Interested residents have until Feb. 10 to file their applications for appointment to the vacant seat on the DuPont City Council.
The Pierce County Council Tuesday re-launched the process of creating a flood-control zone district, and this time dangled a carrot for areas rarely in danger of flooding: Some tax money collected could go to stormwater control.
The months-long process of redrawing Pierce Transit’s boundary lines is under way, and a new draft map leaves out large chunks of eastern and western Pierce County.
It is going to be the year of the Summer Olympics, in London, and the state Republican convention, in Tacoma. On June 2, the LeMay-America’s Car Museum will open near the Tacoma Dome.
Dawn Smith, managing broker, and Sue Larsen, broker, have opened Home Team DuPont, a real estate brokerage. The firm will offer residential sales and property management services in DuPont and surrounding areas. Smith was formerly with Windermere, DuPont, and Larsen worked with DuPont Realty & Property Management. Business hours are 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment on Saturday and Sunday. Contact the team at 253-883-3300 or online at home teamdupont.com.
UPDATED: Washington State Patrol troopers and law enforcement officers from three counties chased two suspected burglars from Tumwater to DuPont early today but ended the pursuit after it got too dangerous.
A seasoned combat aviator who recently adopted a special-needs child was among the four soldiers who were killed in a training accident involving two helicopters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Monday night, according to a nonprofit group and media reports from his home state.
It’s coming down to the same old arguments as Pierce County and its cities weigh the formation of a countywide taxing district for flood control.
Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a 19-year-old man suspected of driving a stolen pickup truck in September when it crashed on Interstate 5 near Nisqually, killing another man.
Some East Pierce cities that have considered cutting ties with Pierce Transit because they were left this year with little or no service could be getting closer to leaving the transit district.
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