Tacoma WA

The first building of the Kent East Hill Operations Center (KEHOC) is nearing completion after more than 25 years of planning and site improvements. The city of Kent’s primary maintenance and operations staff will be moving from the 16,636-square-foot facility on Russell Road to the 83,000-square-foot KEHOC facility...

Many thanks to Jim for bringing attention to these public safety risks. On Jan. 19, I submitted a Traffic Complaint Form to the City of Gig Harbor. My complaint addressed two issues: 1) The repeated use of Cushman Trail by teens (probably) on motorcycles and 2) reckless driving observed (for example, wheelies) on...

A Washington man has been accused of pulling a gun on the Good Samaritan who tried to help him after a crash. This is why we say, "help no one, save no one." We saw it every week on Dave & Chuck The Freak. Sometimes, when you decide to try to be a good person and help a stranger it quickly backfires on you. There...

Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is opening its gates to canines for its Dog Days event on March 6. From 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., dog owners who are over the age of 18 can bring their dog to wander various paved paths with stops at the aquarium and habitats for insects, walruses, polar bears, muskoxen, and more. In...

TACOMA, Wash. — In a 5-2 vote, the Pierce County Council approved a new 0.1% public safety sales tax at its meeting Tuesday evening. The proposal will add around $27 million to the county's annual budget, which supporters said is needed to fill a funding cap for critical public safety services.

Commercial real estate firm Kidder Mathews announced in a press release this week that it completed the sale of the 11,900-square-foot showroom, office, and service facility space once leased to Indian Motorcycle. The buyer was Federal Way-based West State Motorsport, a used-car dealer that will use the Auburn...

About 12 hours before Aleksandr Shablykin allegedly killed his mother and three other people near Gig Harbor, police officers went to his sister's house in Orting, Pierce County, and talked about the suspect's mental state, body camera footage obtained by The Seattle Times shows. The suspect's sister, Anastasia...

The City of Covington says detectives arrested five people inside a home connected to drugs, mail theft, ID fraud, and creating unsafe conditions for children.

A driver is suspected of striking another vehicle while intoxicated in Tacoma on Tuesday night, killing a person in the other car. Officers were dispatched at 8:06 p.m. to Yakima Avenue and South 23rd Street. A driver had crashed into another vehicle on South 23rd, Tacoma Police Department officer Shelbie Boyd told...

After an investigation that lasted two years, records showing what happened during a police shootout in Pierce County in 2023 have been released. The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office reviewed the case and determined the deputies were not only justified in shooting murder suspect Kody Olsen, but likely...