Submitted by Jesse Gamez, Intermountain Medicare President at Humana. The annual Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment period is here. From October 15 to December 7, millions of people eligible for Medicare can sign up, switch or leave a health care plan to fit their coverage needs for 2022. Due to the ongoing […]
Letter: Is This Really Who Lakewood Is?
Submitted by Taniesha Lyons. Dear Voters, The quote below is a comment in the Suburban times written by one of the people who attended the Clover Park school district board meeting and who happens to be a mental health counselor. How one can be a counselor and push back against equity is a whole different […]
CPSD Staff Spotlight: Bus Driver Kelly Hartman
A Clover Park School District story. Our CPSD Staff Spotlight this week features district bus driver Kelly Hartman. She is in her 30th year driving for the district. She drives 140 miles every day to transport students to and from school. “I love when the kids are smiling or singing together,” she said. “It just makes me […]
TCC Employees Achieve Nearly 100 Percent Verified Vaccination/Exemption Rate
Tacoma Community College press release. As of Oct. 18, the date by which all Washington State workers must be verified as vaccinated or vaccination exempt as a condition of continuing employment, all but 10 Tacoma Community College (TCC) employees are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious exemption. The college […]
Small group of voters in the Puyallup area received two ballot packets
Pierce County Auditor press release. A vendor who provides printing and mailing for Pierce County Elections has made a mailing mistake. As a result, an estimated 63 to 171 voters in the Puyallup area have been sent two ballot mailing packets. The two ballot packets contain the same envelopes and ballot for the voter. Controls […]
25th Annual Fall Safety Day
West Pierce Fire & Rescue announcement. The 25th Annual Fall Safety Day will take place at Station 21 (5000 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood) on Oct. 23 (10 am-1 pm). This will be a drive through event. Each vehicle will be loaded with one pumpkin per child and a bag of goodies.
‘Lush European Classics’ Comprise Symphony Tacoma’s November Performance
Symphony Tacoma press release. Tacoma, WA — Symphony Tacoma continues its 75th Anniversary Celebration with its second of six classics concerts on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pantages Theater. This concert features a lush collection of melodic European classics. “As we continue with our 75th Anniversary Season, we want to assure […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed October 20
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. On Oct. 20, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Sept. 27-Oct. 10 is 492.8. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 12.9 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 436 COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths: […]
Obituary Notices – October 21, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Nikolay Yevgenyevich Goncharov. Mountain View Funeral Home: Patricia Ann Bstandig; Wayne Allen Hawkinson; Lee Wayne Hoffman Jr.; Richard Purdue; Michael Siegel; Kaisha Walker. Powers Funeral Home: Marie Karman Wilkkins; Barbara Joyce Shattuck; James Leonard Campbell Sr.; William Leroy Cunningham; Scott Edwards Awalt; Donald Walter Lyle Jr. Scott Funeral Home: Bertha Mae […]