New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: SaLeal B. Thomas; LaDonna Mae Murray; Agnes Castro Toves. Mountain View Funeral Home: Shirley Corral. Powers Funeral Home: Tomiko Christenson; Vivian Karolyn Norby; Helen Dorothy Ambrose; Kristofor Lee Goatz. Gaffney Funeral Home: Sarah Irene Haeffner. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Cynthia Rose (Connoly) Nims.
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BECU Announces 2021 Black Community Development Project Recipients
Submitted by BECU. As a not-for-profit financial cooperative, BECU today announced the 2021 nonprofit recipients of its Black Community Development Project (BCDP), a $5 million commitment over the next five years ($1 million per year) to support racial equity in its communities in Washington and South Carolina. “In our second year of this project, BECU […]
Steilacoom Roundabout Construction Detour Maps available
As the Town of Steilacoom adds a roundabout at the intersection of Union Ave and Rainier Street, various types of traffic are being detoured. Click here to access the various detour maps.
Visiting Lakewold Gardens?
Lakewold Gardens announcement. First off, yes we are still open! Not only are we open but we have Winter Solstice Lights Preview starting November 19 at 4:30 pm! As you may already know, the Gravelly Lake Dr. construction project is well underway and is now impacting traffic in and around Lakewold Gardens. The City of Lakewood prepares […]
Minority Business Development Agency Permanently Authorized in Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced that the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has been made permanent, and will be expanded and elevated with the passage of the Minority Business Development Act of 2021. This historic legislation allows the agency to increase their programs and outreach to […]
Clover Park School District Celebrates American Education Week: Science 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 science. Susan Grewe, Tillicum Elementary School Tillicum Elementary School fifth grade teacher Susan Grewe makes science […]
Lakewood Author Susanne Bacon Launches New Novel Series
Have you ever read a fictional book centered on a military spouse? I haven’t. And as I have been pondering to write a series for years now, I thought I’d make my protagonist one of this literarily neglected species. It is obvious that I could use some of my few years’ experiences as a military […]
October brings continued volume growth in NWSA Gateway
Northwest Seaport Alliance announcement. The Northwest Seaport Alliance handled a total of 313,430 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), an increase of 5.6% compared to October 2020. Full imports grew 7.2%, while full exports decreased 9.8%. Year-to-date volumes improved 14.7% to 3,116,785 TEUs, with full imports growing 20.7% and full exports declining 11.2%. Maersk announced changes to […]
Strickland, Murray, Lead 80+ Lawmakers in Reintroducing the BE HEARD Act to Address Workplace Harassment
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland press release. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA-5), Assistant Speaker of the House, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8) reintroduced the Bringing an […]