City of Lakewood announcement. The City of Lakewood is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Springbrook Park, is located at 12601 Addison St SW in Lakewood in Pierce County. This project involves 2.34 acres of soil disturbance for Commercial, Utilities construction activities. All discharges and […]
State payroll employment continues rising in October
Washington State Employment Security Department announcement. Washington’s economy gained an estimated 5,400 jobs (seasonally adjusted) in October. Job growth was highest in the following industries: Leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, education and health services, government, transportation, warehousing and utilities. Collectively, these industries gained 10,800 jobs. Job loss was highest in the information industry, […]
Obituary Notices – November 19, 2022
Mountain View Funeral Home: Ho Chung Kim; Joyce Eileen Thayne. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Pamela K. Larsen. Hill Funeral Home: John Arthur Vail. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Roy Leon Masengale.
From time immemorial
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. Recently, I joined a group of County employees at the Environmental Services Building to welcome them to a very important training session. This was my third time welcoming folks to this particular class this Fall and we hosted the class several times before COVID. The class is called “Government […]
Lakewood City Manager November 18 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) November 18 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Steilacoom Town Administrator November 18 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s November 18 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Point Defiance Zoo introduces two young walruses from Aquarium Du Quebec
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium announcement. TACOMA, Wash. – They were born just weeks apart six years ago and have been closely bonded ever since. And now, the two young walruses have moved together from Aquarium du Québec to their new home at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Male walrus Balzak and female walrus Lakina (pronounced La-kee’-na) arrived […]
Friends of Spanaway Lake respond to County’s Community Village proposal
Submitted by Penny Howard, Friends of Spanaway Lake. Proposal website: https://www.piercecountywa.gov/7845/Pierce-County-Village The board of Friends of Spanaway Lake (FOSL) takes this opportunity to address the fervent opposition to Pierce County’s proposed plan to construct a permanent micro-city for chronically homeless located in the middle of a federal and state identified wetland complex. This wetland site […]
LeMay – America’s Car Museum Partners with Santa’s Castle to Bring New Toys to Military Families at JBLM
Submitted by LeMay – America’s Car Museum. This holiday season, LeMay – America’s Car Museum is partnering with fellow non-profit, Santa’s Castle, for their annual holiday toy drive to help bring new toys to military families at Joint Base Lewis-McCord who are experiencing financial hardships. Every year, hundreds of military families in our local community throughout the […]