Opinion by Rep. Derek Kilmer and Sen. Chris Coons originally for CNN Business Perspectives. As our economy has changed in recent years, communities have been left behind. Many of them have gone from exporting products to exporting young people as job opportunities erode. In Claymont, Delaware, a bustling steel mill that was once the beating heart of a large […]
Pierce County Medical Examiner seeks family or friends for more than 170 unclaimed decedents
A press release from Pierce County. What happens when someone dies, and no one claims their body? In the case of Pierce County, Wash., the Medical Examiner’s office arranges the cremation of the decedents and provides a respectful ceremony at a final resting place. A public memorial and gathering will be held on Tuesday, Aug. […]
JBLM-North Access Road Improvement Project Update
An announcement from City of Lakewood. As of August 9, the JBLM-North Access Road Improvement project is progressing on schedule. Curbing for the new roundabout at Nyanza has been poured. The water main extension will approach Veterans Drive by the end of the week. Storm drainage is progressing just behind the water main work. Once […]
Need help creating YouTube Videos to grow your business?
An announcement from Tacoma-Pierce Chamber of Commerce. We invite you to join Grow with Google on Aug. 17 (8am via Zoom) for a fun and informative webinar on how to Use YouTube to Grow Your Business. Get best practices for creating a YouTube Channel and compelling video content that promotes your products and services and drives […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed August 10
A press release from Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. On August 10, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for July 19- August 1 is 287.1. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 7 per 100,000. Today we confirmed 386 COVID-19 cases and […]
Obituary Notices – August 11, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: John Floyd Keyt; Joanne Louise Moran. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Nancy Elizabeth Franzica Kelly; Robert Lloyd Brown. Mountain View Funeral Home: Clyde Russell Harris; George A Newsome Sr.; Jane Olson. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Yolanda “DeeDee” Jackson-Bradberry; William Wayne Coleman; Harold Leroy Merz; Thomas Orin Young.
Mike Griffus named Pierce Transit’s next CEO
A press release from Pierce Transit. The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners has named Mike Griffus as Pierce Transit’s next Chief Executive Officer. Griffus has served as Pierce Transit’s Chief Operating Officer since 2016, where he directly managed about 80 percent of the agency’s employees, including its 500 bus operators. As COO, Griffus oversaw and managed daily […]
Westside Story – Six Shoppers Shot
During my half-century as a Lakewood citizen and City of Lakewood pioneer, I spent 15 years patrolling the streets of Lakewood as a police officer. During my last ten years in Lakewood, I wrote over 700 plus columns for The Suburban Times titled Westside Story. I still claim to be on the West Side but […]
Kid Life; Kebo’s Big Boy circa mid 1970’s
This story was originally posted in late May of this year on the “You Know You’re From Lakewood” Facebook site. There was a kindness in his eyes. The sort of thing that led you to believe that when he spoke, it would be the sound of kindness. Or timid. A softer shade of human comes […]