New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Frances Delano Abolins; Maris Arvids Abolins. Mountain View Funeral Home: Judith (Judi) Kay Nolta. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Felix A. Brodigan. Powers Funeral Home: Ray Eugene Fochtman.
Statewide Flag Lowering – Memorial Day
Washington Office of the Governor announcement. Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Monday, May 29, 2023, in recognition of Memorial Day. This federal holiday is in remembrance of those who lost their lives while serving in the country’s armed forces. The Governor’s office has […]
Taking time
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. During Monday’s New Employee Orientation, one of our new prosecuting attorneys shared a little about her family. With two little ones at home, she welcomed the opportunity at Pierce County, to “just” manage a caseload and not be supervising anyone else. At some point in the future, she might […]
Lakewood City Manager May 26 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) May 26 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Steilacoom Town Administrator May 26 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s May 26 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Washinton State Pledges $500,000 toward affordable housing in Lakewood
Submitted by LASA. LASA (Living Access Support Alliance) is $500,000 closer to their $10.5 million capital campaign goal to build 25 units of affordable housing at Gravelly Lake Drive SW and Fairlawn AVE SW. Gravelly Lake Commons will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. State Representative Mari Leavitt is shown with the arrow that depicts […]
You Belong – The American Legion Pat Tillman Memorial Post 53, DuPont
Submitted by Tom Riggs. What is the American Legion and what do they do locally? More importantly, why should you care? Increased hyper-partisanship in our federal government is creating shockwaves throughout the economy but potentially hardest hit will be government workers, Military, Retirees, Veterans and those on Social Security. The American Legion has the biggest […]
In the Book Nook with … Emily Hunt
Author Emily Hunt lives in Olalla, Washington. She has been creating stories since she was a child, but not until last year did she seriously pursue being published. Her historical fiction novella, “Enemy in the Highlands”, was published in April 2022. Emily is a member of the Greater Gig Harbor Literary Society on Facebook. When […]
Lakewood Icon Celebrates Special Birthday
He has been making me laugh and ponder and have double takes ever since I came across him for the first time. And that was way before I met him in person on a sunny weekday afternoon at a Starbuck’s in Lakewood in 2019. He was not alone. Ben Sclair, who had introduced us via […]