The Puyallup City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on March 22 (6:30 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Puyallup City Council Salary Review Commission to meet March 24
City of Puyallup announcement. The Puyallup City Council Salary Review Commission will meet on Thursday, March 24, to review various items of business and to hold a public hearing on the matter of City Council salaries for 2022. The meeting will occur remotely beginning at 6:30 p.m. via the Zoom meeting platform. Information on how to access […]
Obituary Notices – March 21, 2022
Edwards Memorial: Yu-Mei Yeh; Brenda Marie Moorhead. Mountain View Funeral Home, Memorial Park & Crematory: Herbert L. Hiegel Sr.; Sondra Lee Holliday; Alexander Lot Nguyen.
Edge of America – Film Review
Storyline:Based on a true story, a black educator takes a job teaching high-school English at the Three Nations Reservation, and is coaxed into coaching the girls’ basketball team. Here is the official trailer: I’m a little confused on the reservation location. Although the reservation known as Three Nations Reservation is in North Dakota, the greatest […]
Governor signs bill addressing diaper need
Washington State Senate Democrats announcement. On March 18 the governor signed into law Senate Bill 5838, sponsored by state Sen. T’wina Nobles (D-Fircrest), to address a diaper need for Washington families who are on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) after the bill passed nearly unanimously from the Legislature. “We have a paramount duty to […]
Schuster Parkway to Pacific Avenue Exit Closure Scheduled March 21 – 22
City of Tacoma announcement. The City of Tacoma’s Environmental Services Department will be closing the Schuster Parkway to Pacific Avenue exit for tree removal on Monday, March 21, and Tuesday, March 22, from 9 AM to 4 PM each day. The closure is for southbound traffic entering downtown Tacoma. Detours will be in place, and […]
U.P. to Launch Dog Walker Watch
City of University Place announcement. University Place dog walkers are invited to take part in a special training and awareness opportunity on a new public safety initiative being launched across the city. The public is invited to join U.P. Police Chief Greg Premo and Jennifer Hales, public safety administrator, in the City Council Chambers on […]
ANNA IN THE TROPICS – Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” Sparks Rich Fantasies and Broken Dreams
Tacoma Arts Live announcement. Tacoma Arts Live’s Regional Theater Program presents Anna in the Tropics, a poignant and poetic play that garnered the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for then unknown Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz. Anna will open for a preview on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m., plus seven additional performances through April 10 at Tacoma’s Theater on the Square. The play, […]
Piece of local history comes down as former bowling center is demolished
“The proposed project includes seven apartment buildings, each of approximately 24,275 square feet, one apartment building of approximately 50,050 square feet, and one of approximately 57,025 square feet. Each has its own parking area. Seven of the buildings would be three stories each, and the other two are planned at four stories each. A pool […]