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Pierce County patrols start today for cell phone, seat belt violations
Published May 20th, 2013 - 10:08AM
Additional law enforcement officers will patrol Pierce County roads starting today in search of drivers texting or talking on their cell phones.
Orting’s Chase Garden has an ethereal feel
Published May 15th, 2013 - 2:14PM
On a ridge above the Puyallup River Valley, the world seems to have flipped upside down. Or maybe it’s just returned to normal. Fifteen minutes from the big-box stores of Meridian Avenue, the Chase Garden offers up scenic vistas, colorful alpine plants and shady forests that provide an alternative to the asphalt oceans of nearby South Hill.
Orting fire district levy inches toward approval
Published April 24th, 2013 - 7:49PM
On the second day of ballot counting, Orting voters appeared to be approving a tax measure that would generate $825,000 for the local fire district through 2017.
Bonney Lake parks vote losing; Orting, Milton measures look stronger
Published April 24th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Voters rejected on Tuesday the creation of a park district in Bonney Lake, which would have granted the city authority to tax residents to maintain parks and recreation facilities.
Orting voters deciding on emergency services
Published April 17th, 2013 - 7:02PM
Orting voters are making a crucial decision on the future of their emergency services. Residents have received mail-in ballots to vote by Tuesday on a tax measure that would generate $825,000 each year through 2017.
Not much sun, but lots of fun as Daffodil Parade marches through Pierce County
Published April 14th, 2013 - 6:07AM
Some of the youngest parade-watchers were the warmest as the 80th Daffodil Parade worked its way through a chilly drizzle in downtown Tacoma on Saturday morning.
Tacoma Art Bus offers Daffodil Parade view from the inside
Published April 10th, 2013 - 6:16PM
Thousands of Pierce County residents participate in the Daffodil Parade every year, from school marching band performers to politicians. This year for the first time, average citizens can buy a ride in the parade and view the festivities from a new vantage point.
Woman, 18, charged with vehicular assault for Orting crash that injured two
Published March 27th, 2013 - 6:53AM
An 18-year-old woman will face two vehicular assault charges for a crash in Orting last year that seriously injured herself, her boyfriend and another driver.
Veteran prone to 'angry outbursts' missing from Soldiers Home in Orting
Published March 19th, 2013 - 6:33AM
A 65-year-old veteran known to have angry outbursts walked away from the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting Monday and has not returned, officials said.
Orting farmers choreograph a dance between plants, people and animals
Published February 27th, 2013 - 7:49AM
As Carrie Little walked the muddy soil of her Orting farm last week her black retriever Moose let out a series of barks for reasons only he knew. A group of nearby tom turkeys immediately gobbled back a reply. For Little, the interspecies exchange was just a symbol of the ties that bind – a choreography, Little calls it, between the animals, plants and humans that occupy the land she farms with her husband, Ken.
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