Tacoma WA

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. - A massage therapist is facing two counts of third-degree rape in Pierce County, prosecutors say. Justin Francis, 25, appeared in court Wednesday after being accused of sexually assaulting two women while working at a spa in Gig Harbor. Prosecutors said one alleged assault occurred in December...

It's impossible to miss Urbana. It’s a gigantic apartment complex (nearly 300 units), and, because of its prime location, Northwest Market Street and 15th Avenue Northwest, it introduces the world to Ballard. But, my god, the building has no aesthetic appeal to speak of; nothing in all of it...

It took firefighters about 20 minutes to extinguish a Kent house fire Tuesday morning, Jan. 13 in the 4400 block of South 257th Street. No one was home at the time of the fire, according to a Jan. 13 email from Puget Sound Fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak. Firefighters were dispatched just before 9 a.m. and found a large...

The pool at Tacoma’s Eastside Community Center is closed until further notice, according to Parks Tacoma. Parks officials uncovered additional damage to the pool, which opened about eight years ago , during a routine maintenance check in December, according to spokesperson Stacia Glenn. The maintenance check revealed...

Gig Harbor’s most iconic waterfront restaurant, Tides Tavern, is changing ownership.

Firefighters from Puget Sound Fire responded to a residential fire on Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, in the 4400 block of South 257th Street in Kent (map below), where crews found heavy smoke coming from the home, according to the department. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes after firefighters...

Levi Solomua, 44, of Lakewood, was charged with one count of second-degree assault constituting domestic violence on Tuesday, Jan. 13, following an alleged altercation with a fellow patient at the

Copine, located in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, will close in May 2026. The restaurant is expected to serve its final meal at the end of the month. The closure comes as the restaurant’s current lease is set to expire. Copine Announces Closure as Current Lease Expires in May. One...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A 25-year-old Federal Way man was sentenced to eight years in prison for a gunpoint kidnapping carried out as revenge for a drug deal gone wrong. Daniel Lopez was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle for using a gun during a violent crime stemming from the Oct. 13, 2024, abduction of an...

Four school districts in the state of Washington are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. The Cheney, Sultan, Tacoma, and Vancouver districts are among 18 entities in 10 states facing Title IX investigations, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday. Complaints claim these districts...