Mountain View Funeral Home: Bryan Lee Robison. Powers Funeral Home: Gail Sylvia Vitale.
Hallelujah – A Song that Grabs You and Touches Your Soul
The Westgate Shopping Center on North Pearl in Tacoma has music that can be heard all across the parking lot and probably beyond. Recently I was parked outside Key Bank, while my wife Peg was inside reviewing our accounts. Both days I heard and listened intently to the music. They played Canadian Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” […]
Our Supply Chain: How it affects all of us
Lakewood United announcement. Tod Wolf from the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce will speak to Lakewood United Thursday, September 1st (7:30 am) at Bur’s Restaurant (and virtually). Tod is the Chairman of the Board for the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and also helps plan city events as a member of the Arts Commission. If you have attended a […]
New WorkSource Location Connects Workforce Services to East Pierce County
WorkForce Central press release. Puyallup, WA – WorkForce Central is expanding services for job seekers and businesses into the greater Pierce County community with the addition of a WorkSource Pierce site at South Hill Mall. The new location offers workforce services five days a week and was launched as a pilot to assess whether expanding access […]
Closing soon! GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists at the Tacoma Art Museum
Hilltop Artists announcement. This is it — your last chance to experience GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists! This exciting exhibit, closing September 4th at the Tacoma Art Museum, features art from Hilltop Artists alums and friends, and was curated by alum and teaching artist Trenton Quiocho. GATHER artists include: Douglas Jan Burgess II, Dale Chihuly, […]
$220M to design and construct a downstream fish passage on Howard Hanson dam benefits TPU customers and the environment
Tacoma Public Utilities press release. TACOMA, Wash. – Framed by the pristine forests of the Green River watershed, Tacoma Public Utilities Director Jackie Flowers gathered with U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, representatives from the Muckleshoot tribe, and other regional leaders to celebrate the announcement of $220M from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act […]
Kilmer Pushes Federal Government to Improve Services, Eliminate “Time Tax”
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer press release. Tacoma, WA – This month, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake a review or series of reviews of the efforts of the federal government to improve constituent facing agency operations. In a letter to the […]
Taiko Drums in Old Town Park Sept 10
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma announcement. Japanese TAIKO Drums in Old Town Park Tacoma Sept 10 at 4:00pm CHIKIRI and team, and The School of TAIKO, perform exciting and beautiful Japanese Taiko Drums. The drum group and the school, based in Seattle/Bellevue, were founded in 2009 by professional Taiko performers Ringtaro and Asako Tateishi. […]
Summer Internship: Economics major finds family environment with global company
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Travis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do after graduation. But when he took […]