Submitted by TAPCO Credit Union. TACOMA, WA – TAPCO Credit Union is proud to announce the promotion of Jacob Rose to Director of Marketing. With over three and a half years of exceptional service in TAPCO’s marketing department, Jacob has been a driving force behind innovative campaigns and strategic initiatives that have elevated the credit […]
WSDOT’s Gray Notebook for the quarter ending September 30, 2024 now online
WSDOT’s quarterly performance analysis, the Gray Notebook for the quarter ending September 30, 2024, is now available in its interactive format. While numerous performance measures are reported throughout the GNB, the most recent highlights include: If the links above show older data, please refresh your browser. Please contact Sreenath Gangula, Assistant Director, Performance Management, at (360) […]
Obituary Notices – December 6, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Benjamin Munar Cables; Ruth Gibson; Buhl Randall Holcomb; Shannon T. Johnson; William Roy Pollock; Gladys Marie Pruitt; Fred Irvin Swarthout.
JBLM to host annual Trees for Troops Dec. 7
Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation department will provide about 640 free Christmas trees to military families Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Active-duty servicemembers with ranks E-1 through E-5 and their spouses can pick up a tree at the Carey Theater parking area off Liggett Avenue. Recipients must show a valid military […]
Update on Storm Drainage and Surface Water Management Fees
The City of University Place has performed a capital and operational needs assessment of its surface water management system and developed a 20-year financial model that includes a recalculation of annual storm drainage and surface water management fees as well as a new “System Development Charge” to account for inflation. The last inflation adjustment occurred […]
Free Winter events at the Conservatory, Salmon Saturdays, Holiday Blast at Norpoint and Jingle Bell Run next weekend
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Across the Fence: Kipferl and Pfeffernuss
It’s that time of year when everything is about family traditions, and I bet that the love for specific German cookies simply made its way into the English language by way of flavor. How else would you explain that Kipferl (pronounce exactly like this) and Pfeffernuss (pronounce: ‘pfeffer-nooss) have been adopted so easily? They are […]
Battle of the Badges Returns in January
West Pierce Fire & Rescue is out for blood…literally. After losing to the U.P. Police Department in last year’s “Battle of the Badges” blood drive, the firefighters are ready to take the title back. You can help them do so—or help UPPD maintain their bragging rights—by donating blood on Jan. 7 and 8 from 10 […]
Letter: If Gravestones Could Talk
It was confirmed. The land now known as Kentucky had been purchased. It was March 1775. Awaiting this news, Daniel Boone and a group of 30 axmen began blazing a trail from the Anderson Blockhouse just across the line into Virginia from the Holston Settlement (Kingsport, Tennessee) through 200 miles of forested terrain to the […]