Submitted by Dana Hill. Tacoma, WA — Dana Hill, a philanthropist affectionately known as “Mama Doll”, founder of The Black Doll Affair (TBDA), is rallying members of the Tacoma community to support young people experiencing homelessness at Tacoma’s Beacon Youth Shelter. Through a new initiative called Beacons of Light, Hill invites community members to use their unique skills, resources, […]
COPE Health Solutions Announces Academic Partnership with University of Puget Sound
Submitted by Veronica Craker, University of Puget Sound Director of Media Relations. COPE Health Solutions (CHS) is excited to announce our partnership with the University of Puget Sound, a premier liberal arts institution in the Pacific Northwest, to enhance career pathways in healthcare through the COPE Health Scholars’ clinical experiential learning programs across the state […]
New Admin Building Blessing
By Hailey Palmer, Puyallup Tribal News. A blessing and open house was held Nov. 15 for the Tribe’s new administration building where Tribal Members and employees had the chance to tour the building. Heritage Division Manager Connie McCloud delivered the blessing and Language Director Amber Hayward shared a prayer in Lushootseed before each member of […]
Across the Fence: Fife
What an interesting Germanism to find in the term of fife! I’m not talking about the city of Fife, WA, with its population of 11,000 people, by the way – and its name may or may not derive from the Scottish location. I’m talking the old musical instrument. “Fife” is an abomination of the German […]
Aashi Sharma Wins 2024 FinTech Incubator Challenge
Submitted by Sound Credit Union. Sound Credit Union (Sound) in partnership with the Milgard Center for Business Analytics at the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT), have announced Aashi Sharma as the winner of the 2024 FinTech Incubator Challenge. Sharma is an aspiring entrepreneur who is in the beginning stages of designing CreditUp, an app designed […]
Letter: The Sound of the Wind Chimes
Dedicated to Flor “If you don’t hear from me….” The cryptic message from the other side of the world was met with shocked silence. They had recently become friends, connected through cyber space, initially by virtue of the loss of their spouses. Thus, they shared their mutual woes, shattered lives, love, and loss. But there […]
Take Sounder to the Zach Bryan concert at the Tacoma Dome
Country music fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this Saturday’s Zach Bryan: The Quittin’ Time Tour stop at the Tacoma Dome. Special Sounder service is in addition to regular ST Express, T Line and Pierce Transit service to and from the Tacoma Dome. The […]
Shrewd Lorna’s Salon
“Style and Grace” is now available from Lorna. She grew up with ideas, but things weren’t looking too good for her a couple of years ago on Tacoma’s Martin Luther King Jr Way, but with all the new high rises in almost every block in what used to be K Street and its surroundings, more […]
Prolific Thief Arrested
Submitted by Sgt. Charles Porche, Lakewood Police. On Tuesday, November 19, Lakewood Officers learned of a possible location where Jasmine “Chicken Scam Lady” Willie would be that afternoon. Officers went to the location in Tacoma where they conducted surveillance. At approximately 5:00pm Officers observed Willie and her husband where they were both taken into custody […]