Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. We saw 8 more outbreaks and 29 more cases at childcare facilities this week. If your child feels sick, keep them home and get them tested for COVID-19. Learn more on our COVID-19 Info for Schools and Childcare page. Businesses and long-term care facilities had 58 outbreaks with 494 cases, a 21% increase […]
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Pierce County COVID-19 data update: Cases, hospitalizations and deaths
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release. Our COVID-19 case rate rose this week and our hospitalization rate fell. Pierce County’s COVID-19 community level remains low. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists us as medium because of data processing issues. We are working with State Department of Health to ensure CDC gets the latest data. You […]
Pierce County Library’s Board to discuss Lakewood Library and other issues
Pierce County Library System announcement. The Pierce County Library System’s Board of Trustees will discuss the condition of the Lakewood Pierce County Library and other issues at its Board meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 3:30 p.m. Join the meeting by phone or online: Phone: 253-215-8782, webinar identification: 853 3159 8218, passcode: 305939 Zoom with a Zoom account from […]
Pierce Transit May 9 Board Meeting Agenda
The Pierce Transit Board will meet on May 9 remotely at 4 pm. Read the meeting agenda and participation instructions here.
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. Here’s what you need to know about it
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. That means it’s a great time to learn about this liver-damaging disease and how to protect yourself and those you love. Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. When inflammation lasts a long time, it makes it hard for the liver to do its job. And […]
Data issues inflated our COVID-19 community level. We’re working with DOH and hospitals to fix it
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement. Though Pierce County’s COVID-19 community level is low, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved us into its medium level today because of data processing issues. As the reliable local source of public health data, we are working with our hospital systems and State Department of Health to ensure CDC […]
Across the aisle
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. A fantastic thing occurred this week when people who can often be at odds with one another joined together to achieve a common goal. An assemblage of local and federal elected officials from both sides of the aisle, environmentalists, tribal leaders, and others gathered at the site of the […]
Pierce County Councilmembers Young, Mello propose new safe parking legislation
Pierce County Council announcement. Pierce County Council Chair Derek Young and Councilmember Ryan Mello are introducing proposed legislation to again try to establish safe parking sites in unincorporated Pierce County. The proposal mirrors an ordinance adopted by Council April 19 that was later vetoed by the Pierce County Executive with one difference: it creates a […]
Tourism Recovery Begins in Pierce County
Submitted by Travel Tacoma. Tacoma, Wash. – Tourism in Pierce County in 2021 made gains from a disastrous 2020, but was still short of 2019 levels, according to Economic Impacts of Visitors in Washington State, a report released this week by State of Washington Tourism (SWT) that showed state-wide and county-wide annual tourism metrics. Pierce […]