Tacoma Business Council announcement. The time is now to ask the City Council to fully fund our police department! This coming Tuesday, the Council will hold the first reading of the 2023-24 budget. It is critical that you speak up to let them know that you support fully funding TPD’s budget request. We’ve set out […]
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Joint meeting to hear recommendations for Lakewood Libraries
Pierce County Library System announcement. PIERCE COUNTY, Washington – The Pierce County Library System Board of Trustees and Lakewood City Council will hold a joint meeting Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6-7 p.m., at Lakewood City Hall in Council Chambers, 6000 Main St. SW. At the joint meeting, the Lakewood Library Building Community Advisory Committee will share its recommendations for […]
Maintenance work brings daytime I-705 ramp closure Monday Nov. 14 in Tacoma
Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. TACOMA – Daytime travelers who use the A Street on-ramp to southbound Interstate 705 in downtown Tacoma should plan an alternate route on Monday, Nov. 14. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14 Drivers who use southbound I-705 to access northbound I-5 and southbound State Route 7 […]
Lute Powered: Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Together, the ports of Tacoma and Seattle are the fourth-largest container gateway for containerized cargo shipping between Asia and major distribution points in the Midwest, Ohio Valley and the East Coast. For this installment of Lute Powered, we interviewed three PLU alumni who are serving… Read the rest of the announcement […]
1,511 calls answered
West Pierce Fire & Rescue social media post. In October, crews responded to 1,511 calls for service, which is an average of 48 responses per day.
Hearing on 2023 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendment Docket set for Nov. 21
City of Lakewood announcement. The City of Lakewood City Council will be holding a public hearing for the 2023 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendment docket list on Monday, November 21, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. All persons may submit written comments about the amendments or testify in-person or virtually during the public hearing. HEARING DATE: Monday, November […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Cases, hospitalizations and deaths
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. Holidays take a lot of preparation. Include a dose of the latest COVID-19 booster on your list of ingredients for a safer Thanksgiving! Find your dose at tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture. This week, Washington State Department of Health changed its COVID-19 data reporting to once a week. We moved our data report to Thursdays to align […]
Obituary Notices – November 11, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Charles Peter Mauch. Mountain View Funeral Home: Sabian Jerome Rashard Bryant; Gregory M. Dorsey; Margaret Hampson; Don Hutt; William Lane; Young Sun Park. Fir Lane Memorial Park: John R. Frost; Lyle J. Sawyers; Steven G. Johnson.
Service and sacrifice
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. This is an early edition of the blog since tomorrow is Veterans Day. I had the honor of speaking at the Puyallup American Legion’s annual Veterans Day event last weekend and I’d like to share a portion of my remarks that day with you. Back on September 2nd, I […]