Pierce County Library System announcement. PIERCE COUNTY, Washington – The Pierce County Library System’s Board of Trustees welcomes Pamela Duncan, a Lakewood resident, to its governing board. “Leading and supporting the Pierce County Library is both a natural extension of my professional and personal work as well as a passion for me,” said Duncan. “As a community advocate and […]
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Strickland Calls For Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to be Swiftly Considered by Congress
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led a bipartisan letter to Congressional leadership calling for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to be expeditiously considered by Congress. The MORE Act ends the federal prohibition on marijuana and seeks justice for those who have been convicted on marijuana-related charges. Ten of […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Outbreaks in businesses and schools
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. We didn’t see much change in outbreaks this week, but school outbreaks dropped a bit. Our total school outbreaks were down 4, to 46. And we had 231 related cases, down 10 from last week. Classroom cases make up a bigger share than last week, and 84% of those […]
Obituary Notices – February 4, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Daryl James Holter; Aleksandr Petrovich Moskalenko; Philip Danforth Ocken; Andrew Choo-Hwan Kim; Frances Adeline Shirk. Mountain View Funeral Home: Violet Brown; Carmen Casal; Garry Darnstaedt; Joanne Dunn; David Alan Frost; Elizabeth Gould; Roy Gustav Hanson; Cyril Hopkins; Robert Kingsley; Nancy S. Kirby; Margaret Jean Larson; Karen Pedderson; Natalya Radchenko; Virginia […]
It is time to return to normal(ish)… It is time to return to Baseball
Submitted by Paul Nimmo. The children of our community have suffered greatly, now our community needs to rally around our youth. The Lakewood Baseball Club has been serving the community since 1991 and strives to instill in our youth the belief in good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and a sense of teamwork so that they may […]
Send a Valentine to a Shelter Pet
Submitted by Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. We all deserve love, even if we are still searching for our soulmates! The animals at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County could really use some of that love right now and there’s a super easy way to make them feel special! From February […]
Good, Bad, and Great News about Gravelly Lake road construction
City of Lakewood social media post. We have some good news, some bad news, and some great news pertaining to road construction around Gravelly Lake. The good news? On Feb. 14, Gravelly Lake Drive and the new Veterans/Gravelly Lake roundabout will open to through traffic. The bad news? On Feb. 14, Washington Boulevard will close […]
CPSD Staff Spotlight: Mary Robbins
A Clover Park School District story. Our CPSD Staff Spotlight this week features Park Lodge Elementary School paraeducator Mary Robbins. This is her 19th year at Park Lodge and her 27th year in the district. Mary initially joined the district’s transportation department as a paraeducator. After eight years, she transitioned to Park Lodge and became […]
Seventeen years goes by quickly
Port of Tacoma social media post. Seventeen years ago, on Feb. 1, 2005, the Port of Tacoma opened its Pierce County Terminal.