The Fircrest police officer involved in the department’s first officer-involved shooting has been identified as Chris Roberts.
The Fircrest City Council approved an agreement Tuesday night to join with neighboring University Place to seek grant funding for a road project.
A Fircrest police officer involved in the department’s first officer-involved shooting has been identified as Chris Roberts.
A 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the leg Monday after she surprised a burglar who broke into her Fircrest home.
A 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the leg today after surprising a burglar who broke into her Fircrest home.
A Fircrest police officer shot and wounded two suspected car prowlers early Sunday after one of the men pulled a gun on the officer, authorities said.
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.
Two men were shot and wounded by a police officer early Sunday morning in Fircrest. The incident began around 12:45 a.m. with reports of men prowling cars outside a bar on 19th Street West near Mildred Street. It is Fircrest's first-ever officer-involved shooting.
Tacoma police have arrested a man suspected of crashing his vehicle, trying to hide stolen items and guns in nearby bushes and then running from officers this morning.
The family of a 61-year-old Fircrest man hit and killed by a University Place sheriff’s deputy last year has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Pierce County and University Place.
Fircrest is about to welcome a new greengrocer.
Fircrest is about to welcome a new greengrocer.
The City of Fircrest has agreed to pay $405,000 to settle lawsuits filed by three laid-off and demoted employees who accused officials of age discrimination, their lawyer said.
In the first month of 2012, the median price of homes in Pierce and Thurston counties are down. So are the number of new listings and homes actively listed for sale. However, the number of home sales pending has risen.
Fircrest’s roller-skating rink is back in business. The new operators, four skaters and longtime rink users, will celebrate the grand opening of Rollin’ 253 Skate and Community Center on Friday, about six weeks after the last rink closed. Rollin’ 253 has been unofficially open for a week as the new operators work out the rink kinks.
January’s snow, ice and wind took a heavy toll on the South Sound’s golf courses, stripping branches from thousands of trees and creating major cleanup and disposal problems.
Kids in at least two Pierce County school districts might be able to avoid making up some class days lost to the January snow and ice storm.
Washington’s Supreme Court ruled today the City of Tacoma is responsible for providing and paying for maintenance of water hydrants in Fircrest, University Place and Federal Way under franchise agreements between the municipalities.
Dawn hadn’t yet arrived Wednesday when South Sounders stepped outside to measure a night’s worth of snow, then figure out what to do with it, in it, about it.
The public is invited to attend a free fly-fishing demonstration Jan. 14, sponsored by the Puget Sound Flyfishers.
When Wendy McConkey decided it was time to lose weight, the idea of appearing on national TV and in magazines and newspapers didn’t cross her mind.
As the last choruses of “O Tannenbaum” fade from memory for another year, so, too, must you begin to undress your tree’s lovely branches and prepare it for disposal – or better yet, recycling.
Wheelz Skate Arena, one of Pierce County’s few roller skating rinks, abruptly went out of business last week after almost three years.
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