A Facebook post thrust John Gore’s experience owning a coffee shop in Parkland into the spotlight. The post illuminated both the hostile response a black-owned and operated business has experienced, and also the community’s overwhelming response to hate.
This week, the Tacoma Government Performance and Finance Committee is gearing up for a frank discussion about the Tacoma Employees’ Retirement System. Specifically, the committee wants to start taking a hard look at system’s investment in fossil fuels.
This week’s Police Beat features a dancer stopping traffic, a couple fighting over a failed relationship, and a landlord unhappy with a departing tenant
This year’s Greater Tacoma Peace Prize Laureate, Melannie Cunningham, is headed to Oslo, Norway to take part in this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. She’ll take her message or racial reconciliation with her.
Liz Dunbar will retire as executive director of Tacoma Community House this month. Helping immigrants and refugees has been a calling, she says. In the age of Trump, Dunbar acknowledges it’s a difficult time to leave — especially given what’s at stake.
There are those who will point to Zyion Houston-Sconier’s latest run in with the law as a predictable, cautionary tale — arguing that the Hilltop Halloween robber’s second chance was never deserved. In fact, I’d suggest it’s the exact opposite.
On Monday, Nov. 26, Olympia posted signs and notified individuals living a parking lot downtown that they had seven days to move. Taking a page from Tacoma, the lot will soon become a “mitigation site” for the homeless.
Next week, the Tacoma City Council is expected to approve an ordinance requiring single-occupancy restrooms to be labeled as gender neutral. When it passes, it will mean that all new or existing single-occupancy restrooms will be need to be labeled as such.
"The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition" is a 2005 children's picture book that describes how Santa's "scout elves" hide in people's homes to watch over activities, good and bad. One elf in Gautier, Miss., known as Elf on the Bayou, went rogue.
This video shows what gender-neutral bathrooms look like at Rising Hill Elementary in Kansas City, Mo. Next week the Tacoma City Council is expected to vote on an ordinance requiring single-occupancy restrooms to be labeled as gender neutral.
It’s time to say goodbye to the Elf on the Shelf, for good, once and for all. Faced with a decision of whether to continue the Christmas charade or finally acknowledge the terrible corporate gimmick for what it is, I’m ready to choose the latter
With help from a $500,000 grant from the local Medina Foundation, Friends of the Children wants to open a Tacoma chapter. The program focuses on at-risk youth, pairing them with mentors for 12 years. Here’s what it will take to make it happen.
Councilman Rick Talbert and assistant Mark Williams visit Thurston County's innovative Quixote Village homeless community to explore the potential they believe tiny homes can have in helping Pierce County deal with a growing crisis.
As part of the 2019 budget, County Councilman Rick Talbert and Council Chair Doug Richardson put forward a bi-partisan budget ordinance designed to help pave the way for tiny home developments in Pierce County. It should have been simple, but it wasn’t.
This week’s Police Beat features a woman angry at garden gnomes, a brick-hurling stranger looking for a place to sleep, and a mother trapped in a liquor-induced haze
On Saturday, a scheduled ribbon cutting will provide closure on the multi-million dollar Lincoln Revitalization Project that, counting the planning stages, has stretched years.
Although they are critically endangered creatures, this rare compilation of clips shot by South Sound residents and KIRO 7 show that orcas remain in our midst.
"The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition" is a 2005 children's picture book that describes how Santa's "scout elves" hide in people's homes to watch over activities, good and bad. One elf in Gautier, Miss., known as Elf on the Bayou, went rogue.
