You may see our ad campaign soon on YouTube, TikTok, or a billboard. The message is simple: If you’re 45 or younger and have sex, you need to get tested for syphilis. Syphilis is sharply increasing in Pierce County. Our cases more than quadrupled from 58 in 2016 to 711 in 2022. The state and nation are also experiencing […]
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Amended Substitute Ordinance 28894 Effective July 24, 2023
TACOMA, Wash. – With the recent passage of Amended Substitute Ordinance 28894, a number of updates strengthening requirements around notices to increase rent; shared housing standards; standardized tenant screening criteria; standards for fees and deposits; business license, health and safety requirements; rental agreement regulations and other areas of the existing Rental Housing Code will take […]
Northwest Room secures grant funding from National Archives
Tacoma Public Library announcement. TACOMA, WASH.— Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room local history and archives center has received support from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to launch a $200,000 digitization project. The project, titled “Below the Fold: Revealing Hidden Stories Through Digitization of a Newspaper Photograph Archive,” will fund large-scale digitization of the photo archive […]
2023 SequaliShoot 24-Hour Photo Challenge
The SequaliShoot Photo Challenge asks photographers to take their best shot of any of DuPont’s trails – in 24 hours – and submit up to three images for judging. There are two categories of judging and awards – one for youth up to age 17 and one for adults 18 and older. Sign up here: https://dupontwaphoto.com/photo-experiences/ […]
Partial closure of SR 7 over two weekends for sewer project in Parkland
Travelers who use state Route 7 in Parkland will want to build extra time into their trips for the two upcoming weekends. As part of Pierce County’s Parkland/Brookdale Sewer Interceptor project, traffic on SR 7 at 129th Street South will be partially closed during: For the first weekend from July 28 to 31, crews will […]
Check Out Our New Library Podcast
Do you love podcasts and your local community? Well, you are in luck! Our resident radio star, Debi, brings you interviews with fascinating local personalities and newsworthy neighbors, plus new reading ideas and book reviews, with regular audio episodes on YouTube and many podcast apps. Shush with Debi Library Podcast
Pierce Transit CTAG July 27 Meeting Agenda
The Pierce Transit Community Transportation Advisory Group (CTAG) will meet on July 27 remotely at 5:30 pm. Read the meeting agenda participation instructions here.
Obituary Notices – July 25, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Stephen Ray Kelso. Mountain View Funeral Home: Alex Kawalec; Cheryl Lynn Kosmicki-Hernandez. Powers Funeral Home: Alice Marie Christy; Donald Ross Vose. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Doretta Rose (Clifford) Kelley.
Daytime road work scheduled in Lakewood July 25 and July 27
LAKEWOOD – Daytime travelers in Lakewood will notice Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews making repairs to roadway. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 South 84th Street on-ramp to southbound I-5 will close. Travelers will use alternate routes. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, July 27 The right lane of southbound I-5 […]