A press release from Tacoma Community College. Tacoma Community College Provost Marissa Schlesinger will complete the Habitat Challenge this week, rappelling down 28 stories from the roof of Tacoma’s Hotel Murano at approximately 2:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27. The challenge raises funds for Pierce County Habitat for Humanity programs that promote homeownership, foreclosure prevention and aging in […]
Free CPSD Community Vaccine Clinics on Aug. 30 and 31
A press release from Clover Park School District. LAKEWOOD, Wash — Clover Park School District (CPSD) has partnered with Genoa Healthcare to host two free COVID-19 vaccine clinics on Aug. 30 and 31 for CPSD staff, students, families, and the community. Individuals 12 years of age and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Genoa Healthcare will […]
Lakewood City Council Special Meeting Aug. 30
A press release from City of Lakewood. The Lakewood City Council will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, August 30, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. The purpose of the Special Meeting is to recess into Executive Session pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) to discuss with legal counsel representing the […]
Upskill training will advance workers into living-wage careers in priority industries. Training providers are needed.
A press release from WorkForce Central. Tacoma, WA – Employers across high-demand industries throughout Pierce County are seeking qualified job seekers to fill positions that provide living-wage employment. WorkForce Central is responding to this need by building a strong pool of technical training providers to deliver employer-driven, rapid reskill and upskill trainings to build the […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed August 26
A press release from Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. On Aug. 26, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Aug. 4-Aug. 17 is 594.8. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 13.9 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 405 COVID-19 cases and 1 […]
Obituary Notices – August 27, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Timothy Alen Ampe. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Phoebe L. Bates. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Jose Rios (Pepe) Morales.
Our Best Effort
Submitted by Chief Mike Zaro, Lakewood Police. One of my goals after becoming Chief here in Lakewood was to highlight the good work our officers do for the Lakewood community. Good police work quite often goes unnoticed and doesn’t always involve solving crimes or making arrests but is still worth sharing. One such example occurred […]
Letter: The Martians Are Here
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. In H. G. Wells’ famous science fiction story, “War of the Worlds,” an advanced technological civilization from Mars is quickly winning a war against humans on Earth. Winning, that is, until they are felled, as Wells put it, by the lowliest of creatures: germs (perhaps even the common cold — a […]
Free Video Information About COVID and Disabilities
For the last three months we have been producing videos for the Alliance of People with disAbilities. As a past board member and board chair at TACID (Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities) it felt like old times. On the street, shopping, in business, even in sports, and anywhere you go, most disabilities go […]