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 […]
Letter: Thank you to the Voters of Steilacoom
A letter from John Perry, Candidate for Steilacoom Town Council. The results for the Primary election were published earlier this month and Steilacoom stood out from the rest of Pierce County with regards to voter participation. I want to take a minute to wish a heartfelt thank you from the Perry Family for your support. […]
Letter: OSPI: Soft selling Critical Race Theory in a District near you…CPSD
Submitted by John Arbeeny. The devil is in the details. The OSPI “ACADEMIC AND STUDENT WELL-BEING RECOVERY PLAN: PLANNING GUIDE 2021” alleges to “Transform K–12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and […]
New Apartments at 4201 Bridgeport Are Taking Shape
An announcement from City of University Place. Travelers along Bridgeport Way between 40th and 44th streets have been asking a lot of questions about what is happening on the lot at 4201 Bridgeport Way W. The old, dilapidated structures on the property were demolished to make way for two new, multi-story buildings that will house […]
Here’s what you can expect from the Tacoma Greek Festival this year – a Greek pastry bake sale. Order Now
An army of volunteers once again has piled this summer into the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Tacoma. The church volunteers are armed with gallons of honey syrup and thousands of sheets of phyllo dough. And they have baking to do. Lots of baking. While church volunteers are doing what they do best – […]