City of Tacoma announcement. Tacoma, Wash. – On August 15, Frank Boykin joined the City of Tacoma to oversee the Washington Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center, which provides technical assistance and business consulting to established minority-owned businesses in Washington state. Embedded within the City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department since September 2016, […]
UP School District: Late Start Wednesdays
University Place School District announcement. Beginning on Wednesday, September 14, UPSD will start school one hour late each Wednesday to allow time for teachers to learn and collaborate. Late starts will replace early release days. School start times on Wednesdays are as follows: Primary Schools will begin at 9:15 am Intermediate Schools will begin at […]
Picturing the possibilities
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Kristen Jaudon ’94 likes to keep her options open. “I say ‘yes’ to different possibilities,” she says. “I like trying new things.” That kind of thinking helped her segue from jobs in art education and publishing to public education communications. As senior director for communications,… Read the rest of the announcement […]
The Puyallup City Council August 23 Meeting Agenda
The Puyallup City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on August 23 (6:30 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
A summer full of fish and chips on our highways
Washington State Department of Transportation blog post written by Stafanie Randolph and Jamison Murphy. Did you know that Washington is the true home of fish and chips? If you travel on state highways this summer, there is a good chance you will come across a fish passage barrier removal or chip seal project. Like crispy fried fish and chips, […]
DuPont City Council cancels August 23 meeting
City of DuPont announcement. The DuPont City Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 23, 2022, has been canceled.
Andrew Zinn Named to Pacific University Dean’s List
Andrew Zinn of Lakewood has been named to the Spring 2022 dean’s list at Pacific University in Oregon. The dean’s list recognizes undergraduate students in Pacific’s colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business and Education who earn a grade-point average of at least 3.70 and complete 12 or more graded credit hours. Pacific University serves nearly […]
Obituary Notices – August 22, 2022
Mountain View Funeral Home: Gean A. Fletcher; Frank Kader; Jannett Marie Dunn. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Melode Ann Akervick. Scott Funeral Home: Ignacio Travis Santos.
So… what does SCI really mean?
Submitted by Eric Chandler, Lakewood. First of all I can commiserate with you folks that are absolutely bewildered by all of this gobbledygook that is hitting the airwaves of late, particularly all of these security-specific acronyms. Anyone who has not experienced the world of government secrecy can be easily confused and mislead by folks who […]