Share your thoughts Aug. 6 on restoring the lagoon, replacing the Hidden Beach bridge and stormwater management improvements Like so many of Tacoma’s public lands, the rich past of Titlow Park is reflected in the rare natural and historic assets found within the 75-acre park. The historic Titlow Lodge once drew visitors to a posh […]
Tacoma Habitat staffing transition
Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity. There are some changes afoot in the construction department at Tacoma Habitat. After 17 years at the helm of construction and land development, Gomer Roseman is dipping his toe into partial retirement, and has passed the torch to Jonah Kinchy, who joined Tacoma Habitat in March of this year. Jonah […]
Registration for District Court Resource Center Fair open
A one-day event to provide services and support to some of the most marginalized people in the community will be held on Friday, August 4 at Pierce County’s District Court Resource Center. The “Beyond Boundaries” Summer Resource Fair was created to provide services and support to justice impacted and homeless individuals in Pierce County. The […]
Obituary Notices – July 27, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Shawntae Tucker. Powers Funeral Home: Audra Lee Carreno. Gaffney Funeral Home: Elizabeth Ann Cook. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Matthew Scott Gaspard. Scott Funeral Home: Amari M Stone.
Improv returns to Lakewood Playhouse
Submitted by Lakewood Institute of Theatre at Lakewood Playhouse. PNW based long-form improv troupe, Boy Smooches, receives suggestion from the audience and invades a new planet of improvised imagination. This show will star improvisers Sal Frattallone and Bjorn Sorenson. The Tacoma Foundlings will open. Their team consists of Wyatt Nunn, Blair Lindberg, Timm Dowling, and […]
We continue to work through all options in Tacoma tuberculosis case
UPDATE, July 25 On Thursday, July 20 all parties in this case agreed to a court order with conditions to end isolation and electronic home monitoring for this patient. The patient has tested negative in 3 consecutive acid-fast bacillus (AFB) tests, meaning she is no longer infectious. We will continue to work with her to […]
TCC Students, Employees May Have Been Impacted by Third-Party Data Breach
Two third-party vendors have notified Tacoma Community College (TCC) of a cybersecurity incident that may have exposed personally identifiable information of some of the college’s students and employees. The data breach took place with a software tool called MOVEit Transfer, which thousands of organizations across the world use to transfer files. Although TCC does not […]
Luis “Louie” Lopez Hopkins Named TCC Ellen Pinto Outstanding Student of the Year
Luis Lopez Hopkins, Tacoma Community College’s Outstanding Student of the Year for 2023, spent a significant percentage of his life incarcerated. Partly due to the experience of protecting his community as an incarcerated firefighter, Lopez Hopkins (who goes by “Louie”) made a plan to change his life’s trajectory, which led him to TCC. He was […]
View Autographed Memorabilia and Learn About Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance, August 1 at Lakewood History Museum
On July 2, 1937 the famous aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared on a flight over the Pacific while attempting to fly around the world. Her disappearance, along with her navigator Fred Noonan, made world headlines. You can see autographed memorabilia plus learn new facts surrounding the mystery of her disappearance this coming Tuesday, August 1 at […]