City of DuPont announcement. The City of DuPont Fire Department is announcing the recent departure of two Firefighters. We are sorry to see them leave but wish them the best of luck in their new positions,” said Mayor Frederick. “The city is planning to hire two Firefighters with Paramedic certification to expand the delivery of services […]
South Hill’s Mix Poke Bar is now open. It also has boba tea
Poke bowl restaurant Mix Poke Bar is now open in Puyallup’s Sunrise Village. The fast casual restaurant is a duplicate of the Tacoma Mall location, but this one is a brick-and-mortar, not a food court restaurant. As I told you last month in this story, opening alongside Mix Poke Bar is Sip + Spoon with […]
Making a Difference Foundation Receives Grant
Making a Difference Foundation announcement. Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $5,640 from Skookum Contract Services’ Community Support for its Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank remodel project. MADF’s Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank focuses on alleviating food insecurity in Pierce County. People experiencing hunger can visit and […]
Strickland and Young Lead Bipartisan Letter to Raise Base Pay for Service Members
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Congressman Don Young (AK-At Large) led 12 Members of Congress on a bipartisan letter urging the Appropriations Committee to raise the base pay for service members. The current base pay doesn’t provide adequate support for service members or […]
Obituary Notice – December 20, 2021
Mountain View Funeral Home: Timothy Dale Blankenship.
Kid Life; The Car Cigarette Lighter Circa 1964-ish
The old man was a lifer in the US Army and stationed at Ft Lewis, as such when it was time to get groceries we always went to the Commissary. Mom always did the deed when I was in school, but in the summertime, she drag me with her unless she stopped on the way […]
Letter: Clover Park High School mascot “Warrior” name change update
Submitted by Rebecca Weisenhaus. Sadly, Clover Park High School’s mascot may soon be retired despite widespread community push back. The name change of their mascot has been a hot button issue for many people in our community, particularly alumni. The name “Warriors” will no longer be chanted. Being that we live in such a heavily […]
Paws, Play and Picnics at new Swan Creek Park area
Submitted by Metro Parks Tacoma. Joy sparkled like sunshine in the late fall air at Swan Creek Park. “Good boy, get the stick!” called a woman to a Shih Tzu gamboling around the dog park. “Two, three, four, five!” chanted two kids, hopping across play stumps.And up the end of the zig-zag pathway, three teens […]
Tacoma’s newest seafood boil restaurant Krab Kingz now open
Tacoma’s newest seafood boil restaurant has opened in Parkland at 11814 Pacific Ave. S. Krab Kingz is an outpost of a southern-based chain of crab boil restaurants. The Tacoma restaurant opened Nov. 27, 2021. The opening comes about a month after the opening of Crab King Cajun Boil and Bar near Tacoma Mall. Krab Kingz […]