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 […]
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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 […]
Health department lifts Thea Foss Waterway Sewage Spill Advisory
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. On Feb. 2, 2022 Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department lifted the sewage spill advisory for Thea Foss Waterway. The water in the area is no longer a public health concern. Learn more about our surface water quality efforts and current advisories at tpchd.org/advisories.
Record Volumes in Breakbulk cargo at the Northwest Seaport Alliance
Northwest Seaport Alliance announcement. 2021 marks the highest breakbulk cargo volumes for The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) gateway. Since 2015, the NWSA has operated breakbulk cargo facilities at East Blair 1 and Terminal 7 in Tacoma. “We are proud of our port operated terminals, Port of Tacoma personnel, and the ILWU longshore workforce who has […]
Hidden Hero: Moe’Neyah Holland
As the executive director of Teens in Tacoma, Moe’Neyah Holland strives to improve her community by highlighting the artistic potential of Tacoma’s teenagers. She attended Curtis High School and now studies art history at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her overarching goal is to change museum curation methods through a focus on Black artists, […]