The Lakewood City Council will hold a Joint Meeting with the Lakewood Water District on June 26 (6 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here. That meeting with be followed by a City Council Study Session at 7 pm. Access the agenda and access instructions here.
New Administrative Team at Steilacoom High School
Steilacoom Historical School District (SHSD) Board of Directors appointed Jake Tyrrell as the Interim Principal for Steilacoom High School (SHS) for the 2023-24 school year. Mr. Tyrrell served as Director of Secondary Education for SHSD for the 2022-23 school year. He previously served 7 years as an assistant principal at SHS and at Olympia High […]
Last Fishing Trip
The man was dying of cancer. That was the gloomy assessment of the caller who had called to rent one of our fishing boats. Stooped over his walker, the elderly man slowly made his way down the ramp to the dock. With the assistance of his friends, he took his place near the boat’s stern […]
JBLM 2023 Airshow Important Links & Parking Information
The JBLM Airshow & Warrior Expo is July 15-16 at McChord Field: just three weeks away. The airshow is free, open to the public and features the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The airshow theme is “Warriors Wanted: Explore Your Destiny.” Below are links to important information regarding the JAWE; like parking instructions, general information and […]
Library Advisory Board to meet on June 26
The Puyallup Public Library Advisory Board is scheduled to meet on Monday, June 26, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Library Board Room at 324 So. Meridian, Puyallup WA 98371 and via the Zoom platform using this link https://bit.ly/43WSAlO. Written comments will be accepted at info@puyallupwa.gov until 3:00 p.m. and be distributed to the Library Board prior to […]
Tacoma comes together to provide late night teen programming, safe spaces for summer
The end of the school year marks the start of a new Summer Teen Late Nights program. The drop-in program provides middle and high school students with opportunities to stay safe and engaged in fun activities at locations across the city thanks to the collaboration of a network of community partners. Teens can enjoy free […]
CPSD Partners with Lakewood Family YMCA for Late Nite
Clover Park School District (CPSD) is partnering with the Lakewood Family YMCA for Late Nite beginning June 26. Late Nite is a free teen wellness and violence prevention program that offers all CPSD students in grades 6-12 a safe space to spend time with friends, meet new people and stay active each weeknight this summer. […]
Strickland Leads Bicameral Push To Create Reproductive Health Travel Fund
Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. Today (June 22, 2023), Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to provide grant assistance for those who travel long distances to receive reproductive health care, including abortion care. “One year […]
Obituary Notices – June 24, 2023
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Jack Rolland Freid. Mountain View Funeral Home: Geraldine Brown; Barbara Jean Nichols; Gregory Lee Rodeberg. Gaffney Funeral Home: Joseph Raymond Olivadoti III; Cha Sun Kim; Wayne Cordell Jacobsen.