MultiCare announcement. TACOMA, Wash. — MultiCare Health System’s Community Partnership Fund has awarded $600,000 to 99 organizations in Western Washington focused on addressing housing and homelessness, food insecurity, health care and children’s needs. The fund supports organizations in Pierce, King, Thurston and Kitsap counties providing care, services and resources that strengthen the overall health and […]
Celebrate the 7th Annual Holiday Haul Crawl in Downtown Tacoma
Downtown Tacoma Partnership announcement. Dash downtown for the 12 Days of Haul Crawl to enjoy festive giveaways, shopping and dining specials, fun events for all ages, and much more merriment each day from November 29th – December 10th. The Holiday Haul Crawl was created in 2015 to encourage shoppers to buy their holiday gifts locally […]
CPSD November Calendar Feature – NAEP Students
Clover Park School District announcement. This year’s theme for the Clover Park School District calendar is “Imagine.” Students approach everything they do without limitations, knowing they can achieve any goal they have for their future. This November is Native American Heritage Month, and we are celebrating the students in our Native American Education Program (NAEP). […]
Kilmer Introduces Bipartisan Resolution to Encourage Evidence-Based Policymaking
Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer announcement. On Nov. 21, 2022, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) introduced H.Con.Res.116, a bipartisan resolution to establish a Commission on Evidence-based Policymaking. The Commission would convene experts to review, analyze, and make recommendations to Congress in an effort to better incorporate federal data and evidence-based policymaking throughout the legislative process. The […]
Wine & Song Benefit 2022: Adriana Sings Songs of Brazil
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma announcement. Always a festive evening, this year’s Wine & Song features Adriana Giordano singing Songs of Brazil with Eric Verlinde at the piano (together they are in the band EntreMundos Quarteto). Tickets are $30, all ages are welcome. Order your tickets for Songs of Brazil at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-song-benefit-songs-of-brazil-tickets-433817849867?aff=ebdssbdestsearch or make arrangements at prryker@gmail.com Join us […]
Soldier trying to reconnect with her Navajo traditions
By Sgt. Ashunteia Smith. JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – “I belong to the Navajo Tribe,” said Spc. Denise Smith, a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Maintainer assigned to Delta Company, 2-158 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. “According to my Certificate of Indian Blood, I am full Navajo.” Spc. Smith […]
Obituary Notices – November 24, 2022
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Julie Lynne Johnson; Jerry T. Flowers. Mountain View Funeral Home: Joan Marie Boger; Joan Louise Lawrence; Gladys Joanne Thompson Powers Funeral Home: Lorraine Lois Watson; Harwood Leigh Scouten; Christine Ann Mock. Hill Funeral Home: Chris Allen Wilkie Gaffney Funeral Home: Nick Paul Nickolas, Sr.
Lakewood 2023-2024 Biennial Budget adopted
City of Lakewood announcement. The Lakewood City Council adopted the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget at its meeting Monday. The city is projected to end the year in its best financial condition in a couple of decades. Building on a strong financial position, the city continued its smart financial planning. Looking to the biennium, the adopted budget […]
Zoolights begins Friday
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium announcement. TACOMA, Wash.—Festive and bright holiday magic returns with Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium this Friday, Nov. 25 and runs through Jan. 2 (closed Dec. 24 and Dec. 25). The annual event boasts more than 800,000 colorful LED lights and dozens of sparkling 3-D animal light displays. “Zoolights […]