Pierce County

Sound Transit announcement. Starting Oct. 11, Tacoma Public School students in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to enter the Train Safety Poster Contest, a partnership with Sound Transit, the Foundation for Tacoma Students/Graduate Tacoma’s STEAM Network, and Spaceworks Tacoma. With the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension opening next year in the Stadium and Hilltop neighborhoods, the […]

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. Our COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates continue to show us in CDC’s low community level. But COVID-19 continues to spread in our community. Vaccination helps lower that threat. Unvaccinated people in Pierce County are hit harder by COVID-19. If infected, they are 6 times more likely to be hospitalized and 7 times more […]

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department announcement. Last week, our SWAT Team’s crisis negotiators held a joint training day with several other negotiator groups from around the county. Negotiators from Tacoma PD, Lakewood PD, FBI, JBLM and other local cities participated in this scenario-based training day. These joint training opportunities are a great way to prepare for […]

Puget Sound Energy announcement. Puget Sound Energy (PSE) would like to notify you of the upcoming Distributed Solar and Storage Request for Proposal (DSS RFP) that will be filed by the end of 2022. The DSS RFP is focused on distribution connected, front of the meter solutions that provide new generation and storage onto the […]

Pierce County announcement. Pierce County’s participation in the Puget Sound Regional Emissions Analysis has provided the county with updated GHG emissions data for the baseline measurement year of 2015 and new data for 2019, which helps to gauge the County’s progress towards the Sustainability 2030 Plan goal of reducing emissions by 45%. Total GHG emissions […]

Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. We are in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month, where we recognize and celebrate the incredible contributions of the Hispanic culture and community to our nation.  In Pierce County, two people who exemplify those contributions are Councilmember (CM) Paul Herrera and Deputy Ernest Cedillo. I’m thankful for both their […]

Pierce County Library System announcement. PIERCE COUNTY, Washington – At the Pierce County Library System’s Board of Trustees October Board meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m., the Boardwill sign a proclamation to recognize National Friends of Libraries, discuss current Lakewood Pierce County Library services and other issues. The meeting will be held in person at the Library’s Administrative […]

Washington Office of the Governor announcement. Pursuant to the attached Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, October 9, 2022, in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. The Governor’s Office has no objection to agencies lowering the flags at […]

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 […]