Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) November 19 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
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Clover Park School District Celebrates American Education Week: Social Studies Teachers
Clover Park School District announcement. Clover Park School District is celebrating American Education Week by highlighting some of the great teachers providing students with the opportunities they need to learn and grow in the classroom. Today’s featured subject is social studies. Colleen Moran, Idlewild Elementary School Idlewild Elementary School fourth grade teacher Colleen Moran weaves […]
Eligible for Medicare? The Clock is Ticking to Choose Your 2022 Coverage
Submitted by Jesse Gamez, Intermountain Medicare President at Humana. Making a list and checking it twice isn’t just for the holidays this year. If you’re 65 or over or eligible for Medicare due to disability, developing a detailed list of what you have spent on your health care this past year – including hospital expenses […]
Buddy’s Chicken and Waffles now open in Tacoma
Buddy’s Chicken & Waffles is now open in Tacoma. But the new restaurant is not where owner Buddy Brown thought he would open. But he’s open. At least in a temporary location, said Brown. A grease trap is the culprit. Whenever I write about restaurant opening delays, the first thing I ask a restaurant owner […]
District Receives $3 Million Federal Grant for World Language Education
Clover Park School District announcement. LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Clover Park School District has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to improve and expand world language programs for elementary and secondary students at nine military-connected schools in the district. Though the grant specifically targets our most military-connected schools, […]
Strickland and AARP Host Live Tele-Town Hall on Caring for Caregivers
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland press release. During National Family Caregivers Month, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and AARP held a live tele-town hall to take questions, provide resources, and highlight how we must better support caregivers and families, especially as the House considers the Build Back Better Act. Strickland was joined by Cathy MacCaul, Advocacy Director for […]
ESD Monthly Employment Report: State labor market recovers more jobs in October
Washington State Employment Security Department announcement. Washington’s economy added 6,300 jobs in October. Between September and October, the preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.0 percent. According to the Employment Security Department’s (ESD) Economist Paul Turek, “The state has been making continued progress toward recovering jobs lost during the pandemic. Constraints that may […]
Sounder Seahawks game day trains November 21
Sound Transit announcement. Seattle Seahawks fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to the Seahawks 1:25 p.m. game Sunday, November 21 against the Arizona Cardinals. Special Sounder service is in addition to regular Link light rail, ST Express, and King County Metro service to and from […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed November 18
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. On Nov. 18, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Oct. 26-Nov. 8 is 346.1. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 11.1 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 236 COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths: […]