Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. In the past 2 weeks, more than 23,000 Pierce County residents got a COVID-19 bivalent booster. More than 35,000 have gotten a booster since they arrived in September. Thousands of our friends and neighbors are getting protection from the latest omicron variants. You can too! If you still have questions […]
Obituary Notices – October 7, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Betty Mae Williams Norman; Thomas Griffin Jackson. Mountain View Funeral Home: Aaste Halladay; Lee Pierson; Lawrence Sinclair Spencer; Martina White. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Raymond V Antelo; Evelyn S Bowen. Hill Funeral Home: Matilde Arrizola; Meredith Joyce Vierra.
LASA awarded $3.5 million to build affordable housing
Submitted by J Hutchins. LASA is happy to announce an award of $3.5 million dollars towards their $11 million dollar housing project, Gravelly Lake Commons. Pictured is Jani Hitchens along with LASA staff and board members, painting in the arrow to the $3.5 million mark. The arrow represents the funds LASA needs to build 25 […]
Angel donor makes 84th Season at Lakewood Playhouse
Lakewood Playhouse announcement. It has been an exciting few weeks at Lakewood Playhouse and we have several announcements to make. We’ll start with a wonderful story of generosity and community support. We were recently left an endowment by Grace and William Meikle. As you may already know, our theater was in hard financial straits coming […]
Pierce College EDI CARES Empowers Students through a record number of 10 summer camps
Pierce College announcement. Pierce College EDI CARES successfully launched a record number of ten different culturally empowering summer camps to meet the needs of high school age youth in Pierce County this summer. Through these summer camps, EDI CARES served over 160 middle school and high school students in Pierce County. These camps were open […]
Memorial for William Gernon at Bellarmine Oct. 8
Submitted by Andie Gernon, Will’s Mom. William “Will” Gregory Gernon was born September 21, 1972, in Stuttgart, Germany to Dr. William H. and Norma Andrea “Andie” Gernon. Will died Sept. 2, 2022 doing what he loved most—riding his motorcycle on the Angeles Crest Highway north of Los Angeles, California. Will grew up in Tacoma and […]
Tacoma City Budget Presentations Kick Off October 11
City of Tacoma announcement. TACOMA, Wash. — In Oct. 4 City Council Study Session presentation of the City of Tacoma’s 2023-2024 Proposed Biennial Budget, City Manager Elizabeth Pauli outlined a plan that reaffirms the City’s dedication to anti-racist systems transformation, adds community safety and health resources, and expands the City’s response to homelessness and housing […]
Family Engagement
Tacoma Urban League announcement. When the school year starts it can be a stressful time for our students and their families, but it doesn’t have to be. Please join us on Friday, October 14 at 6 PM to learn simple tips and tricks to help the year feel easier to manage for everyone!
CPSD Staff Spotlight: Medley Long Jr.
A Clover Park School District story. Custodian Appreciation Day was Oct. 2, and our CPSD Staff Spotlight this week features Carter Lake Elementary School custodian Medley Long Jr. Medley has been on the Carter Lake team for six years after relocating from Boston. He became a school custodian when he and his daughter lived in […]