed Catherine Ushka as Board Chair and Joe Bushnell to serve as Vice Chair. Ushka served on the Board of Health since 2018 and was elected Chair from 2019-2020 and again in 2023. She passed away last month. Director of […]
Applications Open Now for Human and Social Service Provider Contracts, Funding
TACOMA, Wash. – The City of Tacoma’s Neighborhood and Community Services Department invites human and social service agencies and organizations throughout the South Sound to apply for contract funding for the 2025-2026 funding cycle. The online application portal is open now until 11 AM on July 2. The City encourages a wide variety of groups […]
City of Tacoma Continues to Invite Community Engagement and Input During the 2025-2026 Biennial Budget Development Process
TACOMA, Wash. – Community members are encouraged to continue engaging in the City of Tacoma’s efforts to develop a 2025-2026 Biennial Budget that reflects a shared vision for a thriving Tacoma where everyone feels safe and has an opportunity to succeed. “Our community’s high level of engagement over the years has been vital to building […]
Obituary Notices – June 14, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Richard Bruce Marshall; Suesa Mativa. Powers Funeral Home: Lynne Alkema Franklin; Richard Gary Franklin; Spencer John Emerson. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Julie Ann Edmunds; Steven M. Dawson; David A. Hostetter.
Tropical Reef Aquarium reopens Friday at Point Defiance Zoo
TACOMA, Wash.—The Tropical Reef Aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium reopens this Friday, June 14. The aquarium, previously known as the South Pacific Aquarium, closed in 2021 for extensive restoration and repair of critical animal-care structures, habitats, and life support systems. The 15,000-square-foot aquarium is home to seven species of sharks, hundreds of vibrant fish, stingrays, […]
‘The Big One’ gets a new home in Fort Steilacoom Park
For nearly 60 years a massive Douglas fir round sat perched atop a cement stand in an enclosure at the entrance of the Pierce County Library System’s Lakewood library branch on Wildaire Road SW. Today, the Tenzler Log, affectionately called “The Big One”, found a new home. With ease and skill, a crew from Omega […]
Six penguin chicks hatched at Point Defiance Zoo
TACOMA, Wash.– Penguin Point is chick-central Six penguin chicks successfully hatched in late May at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and are being closely monitored by their parents, keepers, and veterinary staff. They hatched to parents: Four of the chicks are currently being reared by their parents. “One chick from Purple and White and one […]