A press release from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. On Oct. 8, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Sept. 15-28 is 557.0. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 11.6 per 100,000. Today, we confirmed 281 COVID-19 cases and 3 […]
Obituary Notices – October 9, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Josephine Fletcher. Mountain View Funeral Home: Amanda Amend; Dorothy Barger; Jerry H. Barrett; J A “Jim” Bricker; Ok Bin Cho; Barbara A. Shipman. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Karina Brambila-Ramirez. Hill Funeral Home: Richard James Shipman. Gaffney Funeral Home: Michael Earl Strong. Scott Funeral Home: Donald Ray Thompson; John Kinlow.
Not invisible anymore
A story from Sarah Colleen Sotomish, Pierce County Executive’s Senior Counsel for Tribal Relations. Next Monday is Indigenous People’s Day around the nation. It is an opportune time to raise awareness of a nationwide crisis tribes face – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). It’s tragic, it’s unbelievable and it needs to be addressed now. […]
Do You Like Dancing with the Stars?
Submitted by Bob Lawrence. Come join us at 3PM at the Lakewood Film Art Book Festival, this Sunday. October 10 at the McGavick Center in the Clover Park Technical College. Our own Tacoma Arthur Murray Studio will put on a 50-minute demonstration of all the classic ball room dances. Just to name a few: the […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator October 8 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s October 8 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
New Fall Classes at Dance Theatre Northwest
Submitted by Dance Theatre Northwest. Dance Theatre Northwest will offer Beginner Level Adult/Teen Tap Dance on Thursdays at 6pm beginning October 14 in addition to a wide variety of dance classes for students age 4 through adult. Classes range from creative movement to instruction in classical ballet, Pointe, partnering, jazz dance, musical theatre, dance exercise […]
Lakewood City Manager October 8 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) October 8 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Open house for South Tacoma and Lakewood Station access projects now online
A press release from Sound Transit. Sound Transit is seeking public feedback on ideas for improving the experience of getting to and from Sounder trains and regional buses at South Tacoma and Lakewood stations. This includes investments in safer walking, rolling and bicycling connections between stations and their surrounding neighborhoods; improved wayfinding and signage; additional […]
Letter: Vote Beth Elliott for Responsible Growth in DuPont
Submitted by Beth Elliott. I am running for the DuPont City Council because I believe responsible growth is a way to protect and enhance our quality of life. I have served on the Parks and Planning Commissions, the Sequalitchew Creek Watershed Council, the DuPont Community Garden Board and have participated in numerous other volunteer activities […]