Join DuPont Parks & Recreation for Park Appreciation Day as we come together to spruce up our community’s parks! Volunteers are encouraged to pre-register. Please bring your own tools! A light breakfast will be provided for registered volunteers. Help keep our parks beautiful, volunteer today!
Letter: Why I Refuse to Be Defined by Labels
Submitted by Gregory Alderete. In an era increasingly dominated by tribalism and binary thinking, I find myself resisting the urge—and the pressure—to choose a side. Left or right. Conservative or liberal. Blue or red. These labels, once shorthand for political leanings, have become ideological cages. They distort. They divide. And more often than not, they […]
Thank you, volunteers
Volunteers are the heart of the community at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 20–26), the zoo is proud to celebrate the time, talent, and passion our volunteers dedicate in support of our mission to inspire and conserve. In 2024, 274 volunteers donated a remarkable 24,890 hours of service, […]
Public Hearing on South Tacoma Groundwater Protection District Code Update on May 21
TACOMA, Wash. — On May 21, no earlier than 6 p.m., the Tacoma Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed code amendments to the South Tacoma Groundwater Protection District (STGPD) and Tacoma Municipal Code (TMC) Title 13. The meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format with in-person (Tacoma Municipal Building Council Chambers, […]
Obituary Notices – April 23, 2025
Mountain View Funeral Home: Donn Carsrud; Nils Gimse; Wilbur J. Grubbs; Colleen Holste; Vanessa Matautia; Jose Antonio Villahermosa; Nancy Wilson. Scott Funeral Home: Ronald Stephenson Baxter. Tacoma Mausoleum & Mortuary: Jacob Altona.
DuPont April 18 Bits & Bytes
Read the City of DuPont’s April 18 Bits & Bytes newsletter by clicking here.
Flag Lowering – April 22, 2025 (Pope Francis)
Pursuant to the attached Presidential Proclamation, Governor Ferguson hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor and remembrance of Pope Francis. Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on the Saturday, April 26, 2025, or first thing Monday morning, April 28th. Other government […]
JBLM will be conducting demolitions training April 23-25
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct day and nighttime demolitions training from April 23 at 7 a.m. to April 25 at 11:59 p.m. (Conclusion times could change for various circumstances). Public queries or comments about noise may be directed to JBLM Public Affairs Public queries or comments about noise may be directed to JBLM Public Affairs […]
Letter: Hmm….Lakewood Park Improvement?
Submitted by KM Hills. On Friday, April 18, 2025, after enjoying dinner at a local Lakewood taco restaurant, located at Steilacoom Blvd. & Edgewater Dr., we headed home along the edge of Lake Steilacoom. As we drove past the boat launch I was surprised to see an empty lot, which the City of Lakewood now […]