It took a handful of months longer than intended, but casual taco joint El Borracho reopened Friday (Jan. 28, 2022) in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue neighborhood. The reopening comes with a reimagined casual style of service and plating, plus a completely revamped menu. And by revamped, I mean excised. As in all the meat is gone. […]
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Tacoma Business Owners gather to promote solutions for area crime, create Tacoma Business Council
Submitted by Tacoma Business Council. Tacoma, WA – A gathering of Tacoma business owners took place on January 26, 2022, at America’s Car Museum. Over 400 people attended. One of the organizers, Steve Jones, explained, “The purpose of the gathering was to create a forum to unite business owners and discuss solutions to the incidents […]
Local Student Myesha Moss Named to Fall Dean’s List at York College
York College has named 103 students to the fall 2021 dean’s list. Dean’s list status is awarded to students who have earned a gpa of 3.75 or higher. Among those named to the dean’s list is Myesha Moss, a 2018 graduate of Lakes High School from Lakewood, Wash.
Puget Sound Energy files three-year rate proposal
Puget Sound Energy announcement. Puget Sound Energy has filed a three-year rate plan request with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) — a plan that provides safe and reliable energy and accelerates efforts toward meeting ambitious clean energy goals and enhancing climate resiliency. For residential customers, the proposal would increase rates in the first […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Vaccinations
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. As we reported yesterday, we’re starting to see COVID-19 cases drop. The worst COVID-19 outcomes tend to lag case peaks, and that’s what we’re seeing now. We reported 64 deaths from COVID-19 this week. And hospitalizations remain high. Most deaths and hospitalizations are among people who are not vaccinated. […]
Obituary Notices – February 3, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Sergio Armijo; Clyde Frank Bingham; Floyd Allen Wood, Jr.; Bonnie Julane Hollett. Mountain View Funeral Home: Ok-He Alligood; Maria Andreacchio; Doris Louise Claypool; Evelyn Montes; Cherie Marie Peterson; James C. Smith; James Ernest Tuson; David Allen Young. Hill Funeral Home: Steve Joseph Ahrens.
Clover Park HS Gymnasium Naming Ceremony, Feb. 4
Clover Park School District announcement. LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Clover Park High School (CPHS) will host a special ceremony before its varsity boys basketball game on Friday, Feb. 4, at 6:30 p.m., to unveil a new name for the school’s gymnasium in honor of long-time educator and coach Mel Ninnis. The event and game will be […]
On Feb. 2 in 1880
Job Carr Cabin Museum social media post. On Feb. 2, 1880 New Tacoma was officially recognized by Pierce County.
Classy Chassis Haunted Car Wash Raises $5,000 for Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation
Last month a team from Classy Chassis Car Wash and Classic Coffee was able to meet with representatives of Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation to present the donation from their 2021 Haunted Car Wash event. Corey Campbell, Classy Chassis and Classic Coffee President, was thrilled to find that 2021 event was even more successful than the […]