Pierce County Council members are proud to take their meetings on the road to constituents in each of their seven districts once a year.
The fate of Puyallup’s red-light cameras isn’t settled, but at least one City Council member who had doubts about the program now says he’s been won over.
The Fircrest City Council approved an agreement Tuesday night to join with neighboring University Place to seek grant funding for a road project.
Whoever he is, he’s got some nerve. The thief who walked out of Tacoma City Hall April 6 carrying four laptop computers didn’t even try to disguise himself. No hat, no sunglasses, no fake mustache … his shaved, balding head practically glows in the surveillance footage that captured his brazen feat.
Some Pierce County residents will pay lower flood insurance premiums starting May 1 due to a change in the county’s federal flood rating.
The Fircrest City Council on Tuesday will consider a request from University Place to jointly seek federal money to pay for a road project that UP officials say will drive more tax revenue into both cities.
So many recollections marking the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair have been wistful and a bit romantic. The world came to Seattle. Thirty five nations participated. John Glenn visited. Elvis too. Jonas Salk. Lyndon Johnson. Prince Philip. Igor Stravinsky. The Shah of Iran. Lassie. Belgian waffles. All there.
The official logo Lakewood city employees use for daily business is getting a makeover.
Voters appeared to be approving new levels of property taxes in support of Eatonville schools and emergency services in Gig Harbor, according to early returns in Tuesday’s special election.
The Tacoma City Council moved Tuesday toward spending $13 million in already-borrowed money on theater, pool and bridge repairs, Hilltop public-housing renovations, and walkways including a three-quarters-of-a-mile public esplanade along Commencement Bay.
Pierce County prosecutors won’t bring first-degree malicious mischief charges against a Sumner city councilman in a tree-cutting case from December.
Boating restrictions for Fairweather Cove on north Lake Tapps aimed at curbing drinking, loud music and other unruly behavior will become permanent, the Pierce County Council decided Tuesday.
State auditors are warning the City of Tacoma that a city-owned railroad might never be able to repay a $6 million loan from the city’s general fund.
The City of Puyallup is set to gain nearly 9 acres of wooded land that’s part of the Maplewood Springs watershed, an acquisition that guarantees the property will never be paved over for urban uses.
It’s not quite spy-thriller fodder, but in the last few days, someone swiped four laptop computers from Tacoma City Hall – all of them assigned to City Council members.
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