Pierce County announcement. The latest assessed values for residential and commercial properties throughout Pierce County are in the mail to taxpayers and posted on the Assessor-Treasurer’s website. “Home values in all parts of our County continue to increase dramatically, typically by a startling countywide average of around $80,000 each in the past year,” said Mike […]
Board names Julie Timm to serve as Sound Transit’s next CEO
Sound Transit announcement. The Sound Transit Board of Directors today voted unanimously to appoint Julie Timm as the agency’s next CEO. “In hiring Julie Timm, the Sound Transit Board chose an accomplished CEO who offers the right mix of skills and knowledge to guide our transit system forward,” said Sound Transit Board Chair and University […]
Across the Fence: Cool German Beverages
Finally, summer seems to have made up its mind to appear – just in time with summer solstice. And, of course, after a winter and spring that lasted a seeming eternity, the abrupt weather change leaves us gasping for what we just left behind: cool and wet. Not necessarily on the outside, but on our […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator June 24 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s June 24 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Pierce Transit Hosts Virtual Forum on Potential Future Bus Rapid Transit Routes June 29
Pierce Transit announcement. Pierce Transit is studying potential expanded Stream service, to evaluate and prioritize possible future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines by analyzing Routes 2, 3, 4, and 402. These additional four routes were selected because they have high ridership, direct connections to Regional Growth Centers, and travel along corridors with new, high-density development, either planned or in progress. The […]
Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge Daytime Closure Scheduled June 25
City of Tacoma announcement. The City of Tacoma’s Public Works Engineering Division will perform maintenance on the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge (located on Puyallup Avenue between Portland Avenue and Milwaukee Way) on Saturday, June 25, from 10 AM to 2 PM. During this time, all lanes will be closed to traffic except for emergency vehicles until work […]
West Pierce Fire hosting Safe Sitter classes
West Pierce Fire & Rescue social media post. The last Safe Sitter babysitting class of the summer runs July 6-7. Register here.
Author Susanne Bacon Publishes 8th Wycliff Novel
Everybody who has ever read one my Wycliff novels – novels set in a fictional Victorian small-town on Puget Sound, somewhere between Olympia and Seattle – knows that my stories deal with people from all walks of life. There are restaurateurs and policemen, landscapers and wharf workers, recycling people and bookkeepers, store keepers and gallerists, […]
U.S. Women’s Amateur Comes to Chambers Bay in August
City of University Place announcement. Chambers Bay will host another major U.S.G.A. event in August, when the U.S. Women’s Amateur comes to the course Aug. 8-14. The event field will feature 156 sides, with stroke play qualifying scheduled for Aug. 8-9. Match play will begin on Aug. 10 with a round of 64. Semifinals begin […]
Applications for At-Large Position on Tacoma City Council Due July 7
City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. — The City Clerk’s Office is accepting applications until noon on July 7 for the open At-Large position on the Tacoma City Council. Candidates will be interviewed on July 19 during the City Council Study Session which takes place at noon in the Tacoma Municipal Building (747 Market Street, […]
Cantwell Heralds Major Wins for Washington State in Bipartisan Maritime Administration Act
Office of Senator Maria Cantwell announcement. On June 22, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to advance the Bipartisan Maritime Administration Act (MARAD), which reauthorizes funding for the Maritime Administration for the Fiscal Year of 2023. As Chair of the Committee, Sen. Cantwell championed the legislation which includes major investments for […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Vaccinations
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. Kids as young as 6 months old are now eligible for two COVID-19 vaccines: Moderna – 6 months to 5 years, 2 doses 4 weeks apart. Pfizer – 6 months to 4 years, 3 doses. The second dose is 3 weeks after the first followed by a third dose at […]