A press release from Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Bob Ferguson is offering guidance for utility customers who have past due accounts and may be at risk of a utility shutoff. The statewide moratorium on utility disconnections ends on Sept. 30. In June, there were more than 280,000 people who had past due […]
Pierce County Library System takes classes and events outdoors
A press release from Pierce County Library System. PIERCE COUNTY, Washington – Learn and have fun at an outdoor class or event at the Pierce County Library System. To give children, teenagers and adults the classes and events they’ve been wanting, the Pierce County Library is offering classes in parking lots, fields and in other outdoor […]
Recovery & Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
A story from Office of Pierce County Councilmember Jani Hitchen. The month of September is a time where we reflect on those in recovery and those that we have lost to suicide. As National Recovery Month, this September we are focused on the theme “Recovery is for EVERYONE!” Pierce County Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division wants […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed September 2
A press release from Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. On Sept. 2, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Aug. 11-24 is 637.1. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 17.4 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 504 COVID-19 cases and 6 new […]
Obituary Notices – September 3, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: George Robert Frazier, Jr.; Donald Bruce Strasbaugh, Sr. Mountain View Funeral Home: Robert Long; Duane Edward Rivera. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Edward W. Johnson; John “Jay” B. McCament. Powers Funeral Home: Virginia Grace Matthis; Mike (Michael) Robert Dauer.
Lakewood Averts Placement of Level III Sex Offender into Adult Family Home
A news story from City of Lakewood. LAKEWOOD, Wash. – DSHS has cancelled plans to place a Level III sex offender released from Eastern State Hospital into a Lakewood adult family home. The City of Lakewood and local legislators insisted on the cancelation. Representative Mari Leavitt, Representative Dan Bronoske, and Senator T’wina Nobles negotiated with […]
Lakewood Chamber’s President Wins Main Street Mentors Search For 2021
Submitted by Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. The largest online referral network for small businesses, Alignable.com, is announcing the results of its North American search for business leaders who’ve gone above and beyond guiding peers, Main Street economies, and entire communities toward recovery. Today, Alignable’s network is honoring Linda Smith of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce […]
Port of Tacoma Road on-ramp to southbound I-5 reopens Friday
A press release from Washington State DOT. TACOMA – Finishing three days ahead of schedule, contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will reopen the Port of Tacoma on-ramp to southbound Interstate 5 by 6 a.m., Friday, Sept. 3. Guy F. Atkinson Construction closed the ramp on Monday, Aug. 23 so crews […]
Letter: Whether The Community Or The Classroom, Revitalization Is The Same
When my first grandson was in first grade at Tillicum Elementary School, his father and I walked into that classroom – with the permission of then Principal Taj Jensen – and asked how many would like to play baseball. Every hand that went up belonged to a child who was then on the team. That […]