Tacoma WA

TACOMA, Wash. — Residents in Central Tacoma are on edge after a series of fires broke out across the neighborhood on Sunday night, including two on the same residential property just hours apart. The Tacoma Fire Department says as many as eight small fires ignited overnight. They said between...

Prosecutors say a suspect set fires that damaged trees in Tacoma and Fircrest, including 35 trees valued at about $21,000.

Studio 13 Live gets an inside look at Lucky Claww's newest location in Kent. How everyone's a winner at the premier claw machine arcade.

TACOMA, Wash. — Forty years after critics dismissed it as a box-office misfire, the 1985 comedy "Clue" has outlasted its reviews — and one of its stars is coming to celebrate. Lesley Anne Warren, who played the cunning Miss Scarlet in the cult-classic film adaptation of the beloved...

On a busy stretch of Pacific Highway South in Federal Way, Washington, there’s a little burger joint that doesn’t need neon signs or flashy marketing to pack in a crowd. Burger Express has been serving up char-broiled, made-to-order burgers, fresh-cut fries, and real fruit shakes since 1983 — and over four decades...

A local health system is leading the way with new robot-assisted technology when it comes to shoulder-replacement surgery for local patients. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health recently announced it has introduced advanced robotic-assisted technology for reverse shoulder replacement surgery to the region. Reverse is...

A first-year teacher is facing the possibility of losing his position despite spending months working extra hours, creating engaging lesson plans, and building relationships with students and families to demonstrate his dedication to the profession. His situation reflects a growing tension in education where new...

Several Pierce County school districts have been named among the best in the state. According to the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s website , seven Pierce County districts have been named for the newly-created State Superintendent’s Award for Educational Excellence. Washington state has...

The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction faces allegations of enabling child abuse at a now-closed private school for disabled kids. The Northwest School of Innovative Learning, or NW SOIL, was a school for students with disabilities in Tacoma that shut down in January 2024 after an investigation...

Flames lit up a U-Haul lot in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood early Monday. Security cameras caught two men who started the fire while trying to steal gas.