TACOMA, WASH.— Tacoma Arts Live announces Sound & Sky at Chambers Creek Regional Park, three days of events to celebrate summer August 11-13, 2023. Sound & Sky at Chambers Creek Regional Park offers two concerts and a beer festival with live music and entertainment as well as several Northwest food and drink vendors. Events will run all […]
Obituary Notices – July 8, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Susan Tokuyama Ruge. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Margaret Frances Stone. Mountain View Funeral Home: Sharon Blind; Fredrick Jones; Jan Barbara Seferian; Corey Steiner. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Sally A. Hansch. Powers Funeral Home: Lina (Linda) Godoy Abiva. Gaffney Funeral Home: Valerie Paynton Navarro; Douglas Francis O’Brien; Brian D Coulson. […]
Sound Transit to run additional service for All-Star week, with all service fare free July 10 and 11
Sound Transit is preparing to welcome the influx of visitors during All-Star week by running additional service on Link light rail as well as special Sounder game trains, with service on Link, Sounder and ST Express buses fare free on July 10 and 11. In addition, passengers taking transit during All-Star week can find all […]
Lakewood City Manager July 7 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) July 7 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Jack Hyde Beach: Advisory Lifted
We lifted the advisory for people to keep out of the water at Tacoma’s Jack Hyde Beach. We issued the advisory June 29 because of high bacteria level. Results from water samples we collected July 5 indicate the public health concern is over. Questions? Contact the Surface Water Program at ehsurfacewater-shellfish@tpchd.org or visit our website to learn more. You […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator July 7 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s July 7 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Falsettos Opens with a Bang – Olympia’s Harlequin Theatre
We had excellent seats in the middle of the second row facing the stage. The very versatile three-member band opened the show including Aaron Lamb on piano and synth, Andy Garness on drums and percussion, and Nick Hall on woodwinds. The production begins with a bang with the four male leads (Nicolas Main – Whizzer, […]
Letter: Morning by Morning
“Morning by morning” – even mourning by mourning – “new mercies I see.” A rose from the neighbor’s yard that has found its way through the opening in the picket fence in your yard to greet you as you sit alone in the early morning on the pillowed porch rocker where the two of you […]
In the Book Nook with … Gene Hill
Author Gene Hill lives with his wife, Sandy, in Kitsap County, Washington State. He used to define and design new computer chips for the Intel Corporation; PC Magazine honored him as Unsung Hero and Person of the Year for two of his designs. In retirement, Gene and Sandy founded and run a non-profit educating on […]