Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland announcement. U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led her colleagues in calling on U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young to make changes to how the federal government recognizes military spouse-owned businesses. This change would ensure that military spouse entrepreneurs are adequately represented and accounted for. “The federal […]
Obituary Notices – May 17, 2023
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Richard Martin Kanzler; Gaylene Patricia Blanch; Ulyana Solomonyuk; Sellas Thorn Jr.; Maude Ann Linden; Robin Lynn Cole; Chan S. Everett; Frances Delores Blackburn; Robert William Corl; Josephine Louise Knackstedt; Lidiya Lyubovetskaya; Richard Wayne Lawrenson; Joshua Roger Gyer. Mountain View Funeral Home: Phyllis C. Anderson; Shelby Bailey Benton; Paul Bunting; James […]
Partners for Parks Announces $1 Million Grant for H-Barn Project
Partners for Parks announcement. Partners for Parks is pleased to announce a $1 million project grant from the Names Family Foundation in support of the H-Barn restoration project at Fort Steilacoom Park, a 350+ acre historic area in Lakewood, WA. The H-Barn Project is an innovative public-private partnership between the City of Lakewood and […]
Lakewood City Council makes it illegal to knowingly possess drugs in the city
City of Lakewood announcement. For the second time in two months, the Lakewood City Council adopted an ordinance focused on increasing public safety. The latest ordinance amends city code to allow law enforcement to arrest people who knowingly possess controlled substances, and charge them with a gross misdemeanor. “The legislature adjourned last month without an […]
The Bridges of Chambers Creek Canyon
Chambers Creek Foundation announcement. Within Chambers Creek Regional Park is a lovely area known as Chambers Creek Canyon. Exciting developments are planned for this area and some are already completed. Bridge #1 Bridge #1 was built in 2021. It is located several hundred feet downstream of Kobayashi Park in University Place. The trailheads for Bridge […]
Lakewood Double Homicide Suspect In Custody
Lakewood Police Department update. Major Crime Detectives continued to work on leads that were generated throughout the day on May 15. At approximately 5:15pm a 30-year-old male suspect was taken in to custody without incident. Major Crime detectives are continuing to investigate the incident to determine the facts that led up to the shooting. There […]
15 in, 37 out: How do we do it?
Submitted by Greg Rediske, Lakewood Community Foundation Fund. The Lakewood Community Foundation Fund (LCFF) recently announced grants for 2023 in the amount of $37,600. And yet….donations were only a little over $15,000 this past year. That, Lakewood, is the beauty of endowed funds. Thanks to 30 years of donations, the endowed fund is over $1.2 […]
DuPont May 12 Report from Mayor, Council
Read the DuPont Mayor and City Council May 12 report by clicking here.
Tacoma Art Museum Names New Executive Director
Submitted by Tacoma Art Museum. The Tacoma Art Museum Board of Trustees has named Andrew Maus as its new executive director. Maus will join TAM on June 6. Maus comes to TAM from the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota. As director and CEO, he co-created the museum’s facility masterplan with Olson Kundig Architects […]