Pierce County announcement. On Oct. 5, Pierce County launched an online open house on a safe parking proposal that provides a recommendation for permanent safe parking regulations for unincorporated Pierce County. The public is invited to review the online open house and comment. Safe parking refers to a parking lot managed by a social service […]
Rock the Foundation event raises more than $573,000
MultiCare announcement. More than 370 South Sound community members turned out to support MultiCare Health Foundation’s 13th annual Rock the Foundation event at the Foss Waterway Seaport last month. The event raised more than $573,000 to support MultiCare’s cancer programs and services, exceeding last year’s fundraising goal by more than $290,000. One of the highlights […]
ORCA retail network expansion starting today; redesigned cards debut
Sound Transit announcement. ORCA, the Puget Sound’s all-in-one transit card is now available for purchase and reloading at more stores. Beginning this month with the addition of Fred Meyer, more stores will be added on an ongoing basis, eventually doubling the number of locations and adding more availability at locally owned businesses. ORCA cards will […]
Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Vaccinations
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. In the past 2 weeks, more than 23,000 Pierce County residents got a COVID-19 bivalent booster. More than 35,000 have gotten a booster since they arrived in September. Thousands of our friends and neighbors are getting protection from the latest omicron variants. You can too! If you still have questions […]
Obituary Notices – October 7, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Betty Mae Williams Norman; Thomas Griffin Jackson. Mountain View Funeral Home: Aaste Halladay; Lee Pierson; Lawrence Sinclair Spencer; Martina White. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Raymond V Antelo; Evelyn S Bowen. Hill Funeral Home: Matilde Arrizola; Meredith Joyce Vierra.
LASA awarded $3.5 million to build affordable housing
Submitted by J Hutchins. LASA is happy to announce an award of $3.5 million dollars towards their $11 million dollar housing project, Gravelly Lake Commons. Pictured is Jani Hitchens along with LASA staff and board members, painting in the arrow to the $3.5 million mark. The arrow represents the funds LASA needs to build 25 […]
Angel donor makes 84th Season at Lakewood Playhouse
Lakewood Playhouse announcement. It has been an exciting few weeks at Lakewood Playhouse and we have several announcements to make. We’ll start with a wonderful story of generosity and community support. We were recently left an endowment by Grace and William Meikle. As you may already know, our theater was in hard financial straits coming […]
Pierce College EDI CARES Empowers Students through a record number of 10 summer camps
Pierce College announcement. Pierce College EDI CARES successfully launched a record number of ten different culturally empowering summer camps to meet the needs of high school age youth in Pierce County this summer. Through these summer camps, EDI CARES served over 160 middle school and high school students in Pierce County. These camps were open […]
Memorial for William Gernon at Bellarmine Oct. 8
Submitted by Andie Gernon, Will’s Mom. William “Will” Gregory Gernon was born September 21, 1972, in Stuttgart, Germany to Dr. William H. and Norma Andrea “Andie” Gernon. Will died Sept. 2, 2022 doing what he loved most—riding his motorcycle on the Angeles Crest Highway north of Los Angeles, California. Will grew up in Tacoma and […]