Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. Though Pierce County’s COVID-19 community level is low, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved us into its medium level today because of data processing issues. As the reliable local source of public health data, we are working with our hospital systems and State Department of Health to ensure CDC […]
Obituary Notices – May 7, 2022
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Katherine Elizabeth Skezas-Hooks. Mountain View Funeral Home: Helen Shirley Ann Fuller Murphy; Elizabeth Haugen; Margrit Margarit Rufus; Ronald B. Toves; Ok Hwa Von Hasseln. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Constance “Conni” S. Serr. Hill Funeral Home: Newell Junior Daniel.
Across the aisle
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. A fantastic thing occurred this week when people who can often be at odds with one another joined together to achieve a common goal. An assemblage of local and federal elected officials from both sides of the aisle, environmentalists, tribal leaders, and others gathered at the site of the […]
Pierce County Councilmembers Young, Mello propose new safe parking legislation
Pierce County Council announcement. Pierce County Council Chair Derek Young and Councilmember Ryan Mello are introducing proposed legislation to again try to establish safe parking sites in unincorporated Pierce County. The proposal mirrors an ordinance adopted by Council April 19 that was later vetoed by the Pierce County Executive with one difference: it creates a […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator May 6 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s May 6 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Tourism Recovery Begins in Pierce County
Submitted by Travel Tacoma. Tacoma, Wash. – Tourism in Pierce County in 2021 made gains from a disastrous 2020, but was still short of 2019 levels, according to Economic Impacts of Visitors in Washington State, a report released this week by State of Washington Tourism (SWT) that showed state-wide and county-wide annual tourism metrics. Pierce […]
In the essay collection Now I Understand You, a Tacoma author serves up laughter with a side of tears
Submitted by Joanna Manning. Tacoma – As a child, Joanna Manning briefly believed that God was trying to kill her by poisoning her saliva, and her anxieties only escalated from there. In her new collection of humorous essays, Now I Understand You, Manning traces the origins of her obsessive-compulsive disorder to a few early “misunderstandings” […]
Letter: Bring Me The Writers
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. Recently I watched the third installment of PBS Masterpiece’s Mystery Series, “Endeavor.” Overall, an excellent series, this episode was flawed. It introduced a divorced mother with small child who is helping her father, a veterinarian, in his practice. She comes across as down-to-earth and vulnerable, and is just beginning to open […]
Across the Fence: Island Adventure
It is no secret that my husband and I love to explore wherever we are. But it even happens to us – to “not know” a corner that is directly under our nose. Or hardly know it. We actually have taken a trip to Anderson Island, WA, years and years ago, taken our bikes, and […]