Asia Pacific Cultural Center announcement. November 2021 – The Washington State Arts Commission announced that APCC has been awarded the 2021 Governor’s Arts & Heritage Luminary Award. APCC is one of only eight honorees in Washington who are receiving this award to “distinguish and acknowledge arts and heritage organizations and cultural leaders who stood as […]
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Clover Park School District Offers Hiring Bonuses for Hard-to-Fill Positions
Clover Park School District announcement. LAKEWOOD, Wash — Clover Park School District is offering hiring bonuses of up to $3,500 to fill important positions inside and outside the classroom. CPSD has a shortage of important positions in our schools made worse by the pandemic, and we are looking to our community for support. Positions are Monday […]
Sound Transit train, Link light rail, bus schedules for Thanksgiving holiday
Sound Transit announcement. Riders should be aware of service reductions for the holiday weekend, including limited Sounder trains the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day service Sounder commuter rail will not operate. ST Express bus routes will operate on Sunday schedules. Link light rail will run on Sunday schedules. Tacoma Link will run on Sunday schedules. […]
Pierce County Library System closed Nov. 25-26 for Thanksgiving
Pierce County Library System announcement. PIERCE COUNTY, Washington – The Pierce County Library System will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov. 26, for Thanksgiving. During that time, the Library’s online services, as always, will be open at www.piercecountylibrary.org, featuring online e-books, audiobooks, videos and magazines as well as other services and resources.
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed November 22
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. On Nov. 22, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Oct. 28-Nov. 10 is 332.9. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 10.3 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 84 COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths: […]
Obituary Notices – November 23, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Wendell Huey Stroud; Bobby Thomas, Sr. Powers Funeral Home: Dolores Ione Wilson. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Carol Helen Storaasli. Scott Funeral Home: La’Shara Nicole-Lee Brown.
Making a Difference in the Lives of the Hungry and Unsheltered
Serve Washington announcement. TACOMA—Alexis Shepardson looked out the window of the van as the driver pulled into a spot beneath a bridge one afternoon in late October. The driver honked the horn. Immediately, people emerged from tents. Soon all Shepardson could see were people crowded around the van, eager to receive the boxes of food […]
‘Fear of vaccines is real:’ Dr. John Vassall builds trust one story at a time
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. 70% of Black people in the U.S. say our healthcare system treats people differently because of their race. That’s according to an October 2020 survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and ‘The Undefeated’. And many who haven’t gotten vaccinated say mistrust is an important reason. Dr. John Vassall worked for most of […]
Introducing Clover Park School District’s Give SIX Initiative
Clover Park School District announcement. LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Making a difference in the lives of students and children can be as simple as letting them know what qualities they bring with them every day that help them and those around them succeed. Clover Park School District launched its Give SIX initiative last year built around […]