The City of Puyallup will pay former City Manager Ralph Dannenberg $13,760 to settle a claim he filed contending his firing last year was retaliatory.
Power was knocked out to much of downtown Puyallup on Tuesday after a car wreck, police reported.
Emotions ran high Tuesday night as the Puyallup City Council attempted to tamp down rumors that it plans to gut the parks and recreation department.
It’s been a long wait for South Hill diners, but Epic Donuts has finally opened. South Hill is a community short on doughnut options aside from grocery store bakeries. This bakery will cater to kids – a pretty safe bet in a suburban community like South Hill – with its Epic Eddie mascot and specials aimed at schools and youth sports teams.
Power remains out in much of downtown Puyallup this morning following an overnight car wreck, police reported.
While supporters of Tacoma’s $500 million school bond were celebrating a decisive election victory Wednesday, a more sober mood prevailed in Puyallup schools, where backers of a $279.6 million measure were perplexed by their loss.
Early ballot tallies Tuesday night indicated school bond measures in Tacoma and Puyallup were headed in different directions.
Puyallup police are searching for a 30-year-old armed man suspected of robbing a man who gave him a ride to a convenience store Feb. 6.
With today’s election deadline approaching, school bond supporters in Tacoma and Puyallup are watching ballot returns carefully. And it’s not just about yes votes and no votes, which won't be tallied until tonight.
Voters in the Puyallup and Tacoma school districts have until Tuesday to cast their votes in a special school bond election.
The December shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut continue to reverberate as officials around the country take closer looks at security measures on their campuses.
A flood-prone house slated for demolition will be used for Tacoma police SWAT training today, which means neighbors could hear unusual noises coming from the home.
A marijuana grow was uncovered inside a Puyallup home Wednesday morning after the house caught fire.
Eric Akeson is operating at warp brewery speed – not even a year ago he started his Puyallup River Brewery selling bottles of beer to local bottle shops and groceries stores like Tacoma Boys. Today, he opens his Puyallup River Alehouse – a taproom in downtown Puyallup where he’ll pour his own craft beers and some of his favorites from other South Sound and nationally known craft brewers. Think of the alehouse as a craft beer emporium, something like The Red Hot or The Parkway.
A marijuana grow was uncovered inside a Puyallup home this morning after the house caught fire.
The Puyallup City Council moved Tuesday night to permanently prohibit halfway houses for sex offenders from opening in residential neighborhoods, even as state legislators work on a parallel track to impose limits on sex offender housing.
Emma Miller wasn’t about to wait to see the world. Over the past four years, she has been to Switzerland, South Korea, Mexico, England, France and Italy, along with stops in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston and Skagway, Alaska.
A Puyallup police dog led officers to a wanted felon hiding beneath a mobile home porch early this morning.
Nature lovers walking Puget Sound beaches and along river trails this time of year might be treated to an increase in bald eagle sightings, such as this one captured taking flight to escape another raptor's dive on Monday. The two appeared to be eyeing the same fish dinner on a stretch of Clarks Creek in Puyallup.
A candlelight vigil will take place in Graham this evening to remember 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden Powell on the anniversary of their deaths.
The U.S. Navy Band from Washington, D.C., will present a free concert at Rogers High School at 7 p.m. Feb. 12. The concert is part of the band’s national tour.
The Puyallup School District is accepting nominations for the annual Volunteer of the Year award program.
UPDATE: This was posted on the school district Website:
Having lunch while standing up or outside in the cold is just one of the effects of cramming 1,600 teenagers into Emerald Ridge High School, which was built with a capacity of 1,400. The Puyallup School District is asking voters to help alleviate overcrowding at Emerald Ridge and other schools with a bond measure for $279.6 million.
The Puyallup City Council voted Tuesday night to extend the moratorium on halfway houses as it seeks strict regulation on shared housing for sex offenders and violent felons.
The engine is revving again on the long-stalled effort to find money to connect state Route 167 from Puyallup to the Port of Tacoma.
Former Renton elementary school teacher Sylvia Davison, who developed the GoPhonics curriculum used in all 50 states, China and Europe, is still going strong at 90, tutoring 20 students with reading problems one-on-one in her Puyallup home.
Puyallup police on Thursday were asking for the public’s help in identifying a robber in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pants who held up a convenience store earlier this month.
The opening has been delayed by several weeks, but if building upgrades are approved, Epic Donuts will open in Puyallup later this month or early next. Signs for the business have been up for weeks and South Hill residents have been asking me about the doughnut shop. Here’s what I know.
Puyallup police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who held up a convenience store earlier this month.
The Puyallup City Council tonight will discuss how to maximize the use of City Hall space, including moving some operations into the top floor of the 5-story building.
Puyallup police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who stole 14 bottles of liquor from a downtown store last week.
The state Department of Natural Resources faces a fine of nearly $173,000 after being cited for 15 worker-safety violations after the drowning of a diver.
More than a year after the state shut down her Eatonville boarding home and revoked her license, Jodi Becker was sentenced Wednesday to 75 days in jail for her role in mistreating a patient and stealing from the state.
Puyallup’s interim city manager will continue to run day-to-day operations at City Hall for another year, at a greater cost to the city.
Puyallup and Sumner leaders are voicing concerns about traffic congestion and other problems that proposed increases in coal trains through East Pierce County could cause.
The state Department of Corrections office in Puyallup was evacuated Monday after a woman called in a bomb threat, police said.
The state Department of Corrections office in Puyallup was evacuated this morning after a woman called in a bomb threat, police said.
Wacky Wednesdays are about to become a thing of the past for families in the Puyallup School District. They’ll be replaced by somewhat manic Mondays — all in an effort to increase student instructional time and bring consistency to school schedules.
A Puyallup parent facing restrictions on his ability to be present at his child’s school says he’s hopeful a recent change in campus leadership will bring a new, positive attitude to the school.
A 54-year-old Puyallup man died around noon Saturday when his car hit a tree and flipped.
Puyallup police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the masked man who robbed a Heritage Bank branch last week.
Puyallup police arrested a suspected car prowler early this morning after a resident spotted the man trying to open car doors in the parking lot of the Hampton Apartments.
The father of a man who died after allegedly falling and hitting his head during a party at a Puyallup restaurant has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the business.
The former Puyallup city manager who lost his job after sanctioning the mayor and falling out of favor with a slim majority of the City Council has filed a wrongful termination claim against the city.
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