A group of 16 high school graduates from Tacoma Public Schools have been recruited to become teachers at Tacoma schools. A group of 16 students who graduated this year from Tacoma high schools ...

Shawn Tibbitts makes sure that his Tibbitts @ Fern Hill restaurant embraces everyone, especially those who would appreciate a Thanksgiving Day meal. This month, there are many folks around Tacoma ...

Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity’s Sherrana Kindun (right) and Liz Crouse stand in front of a ready-to-sell home in Spanaway. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland has secured funding in the ...

The smelter smokestack was once the tallest in the world, standing at 571 feet tall and sending air pollution over a 1,000-mile radius. Work continues to clean up residential yards and other areas ...

Community center supervisors Antonio McLemore and Meagan Kula facilitated the meetings. Last winter, Metro Parks asked for public input on how to spend $10,000 on community center projects, and ...

Upon his departure from Congress, Kilmer will be taking on a new role. The Rockefeller Foundation has announced that Congressman Derek Kilmer has been named senior vice president for the newly ...

It’s a community favorite AND a great holiday tradition! It’s the perfect way to support local artists AND local students! To celebrate its 22 nd Anniversary, there will be free candy canes ...

Deputy Mayor Catherine Ushka made her case for adding two more candidates to the list. After receiving 43 applications for filling the Tacoma City Council’s at-large Position 7 seat left vacant ...

Hines was chosen in January to lead the city as deputy mayor. Tacoma Deputy Mayor John Hines was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Association of Washington Cities (AWC).

Grants will bring a boost to Eloise’s Cooking Pot food bank. Pierce County Human Services has announced $1.9 million in funding awards to combat food insecurity. Pierce County’s Community ...

Folks at Lighthouse Senor Center can hang out all day with friends which they fear they won’t be able to do at community centers. The City of Tacoma is embarking on a project to bring changes to ...

Chinese Reconciliation Park is a special place for Minh-Anh Hodge. When Minh-Anh Hodge was a young student in Vietnam, her parents wanted her to stay and be an attorney, but their daughter had ...