A construction bond in the Bethel School District will pass for the first time in 13 years. High school students who produced a documentary highlighting the need deserve a lot of credit for the win.
WorkForce Central wants to cut the number of Pierce County adults without a high school diploma or GED in half and improve youth employment. The agency has hired Tacoma native Tamar Jackson to help.
This week’s Police Beat features an attempted car theft from a dog groomer, a man turning donuts in a parking lot and a liquor-driven fight over a backhoe. The column is compiled from Pierce County Sheriff’s Department reports.
Puyallup’s City Council might ask voters to exchange the city manager form of government for an elected strong mayor. Is this democracy or a power grab? The plan could be on the April 23 special election ballot.
Lime e-bikes failed to take hold in Tacoma while the bikeshare company’s rental scooters have been a hit. Company representatives said ridership of the bicycles was too low.
Nearly seven years after her son's death in Los Angeles, Audry Henry is paying tribute to him with a personal training business in her home of Tacoma. It’s called MA’s House of Fitness.
Nearly seven years after Marland Anderson’s death in Los Angeles, the adult film star’s mother, Audry Henry, is paying tribute to him with a personal training business in her home of Tacoma. It’s called MA’s House of Fitness.
In July, eight maple trees near Elise Sharon’s property were cut down without warning. It was the beginning of a long, litigious saga that has entangled BNSF railway, ensnared a local tree cutting business and driven an intractable wedge between neighbors.
Elise Sharon is upset that a cluster of large maple trees at the edge of her yard near Day Island in University Place were abruptly cut down last year.
News Tribune columnist Matt Driscoll answers his hate mail. This month, he discusses immigration and Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico, the fine L&I levied against the Tacoma Rainiers and Sound Transit construction noises.
In this January edition of the "You rip, I respond" reaction to reader emails, columnist Matt Driscoll recalls a recent meeting with a Trump supporter where commonality was found by
discussing the hot-button issue face-to-face.
The partial government shutdown over a dispute to fund President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico is hurting small local business owners near Mount Rainier National Park.
Allowing Washington voters the chance to do away with the required 60-percent “supermajority” for passing school construction bonds is long overdue. Just look at the situation in the Bethel School District and others across the state.
Students and principals from Bethel High School and Shining Mountain Elementary share stories of classroom overcrowding and failing building maintenance as district funding bonds continue to be rejected by voters.
