City of Lakewood announcement. Video Recording Agenda Packet The meeting began with a moment of silence for the victims of domestic terrorism incidents in Buffalo, New York and Laguna Woods, California. Eleven were killed in separate racially-motivated attacks. City Council proclaimed the week of May 15, 2022 as National Public Works Week. The City’s Public […]
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Lakewood Library Book Sale
Submitted by Friends of the Lakewood Library. A book sale sponsored by Friends of the Lakewood Library will be held at the Lakewood Library on May 20-21 and May 27-28. Monies generated by the sales are used to support library programs and services not covered by the library budget. Since the initial book sale on […]
CPSD’s Open Doors Program Earns National Cognia Accreditation
Clover Park School District announcement. Clover Park School District’s Open Doors Program recently earned accreditation from Cognia, a non-profit organization that provides quality assurance for schools, school districts and education service providers. CPSD’s program is only the second Open Doors Youth Reengagement program in the state of Washington to earn accreditation from Cognia and joins […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Cases, hospitalizations and deaths
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. Today, we updated our report and data dashboard to focus on the 7-day case rate. CDC uses a combination of the 7-day case and hospitalization rates to determine our COVID-19 Community Level. Our current level is low and our 7-day rate is 168.2. We update the case rate on our main dashboard every Tuesday, […]
Obituary Notices – May 18, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Birbal Dhir. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Ralph J Martin. Mountain View Funeral Home: Rebecca Carrington; Charlie David Crow; Josephine Field; Wayne Graham; Mao Orn; Brett Matthew Skube. Gaffney Funeral Home: Jusdon Edwin Harold Mounts. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Elaine Marie (Chwalek) Blocki. Scott Funeral Home: Odessa Antonette Gore Easterlin; Reginald […]
Rotary District Grant Supplies 1,000 Backpacks for Students in Nepal
Rotary Club of Lakewood announcement. Backpacks and school supplies were provided to 1,000 students in Kathmandu, Nepal by Lakewood Rotary International Service Committee partnering with the Rotary Club of Kathmandu Heights and Rotary District 5020. These are students at risk of not returning to school, becoming dropouts, due to the impact of covid 19 on […]
Tacoma Native and “The Voice” Star Vicci Martinez to Headline Tag Festival
Submitted by Travel Tacoma. Tacoma native Vicci Martinez, who appeared in NBC’s “The Voice” and the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” will headline Tacoma’s TAG Festival (Together… In Art and Glass) on Sunday, May 22. Martinez, who placed third in season 1 of the singing contest will be preceded on the TAG Festival […]
DuPont May 13 Report to Council
Read the DuPont Mayor’s May 13 report to the City Council by clicking here.
Paving scheduled for I-5 ramps at South 56th Street in Tacoma
Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. TACOMA – Crews are set to refresh the Interstate 5 exits and on-ramps to South 56th Street in Tacoma. Upcoming work over an entire weekend means travelers will need to plan to help prevent delays. Weather permitting, the work will occur during the weekend of May 20. The northbound […]