Tacoma WA

A homicide investigation is underway on the Key Peninsula after a man came home from work yesterday afternoon and found his wife, their adult son, and the family dog shot to death inside the house. The man called 911 after discovering all three were unresponsive. Detectives later recovered a firearm at the scene and...

Tacoma longshoreman Mitchell Meyer noted that, although the arrangement wasn’t a reference to Renee Good, the Evergreen Line shipping company worked after hours on Monday night to rearrange the containers so that it no longer spelled out “Renee.”

Mercer Island officials say the city has clawed back roughly 88% of the $420,350.94 that was siphoned off in an accounts-payable scam, leaving taxpayers responsible for a $50,000 insurance deductible. Detectives traced funds across state lines, seized money from bank accounts and worked with the city’s insurer to...

They come in like bats. Two black shapes on my periphery, fluttering like a magician’s fingers. I straighten from my shovel — working past sunset again — and watch as they circle our porch light. They land atop the fixture. Bats don’t do that. I step closer....

Tacoma is the state’s most confident Main Street of 2026, according to a survey conducted by financial-services company Advance Funds Network. Many brick-and-mortar businesses are approaching the year with quiet confidence, the company said in a release. It noted the face-to-face forwardness of many businesses — a...

Sorry, Jack in the Box fans, but you’ve lost another location in the South Sound. Jack in the Box, 1275 Center Drive, DuPont, is no longer in operation, though it’s unclear when it closed. The last Google review from a week ago states, “nothing there... .” Its business listing on Google is marked, “Permanently...

Seattle rapper Macklemore called for Americans to skip work Friday in a National Shutdown protest against ICE operations nationwide. wants Americans to hit the system where it hurts most – the wallet. The Seattle rapper dropped a call to action that’s got people talking about skipping work, school and...

More than 20 severed human feet have washed up along Puget Sound and Salish Sea beaches since 2007, sparking widespread online speculation. Experts say the phenomenon is explained by cold water, natural decomposition and marine activity, not foul play. Officials note modern footwear helps feet detach, float and...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — An animal rescue based in Pierce County is seeing an increase in pets surrendered by its owners. Horn Creek Rescue, a non-profit animal rescue, says the pet surrender issue has gotten worse after the Humane Society of Tacoma and Pierce County raised its pet surrender fee by hundreds of dollars.

Redd Dog Brewing is packing up its Tacoma taproom on Sixth Avenue and heading a few blocks closer to downtown, into a larger brewpub space on Fawcett Avenue that the owners say will be all about full-service hospitality. The new spot is slated to feature an in-house Mexican kitchen and a larger beer garden, while the...