TACOMA, Wash. — After an extensive recruitment, City Manager Elizabeth Pauli has appointed Chief Deputy City Attorney and Interim City Attorney Chris Bacha to serve as City Attorney, effective January 2, 2024. City Manager Pauli’s appointment of Mr. Bacha was confirmed by the City Council at their meeting last night. Mr. Bacha fills the position […]
Letter: Wishing
Tradition suggests that if one blows a dandelion’s seeds with one breath, a wish will be granted. I have a wish, but with just days left until Christmas, dandelions are not in season. They are dormant. Like me. Normal life – delighting in her conversation, companionship in going absolutely wherever didn’t matter as long as […]
Vector Development begins 95,000-sq.ft Summit Centre in Puyallup
Submitted by Vector Development Company. Vector Development Company, a Pacific Northwest commercial real estate development, investment and asset management firm, has begun development of Summit Centre located at 13306 Canyon Rd. East in Puyallup, Wash. Designed by SynThesis, the 95,000- square-foot Summit Centre will feature state-of-the-art construction, including 130-foot truck courts with a generous, 32-foot-tall […]
Advent Calendar December 24: Nativity Scene
Each and every year, when I have set up the Christmas tree, I also arrange our nativity scene in a special place where it gets its well-deserved visibility. My husband once bought it way before we even met – it is a classical mud people nativity scene from Spain. At first, I had to get […]
Tacoma Police Department Launches New Online Crime Data Dashboard
TACOMA, Wash. – The Tacoma Police Department unveiled their new Tacoma Police Crime Dashboard tool at today’s City Council Study Session. The new online data analytics tool contains data spanning five years, which will continue to grow as new data is added to the dashboard at the end of each business day going forward. The […]
New Year’s Day Polar Plunge returns to Point Defiance Marina
Registration is open now for the New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge! Nothing says “fresh start” like the new year. During the Polar Bear Plunge at the Marina, participants will start the year with a mind-clearing, body-cleansing plunge into Commencement Bay and face 2024 feeling refreshed and clear-headed. Participants will take the plunge at the […]
Payroll employment dipped in November; unemployment rate increases to 4.0%
Washington’s economy lost an estimated 2,600 jobs (seasonally adjusted) and the monthly unemployment rate rose from 3.8% to 4% in November. “October’s job gains were largely reversed in November. Payroll employment dropped and the unemployment rate reached 4.0% after five consecutive months below 4%,” said Employment Security Department (ESD) Chief Labor Economist Anneliese Vance-Sherman. “The demand […]
Obituary Notices – December 23, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Eugene Blake Jr.; Gil Soriano David; Petuelu F. Lefao; Jadwiga “Hedy” Terasa Schrock. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Ernest Charles Ward. Scott Funeral Home: Norda Geneivive (Hursey) Emile; Carolyn Ruth Johnson.
Steilacoom Town Administrator December 22 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s December 22 report to the Town Council by clicking here.