FIFE – At 8 p.m. Friday, June 25, the old two-lane 70th Avenue East Bridge over Interstate 5 in Fife permanently closed to traffic and crews began work to switch traffic onto a new, wider replacement bridge. The new bridge, named Wapato Way East, is scheduled to open by 6 a.m. Monday, June 28. During […]
Obituary Notices – June 26, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Chun Fang Coy. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Dung Tri Nguyen. Mountain View Funeral Home: Doris Marie Nance.
Courageous Conversations COVID-19 Vaccine: You Decide
Courageous Conversations is a bold new 5-part ZOOM talk show series for straight talk about the COVID-19 vaccine. This program is free of charge and produced by Bethany (B.Lyte) Montgomery’s Power 2 The Poetry in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Each Conversation will be a 60-minute discussion with Q&A on vaccine-related […]
Thieves Are After Your Money or ID. Be Aware and Be Careful
There are scams to get your personal details and there are scams to impersonate you. It’s nothing personal; they just want your I.D. and your money. Two friends had their emails hacked last weekend. I got requests for help from the hackers. The requests didn’t use my name. I’ve seen the scam before. Both times […]
Introducing Dr. Dolores Silas High School
Woodrow Wilson High School will become Dr. Dolores Silas High School officially on July 1, after the Tacoma School Board of Directors voted unanimously Feb. 11 to rename the 61-year-old school. A celebration, hosted by students, community members and Dr. Dolores Silas herself, is scheduled for July 1 at 11 a.m. Join us for light refreshments […]
City of Fife opens cooling center June 26-28
Fife, WA – The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning. Dangerously hot temperatures – hotter than 100 degrees – are headed our way this weekend. The City of Fife wants to keep residents cool and safe, which is why the City of Fife is opening a FREE cooling center at the Fife Community Center this weekend. […]
PSE offers hot weather tips as temperatures heat up
Puget Sound Energy is encouraging customers to be more energy conscious as temperatures heat up over the next few days. Across its service area, PSE’s electric infrastructure is currently performing well, and energy usage is being monitored closely. Over the years, power consumption has risen during the summertime as customers add some form of air conditioning […]
Obituary Notices – June 25, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Heriberto S Melendez. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Hideko Angela Metz; William James Wylie; Brenda Joy Mulligan; Dorene Ocampo St Germain. Mountain View Funeral Home: Jeffrey Donald Fewins; Charlie Earl Hill Sr.; John David Snider. Hill Funeral Home: Mary Hoss.
Letter: Tacoma Camping
Submitted by KM Hills. I read an article online recently about how downtown Tacoma has become the desired place to live, for Millennials, in the South Sound. Compared to when I was a kid, when Tacoma was boarded up and empty, it has made a huge and very positive turnaround. Tacoma seemed to begin its […]