On July 6, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for June 11-24 is 65.9 The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 2.8 per 100,000. Today we confirmed 48 COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths: A woman in her 70s from Tacoma. A […]
Obituary Notices – July 7, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Gregg Steven Marquart. Mountain View Funeral Home: Deanna Weller. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Marjorie Lucille Harbison; Mary E. Stutheit; Lorraine E. Maples.
Book Signing: Wicked Tacoma
Join us at the Tacoma Historical Society Museum (406 Tacoma Avenue South) for a book signing (July 10, 1-2 pm) with local author Karla Stover, whose new book Wicked Tacoma is hot off the presses from Arcadia Publishing. Tacoma, the city where the rails meet the sails, has always been a place of innovation and […]
Pierce Transit Board to discuss CEO position at July 7 meeting
The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Board Meeting on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Board is expected to recess into Executive Session shortly after the meeting is called to order to further evaluate and deliberate about the qualifications of applicants for the CEO position pursuant […]
JBLM to train with mortars and demolitions July 7-9
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct day and nighttime training with mortars and demolitions from 6:30 a.m. July 7 to July 9 concluding at 11:59 p.m. Public queries or comments about noise may be directed to JBLM Public Affairs.
Letter: ‘The commitment I bring to doorbelling, is the commitment I will bring to the school board’
As of the submission date of this article for publication, I have personally been on the doorsteps of 1,038 homes in Lakewood, pursuing elected office to serve on the Clover Park School Board. Thanks to the help of others, we will have reached 5,000 homes by the date of the Primary Election, August 3. My […]
Local Eagle Scout Builds Tiny Home for the Homeless
Everyone knows about homelessness and the problems that flow from people struggling for an everyday place to live. One local teen decided to do more than talk about it. She built a home for someone. Eighteen-year-old Delaney Dodd spent time, energy, and muscle into constructing a tiny home for the non-profit Sound Foundations NW. Dodd, […]
LASA Looking for New Board Members
Submitted by Irene Coco, LASA Case Manager. Do you find yourself with too much time on your hands? Do you want to make the Lakewood area a better place to live? Do you believe that people deserve safe places to live? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, please reach out to Janne […]
Teen creativity shines in Pierce County Library System’s art contest
Pierce County teen artists, photographers, and writers put an exclamation point on the 25th year of the Pierce County Library System’s annual Our Own Expressions Teen Writing and Art Contest! More than 700 students in grades 7 through 12 from schools across the county displayed their creativity and talent in their drawings, photographs, poems and short […]