Sound Transit announcement. Construction is occurring throughout the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension project area. Crews are finishing the roadway restoration, working on station finishes, adjusting utilities, paint striping on the street, systems testing and installing crosswalks in various locations along the Hilltop Tacoma Link project area. Please allow for extra travel time to get to […]
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Thank you Lane
Metro Parks Tacoma announcement. After 21 fabulous years running the museum’s educational programs, Lane Sample is announcing her retirement at the end of this year. Lane helped build one of the region’s most impressive and respected education departments, touching the lives of thousands of families over the course of her career. “It has been my […]
Adult Life 2022
City crews had just finished tearing up the section of Pine Street South that borders our home on the east side, and replacing it with a new bed of crushed & fines and then a fresh layer of asphalt on top. Heat from the new road surface condensed as the misty rainfall and warm new […]
Mohenjo-Daro History . . . Just Another Brick in the Wall?
I used to subscribe to Biblical Archaeology Review along with Archaeology. One year for Christmas, my wife Peggy, gave me a large brown paper bag filled with books on history and the people who created it. I loved her for it . . . and still do. An on-going present from her to me is […]
Tacoma Community College Welcomes J. Manny Santiago to the Board of Trustees
Tacoma Community College announcement. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee appointed J. Manny Santiago to the Tacoma Community College (TCC) Board of Trustees effective Oct. 31, 2022. Santiago replaces Trustee Bob Ryan, who has served on the TCC Board of Trustees since November of 2010. Ryan completed two terms. Santiago currently serves as the inaugural Executive […]
Overnight lane closures on southbound and northbound I-5 in Fife beginning Nov. 9
Washington State Department of Transportation announcement. Overnight travelers who use Interstate 5 in Fife will want to plan for extra travel time on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and Thursday, Nov. 10. Construction crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will remove sign structures along I-5 overnight Wednesday, Nov. 9 and Thursday, Nov. 10. This […]
Christmas Regale, Dec. 3
Metro Parks Tacoma announcement. Take a break from the hustle and bustle of modern holidays and experience a real old-fashioned Christmas at Fort Nisqually! Everyone can join in greeting the yule log with toasts, Christmas carols, coffee roasting and ornament making. Guests will have a chance to saw off a piece of the log to […]
Native American Heritage Month
Metro Parks Tacoma announcement. Native American Heritage Month formally recognizes the history, heritage, and culture of Indigenous people throughout the Americas, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Fort Nisqually was established in 1833 by the Hudson’s Bay Company at Nisqually Delta on the traditional lands of the Nisqually people. The Fort Nisqually Living History Museum was later […]
Virtual Heritage Café Presents “Uncovering Hidden Stories Through Local History Collections”
City of Tacoma announcement. The City of Tacoma’s Historic Preservation Office, Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room and Community Archives Center have partnered to present about how new technologies and community outreach are helping to surface hidden stories that have been left out of mainstream historical conversations. On Thursday, November 10 at noon, the community is invited […]