TACOMA, Wash.—Healthy relationships help your family build a solid foundation that will get you through good times—and hard times. Now, you can get free parenting support to learn strategies to build your child’s resilience during these uncertain times. Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department partnered with Triple P America—founder of the internationally-acclaimed parenting program, Triple P – […]
U.P. Cancels Duck Daze 2021
Special events such as Duck Daze, Movie Night in the Park and Concerts in Market Square are a treasured part of summers in University Place. Given the current status of COVID restrictions in Pierce County, which continue to fluctuate and currently stand at Phase 2, the decision has been made to cancel Duck Daze in […]
Public Hearing on City of Lakewood 2021 Carry Forward Budget Adjustment
On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, a public hearing will be held by the Lakewood City Council on the 2021 Carry Forward Budget Adjustment. Copies of the 2021 Carry Forward Budget adjustments can be viewed at https://cityoflakewood.us/finance/biennial-budget/. For further information, please call Tho Kraus, Assistant City Manager for Administrative Services, at (253) […]
Buddy’s Chicken & Waffles coming to downtown Tacoma
Red velvet waffles, milk-and-cookies waffles, cornmeal waffles, buttermilk waffles, chocolate chip waffles. And the list goes on for specialty waffles created by Aaron White, who has always used the nickname given to him by his family – “Buddy Brown.” Brown has been expanding his waffles recipes for a good reason. He’s opening Buddy’s Chicken & […]
Public Health Centers for Excellence receives funding to improve fair access to oral health in Pierce County
TACOMA, WASH.—Oral health is an important part of overall well-being. New funding will help bridge the oral health equity gap in Pierce County. Arcora Foundation selected Public Health Centers for Excellence at Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department as the backbone entity for the Pierce County Local Impact Network—for a minimum of three years. Funds will support a network manager, […]
Initial and continued claims for regular benefits decreased April 18-24
During the week of April 18 – April 24, there were 11,629 initial regular unemployment claims (down 12.0 percent from the prior week) and 408,001 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (down 1.5 percent from the prior week) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). Initial regular claims applications are now […]
188 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths confirmed Apr. 30
On April 30, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 366.3 The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County. Our hospitalization rate is currently 4.6 per 100,000. This week, we discontinued our COVID-19 case rate reporting and instead post the state’s case rate metric for Pierce County. […]
Obituary Notices – May 1, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Kaaren Louise Gordon; Mary Michele Terral. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Zeituni Zakiya Abhur. Mountain View Funeral Home: Dona A. Webb. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Anna Mae Blevins; Betty Lou Croft. Powers Funeral Home: Joseph Allan Lebert; Willem Nolde; Kiyoko F Babcock. Gaffney Funeral Home: Larry Calkins; Gerhart (Jeff) […]
What could possibly be behind that locked door?
By Bruce Dammeier, Pierce County Executive. Many of us spend countless work hours in our County-City Building (CCB). But I’ll bet most of you rarely give a second thought to the complex systems that lie behind that locked door at the end of the hallway. When you get on the elevator and push the button […]