Pierce County announced today the completion of acquiring a downtown Tacoma office building located at 1501 Market St. The building purchase is the next step in the County’s Justice Center and Space Planning Study – an initiative to convert the County-City Building (CCB) into a Justice Center campus to improve service delivery and public access. […]
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Survey open for Sounder South Strategic Plan input
On Sept. 27, Sound Transit launched a survey to solicit public input on the Sounder South Strategic Plan, created in early 2020, which prioritized longer trains to provide more capacity during peak commute periods. Since then, travel patterns have changed with the increase of hybrid and remote work. With this survey, the public is being […]
Celebra tu herencia
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. My family heritage is from Germany. While I don’t speak much German (Ein bisschen – “a little bit”), I especially appreciate Germany’s printing history (I have a model of the Gutenberg Press in my office). Each of us has a family lineage and history of which we can be […]
Deputies Save Elk Stuck in Tree Swing
On Friday September 1st our deputies responded to an injured animal call. Usually these can require deputies to put the injured animal down, which is not a fun thing to have to do. When deputies got to this call they saw an Elk who had gotten his antlers very tangled in the rope of a […]
Flag Lowering to honor U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Washington Office of the Governor announcement. Pursuant to the attached White House notification and 4 USC 7 (m), Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor and remembrance of United States Senator Dianne Feinstein. Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business […]
Sounder trains available for Mariners vs. Texas Rangers
Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this Sunday’s Mariners game. Special Sounder service is in addition to Link light rail, ST Express and King County Metro service to and from T-Mobile Park. The special service will be available Sunday, October 1 for […]
Puppies found in a duffel bag
Thirteen puppies in 48 hours. This weekend, we experienced something extremely rare – 13 puppies came to us from three separate locations in Pierce County. All were abandoned, and you won’t believe the heartbreaking ways they were found. It started Saturday evening when Pierce County Control brought seven scared 7-week-old mixed-breed puppies to the Humane […]
Pet Vaccine and Wellness Clinic
Submitted by Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. Give your pets their best shot against deadly diseases! The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is supporting pet owners by providing free (courtesy of Petco Love) and low-cost vaccines, microchips, and parasite preventative during our Vaccine and Wellness Clinic! This clinic is for low-income […]
Eddie Bratko named president of MultiCare Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals
TACOMA, Wash. — Eddie Bratko has been named president of MultiCare Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals. Bratko joins MultiCare Health System from Catholic Health System (CHS) in Buffalo, New York. Bratko will be responsible for the overall performance of both Tacoma General and Allenmore. He will build physician relationships and cultivate community partnerships for MultiCare […]