On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at noon, the Tacoma City Council and Pierce County Council are scheduled to hold a joint Study Session to discuss coordinated approaches to addressing homelessness. This will be the first joint Study Session between our governing bodies in recent memory, and is focused on a topic of vital importance to many of our communities. Tacoma is a visible epicenter of what we clearly know is a regional homelessness crisis and, last year, Pierce County and the City of Tacoma […]
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Payroll employment increases in August, unemployment rate remains constant
Washington’s economy gained an estimated 2,900 jobs (seasonally adjusted) and the monthly unemployment rate remained at 3.6% in August. “Job growth resumed in August after declining in July,” said Employment Security Department (ESD) State Economist Paul Turek. “The modest increase continues the pattern of job growth moving at a far cooler pace than the substantial […]
Being blue
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. It was in September 2021 – almost exactly two years ago – that I helped host a Blue Zones kick off along with our partners from Multicare and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. We were in the throes of the pandemic, so our in-person event became a virtual broadcast from […]
Deputies Pursue Firebird from Air and Ground
On August 31st at 11:45 am our deputies and SWAT Team members were preparing to arrest a suspect from an assault with a firearm call from the day before at the 18800 block of 38th Ave E. Deputies were gathering up to go contact the suspect at his trailer and knew he had a dark […]
Connect with Pierce County’s Largest Employer at Military Affairs Forum
Join us Tuesday, September 19, 8-9:30 am for Military Affairs Forum! Attend this breakfast event for networking, news updates, and opportunities for your business to get involved with the largest employer in Pierce County: Joint Base Lewis-McChord! The guest speaker at this forum will be Col Sergio E. Anaya, Commander of 62d Airlift Wing at […]
Homeless Memorial at Shiloh Baptist Church Sept. 17
Pierce County Homeless Memorial will remember 125 people who dies in five months on September 15, 2023 at 5 pm at Shiloh Baptist Church. Learn more at the Pierce County Homeless Memorial Facebook Page.
Sounder trains available for Mariners vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
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, September 17 for […]
Pierce County Library Board of Trustees hold study session for budget planning
At the Pierce County Library System’s Board of Trustees’ Monday, Sept. 18, 9-10 a.m., study session, library administrators will give an overview of the Library’s sustainability plan and strategies for the 2024 budget. The meeting will be a kick off to develop the 2024 budget. The study session will be virtual via mypcls.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/. The Library System projects to budget $45 […]
WSDOT’s Multimodal Mobility Dashboard reveals some stratospheric data
Travelers in Washington logged a lot of miles on state highways in 2022. A heck of a lot. Vehicle miles traveled by drivers in 2022 may have increased a modest 1.2 percent from 2021, but there is nothing modest about the 34.2 billion miles traveled, more than enough for 182 trips to the sun and […]