Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is advising customers of potential outages resulting from back-to-back weather systems forecasted across its service area over the coming holiday week. Gusty winds are predicted for Saturday morning and we may see power outages as a result. While long-range forecasts are still uncertain, systems forecasted for late Monday afternoon and again […]
Let’s Talk! – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s my take on it. Can you hear this waltz faintly playing at the background of whatever you are currently thinking? Because it is such an earworm? It’s the most wonderful time of the […]
Clover Park Rotary hits another Christmas home run
LAKEWOOD – Clover Park Rotary was once again busy providing for those who need a little help this Christmas season. Club President, Mike Killen reported that ten members gathered on the morning of December 18th got together early at Carr’s Restaurant to package supplies obtained by club members Elle and Chris Carr. Twenty-five food baskets […]
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Successes
Office of Jani Hitchen, Pierce County Council, District 6 announcement. This county received $175.8 million in ARPA funding, and we worked very hard as a Council to invest these dollars in ways that allow the county to come out of the pandemic better than when we went in. While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Mr. Trilore’s Educational Problem – Noah
A Short Story… Some teachers don’t care about their students. They, like some regular workers around the world, only care about getting paid and don’t really care about the students in their charge. Mr. Trilore, a local teacher, cared . . . and because he cared, he wanted to get through to his charges and […]
City Council Creates New Incentives for Solid Waste Businesses to Recycle More Materials
TACOMA, Wash. – The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to implement a new tiered recycling tax deduction for solid waste businesses. This policy aims to incentivize solid waste businesses to recycle greater amounts of the materials they haul when possible. Effective January 1, 2025, the estimated annual tax revenues from the business of hauling […]
Sounder trains available for Seahawks vs. the Minnesota Vikings
Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this weekend’s Seahawks game. Special Sounder service is in addition to regular Link light rail, ST Express and King County Metro service to and from Lumen Field. The special service will be available Sunday, Dec. 22, for […]
Obituary Notices – December 20, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Devin William Bond; Patrick Davis; Donald G Kitt; Carl Dean McPhail. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Betty Jane Fuller. Powers Funeral Home: Adrienne Diane Hubbard; Sandra Gene Holler; Linda Elizabeth Morlong; James OIiver Mefferd; Mary Burns; Mary Moore McIntyre; Gladys Dawn; Anthony Allan White; Delores Georgina Ulvang.
Rooted in Community: Cohen Veterans Network Pledges to Donate to Nourish Pierce County in Support of Local Families This Holiday Season
Submitted by The Cohen Clinic at Valley Cities. Cohen Veterans Network (CVN), a national not-for-profit network of mental health clinics for post-9/11 veterans, service members and their families, announced that it will make a donation to Nourish Pierce County as part of its new initiative to help combat food insecurity among military families around the […]