Submitted by Hilltop Artists. The annual Arts Night Out block party is almost here! Stop by the Hilltop Heritage hot shop Tuesday, August 1 from 4 – 7 pm to see glass demos; grab a free snack from Galileo’s and Taco Kane, buy a treat from Chill Paletas, groove to DJ Midnight Mike‘s beats, and enjoy hands on arts and […]
Public Hearing Notice: Interlaaken Estates Preliminary Plat
The City of Lakewood Development Services will be holding a public hearing for permit number 3755- Interlaaken Estates – Preliminary Plat. The project proposes subdividing a 2.43-acre lot located at 8002 112th Street SW (APN 0219102011) into eleven (11) single-family residential lots. The subject property is located within the Residential 3 (R3) zoning district. […]
Obituary Notices – July 26, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Kenny C. Bailey; Melford Enevold; Lori Renee Hancock; Becky Jean Hoof; Bonny Leech; Kenneth Ray Nobles; Violeta Estrella Smith; Emma Jean Wright.
It’s time to ROAR at World Tiger Weekend July 29-July 30
TACOMA, Wash.—It’s time to roaaaarrr! Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is celebrating its three endangered Sumatran tigers at the annual World Tiger Weekend event July 29 and July 30, with fun family activities that highlight how to protect tigers in the wild. Point Defiance Zoo is home to three Sumatran tigers: sisters Kali, 10, and […]
Spread the word: Get tested for syphilis
You may see our ad campaign soon on YouTube, TikTok, or a billboard. The message is simple: If you’re 45 or younger and have sex, you need to get tested for syphilis. Syphilis is sharply increasing in Pierce County. Our cases more than quadrupled from 58 in 2016 to 711 in 2022. The state and nation are also experiencing […]
Letter: A Breakwater Doesn’t Stop the Tears
The couple walking by were total strangers to me, so it was a bit awkward, and that’s how I began as I approached them. “This is a bit awkward,” I said, holding out my cell phone. “I was wondering if you would take my picture sitting up there on the rocks. See, normally my wife […]
Amended Substitute Ordinance 28894 Effective July 24, 2023
TACOMA, Wash. – With the recent passage of Amended Substitute Ordinance 28894, a number of updates strengthening requirements around notices to increase rent; shared housing standards; standardized tenant screening criteria; standards for fees and deposits; business license, health and safety requirements; rental agreement regulations and other areas of the existing Rental Housing Code will take […]
Northwest Room secures grant funding from National Archives
Tacoma Public Library announcement. TACOMA, WASH.— Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room local history and archives center has received support from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to launch a $200,000 digitization project. The project, titled “Below the Fold: Revealing Hidden Stories Through Digitization of a Newspaper Photograph Archive,” will fund large-scale digitization of the photo archive […]
All Along the Riverwalk: Arts & Education Festival
Submitted by Friends of the Riverwalk/ Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition. On Saturday, July 29 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, The Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition and the Friends of the Puyallup Riverwalk will be hosting “All Along the Riverwalk: Arts and Education Festival”. It will take place on the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail between Veterans Park and the Goodwill […]