Joint Base Lewis-McChord social media post. RED FLAG NOTICE: Pierce County has declared critical fire weather conditions will lead to high fire danger across the region now through Sept. 11. All outdoor burning, including recreational and cooking fires (except gas grills), is prohibited until the Red Flag event is over.
Western Rodeo Parade and Cattle Drive a Success
City of Puyallup social media post. The 2022 Western Rodeo Parade and Cattle Drive was a success! Some of the cattle did stop midway through to have little snack on some shrubs. Thank you all for coming out and enjoying some community fun!
Oh poop!
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. While it’s a rather indelicate topic, properly disposing of human waste while on a boat is no laughing matter. Okay, you can giggle a little bit. Back when I was a boy on our sailboat, the marine toilet discharged directly overboard – gross and bad for the Sound! Today, […]
Lakewood City Manager September 9 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) September 9 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Eastbound Division Ave. and Northbound MLK Jr. Way will open as early as Sept. 9
Sound Transit announcement. Construction activities are occurring throughout the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension project area that include crews continuing to finish the roadway restoration, working on station finishes, adjusting utilities, paint striping on the street, systems testing, installing crosswalks in various locations along the Hilltop Tacoma Link project area. Please allow for extra travel time […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator September 9 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s September 9 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Letter: At least 2× rent and no evictions?
Submitted by Gary Davis. It’s wonderful news that we are building more “Low-income Housing” in Pierce County. However, if you must make at least 2× the amount of rent, and cannot have any evictions on your rental history, then it doesn’t matter how many “low-income” buildings you have. There will never be an end to […]
Tidy-Up Tacoma
City of Tacoma social media post. We collected 3,100+ lbs of garbage & 2,000+ lbs of vegetation debris in August through the Tidy-Up #Tacoma initiative. Here are some before & after from the Dome & McKinley Districts and around our welcome signs. More info on this clean up effort http://cityoftacoma.org/tidyup
Across the Fence: First Days of School
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Labor Day is gone. Here come fall and a new schoolyear. As we are driving through our neighborhood on our way to wherever, we encounter school buses again. Or groups of moms and kids waiting for them either to pick up one of theirs or to drop them off. It makes […]