WorkForce Central announcement. Tacoma, WA – Four Pierce County organizations are amplifying vital workforce services to young adults throughout the county. The partner organizations, Palmer Scholars, Korean Women’s Association, Northwest Education Access, and Equus Workforce Solutions, all have a long history of providing exceptional services to the Pierce County Community. This year, they are coming […]
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Metro Parks Tacoma Pools wants to hear from you
Metro Parks Tacoma announcement. Your input about how you use Metro Parks Tacoma Pools will help us achieve our standard of excellence and plan ahead. Click here to take a survey.
U.S. Army Special Operations Command to conduct exercise Dec. 3-17
Joint Base Lewis-McChord announcement. JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. Elements of U.S. Army Special Operations Command are conducting routine military training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Yakima Training Center, Washington, and Pendleton Airfield, Oregon December 3-17, 2021. The Soldiers will use training ammunition and other training devices to make the exercise as real as possible. There will […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed November 30
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. On Nov. 30, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Nov. 7-20 is 303.5. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 7.2 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 278 COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths: A […]
Obituary Notices – December 1, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Chun Ae Medina; Gik Rim Choi; Gregorio Reyes Blas. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Earl G. Herrick. Mountain View Funeral Home: Tessa Wagner Aldrich; Mary Hurst; Betty R. Nausley; Anthony Jamal Petty; Hudson Ray; Kitty Simpson; Vilimaa Winterstein. Hill Funeral Home: Richard A. Mohler. Gaffney Funeral Home: Anita Darragh. Week’s […]
Annual Fallen Officer Food Drive Dec. 1
City of Lakewood announcement. December 1, Lakewood Police will be holding its annual Fallen Officer Food Drive at the police station located at 9401 Lakewood Dr SW. It begins (Rain or Shine!) at 6:00AM and close it down for the day at 5:30PM. Donation bins will also be in place at the station for any other […]
Reminder: Overnight closures of I-5 in Tacoma start Thursday, Dec. 2
Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. TACOMA – Travelers planning to use Interstate 5 through Tacoma overnight on Dec. 2-4 will want to plan ahead and take alternate routes to avoid delays. Construction crews building the new East L Street bridge over I-5 will close all lanes of southbound I-5 for one night and then […]
CPSD Hosts Washington State Representatives Leavitt and Bronoske for Facility Tour
Clover Park School District announcement. LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Clover Park School District welcomed Washington state 28th district representatives Mari Leavitt and Dan Bronoske for a tour of two of the district’s schools on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Leavitt and Bronoske joined district administrators and staff members from the Washington Association of Maintenance and Operations Administrators to […]
Final draft districting plan submitted to the Districting Committee for review
Pierce County announcement. The Pierce County Districting Committee is tasked with redrawing the seven Pierce County Council districts to equally distribute the county’s population based on 2020 Census data. The Districting Committee received the final draft plan at their meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 5:30 p.m. The public was invited to join the meeting virtually here or by […]