Tacoma WA

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — A Washington lawmaker has drafted a bill to try to pull from existing state revenue to try to revive the Fairfax Bridge along Highway 165 in Pierce County, after it was shut down earlier this year due to structural concerns by WSDOT. The bridge had...

A woman was reported shot in the leg early Sunday morning at a 12th Ave apartment building. Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were called to the Bertha Pitts Campbell Place building just before 6 AM where the victim was reported shot in the leg. A woman was being treated for...

There are six chicken restaurants within just over a half-mile radius from the Tacoma Mall — and that number will grow to seven with the incoming Dave’s Hot Chicken next year. Fried chicken chains have been around for decades, but more and more businesses are entering the market and skyrocketing in popularity. In...

After weeks of heavy rain, King County officials are warning Seattle-area residents of a possible nightmare scenario: rats could emerge from their toilets. In a Facebook post, the Seattle and King County public health department urged residents to “stay calm” and then follow a series of steps, which include flushing...

TACOMA, Wash. -- Washington State Patrol held a memorial on Saturday for the Trooper who was killed while investigating a crash in Tacoma earlier this month.

A Sudden Blanket Over Familiar Terrain (Image Credits: Unsplash) Western Washington – Residents in the North Puget Sound region awoke to a light dusting of ... Read more The post Surprise Lowland Snowfall in Western Washington: Unveiled by a Rare Convergence Pattern appeared first on Climate Cosmos .

If you’ve driven past the McDonald’s on Tacoma Avenue near the County-City Building, you’ve likely seen a large glass vase of flowers dominating the restaurant’s facade for the last 25 years. Commenters on Reddit have speculated for years that the sculpture was done by Dale Chihuly , a world-renowned glass artist who...

Dramatic video shows a suspect allegedly pulling a Washington trooper from a car on Christmas Day and stealing a cruiser on a Seattle interstate before his arrest.

In what has become an annual gesture of community service and culinary generosity, Nana's Southern Kitchen in Kent extended its heartwarming holiday tradition this Christmas, giving away hundreds of free meals to those in need. The Southern-style restaurant continued its commitment to feed the hungry with no...

The City of Tacoma’s Planning and Development team hopes a new streamlined permit process will bring more of what it calls “middle housing” to Tacoma. Middle housing is what’s considered between single-family homes and larger multifamily apartment sites — think condos/townhomes, for example. Middle-housing...