Downtown On the Go announcement. May is Bike Month all over the world – but the best celebration is right here in Tacoma! On May 20th we will welcome everyone who rides a bike in Tacoma to join us at Campfire Coffee (1554 Market St.) to enjoy coffee and treats, and get excited about biking. […]
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Obituary Notices – May 3, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Jo Ann L. Royer; Julie Ann Warden-Gregory; Sandra Lee Faulkner. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Henderson Duke Jordan. Mountain View Funeral Home: Hattie Lue Brewster; John Noble; Metitilani Siliva; Monika Rose Stewart; Albert L. Wallace. Hill Funeral Home: Sandra Lee Faulkner. Scott Funeral Home: Deshawn Greene.
Tacoma Native Marcus Chambers Track Standout is Wearing Two Hats
Submitted by Madonna Hanna. Hat number 1: as an elite track and field athlete (400 meter Specialist), 27 year old Chambers is preparing for the U.S. Outdoor Championship with hopes of qualifying to compete in the World Athletic Championship, 2022. Both events are located at Hayward Field, Eugene Oregon: a track Chambers knows very well. […]
Symphony Tacoma 75th Anniversary Season Finale Features Array of Stunning Classical Works
Symphony Tacoma announcement. Symphony Tacoma will close out its 75th Anniversary Classics Series with a collection of works that feature an array of classical styles. The concert will take place on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:30 pm in Tacoma’s Pantages Theater. The concert will open with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s The Bamboula, a “rhapsodic dance for orchestra.” The […]
Emergency Food Network Offers Home Delivery
City of University Place announcement. Residents of U.P. who are unable to access local food pantries because of transportation or accessibility issues are encouraged to reach out to the The Pierce County Emergency Food Network, which has a Home Delivery program for Pierce County residents who have barriers to accessing their local food pantries including […]
Tidy-Up Tacoma 2022 Continues as Year-Round Effort
City of Tacoma announcement. Starting in May, the City of Tacoma’s Public Works Department Grounds Maintenance team will be out on the main arterials of Neighborhood Business Districts and around two new locations that include South 12th and South Junett streets and South 72nd Street and Pacific Avenue. This team will be out for the […]
CPSD Promising Future: Emma Kaack
A Clover Park School District story. Our Promising Futures featured student this week is Clover Park High School senior Emma Kaack. Emma is a military child who relocated several times before moving to Washington and joining Clover Park this year. She jumped into a new school as a senior, but that did not stop her […]
Three-week closure of Tacoma intersection starts May 4
Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. TACOMA – Travelers headed to the Tacoma Dome or LeMay America’s Car Museum using East 27th Street and East Wiley Street will want to plan for extra travel time. Guy F. Atkinson Construction, working for the Washington State Department of Transportation, will close the intersection of East 27th Street […]
Pierce County District Court launches Mental Health Court
Pierce County announcement. Pierce County District Court is proud to announce that the newly formed Mental Health Court (MHC) will begin accepting referrals starting the week of May 2, 2022. The MHC combines court supervision, probation, and mental health treatment by collaborating with members from both the criminal justice system and mental health treatment providers. […]