Tacoma WA

The March 8 heating outage left several campus buildings with limited heat as UW Tacoma Facilities works toward repairs before the spring quarter. A heating outage that began on March 8 left several UW Tacoma buildings without functional heat, causing some classes to relocate while students and employees adjusted to...

Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders and a team of deputies captured two retail theft suspects following a high-speed chase from Centralia into Lacey Sunday, March 22. According to Centralia ...

As the Pierce County Charter Review Commission meets to recommend changes to our county charter, one major issue commissioners should consider is the number of seats on the county council. Since the Pierce County government was first chartered in 1981, the county has nearly doubled its population. Despite this...

For a few tense days in Browns Point, the noisiest neighbors on the block were not the ones throwing parties. State wildlife officers moved in last week and removed five squirrels from the Tacoma neighborhood after residents reported the animals acting aggressively and at least one person was bitten and treated.

A house fire broke out in Maple Valley Tuesday morning, according to Puget Sound Fire, with firefighters needing to shuttle water in from more than a mile away. The fire happened within a home on S.E. 216th Street in Maple Valley at approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday. All residents were safely evacuated, with no injuries...

You know that feeling when you accidentally walk into the wrong building and discover something absolutely magical?. Holy Water A Heavenly Lounge in Port Orchard is exactly that kind of place, except you’re walking into a former church on purpose, and the only thing you’ll be confessing is your undying love for their...

A teenager accused of killing two Rainier Beach High School students appeared in court Monday after nearly two months on the run.

SEATTLE — Newly released court documents are providing a clearer picture of why a deadly 2023 downtown Seattle shooting will not go to trial — and what prosecutors say was happening in the gunman’s mind. In June 2023, authorities say Cordell Goosby opened fire into a car...

Today is the debut of the Gig Harbor Now and Then Historical Location of Mystery series. I would prefer to call the first one Location of Mystery #1, but the AP Style Guide frowns on using the pound symbol in that way. So instead, it will be known as Location of Mystery No. 1.

In the south sound, gig harbor lures people with the promise of tranquility, space, and some of the most striking views in the region. The city’s picturesque history stretches back to the 1840s—it was named after the small captain’s gig in which the Wilkes Expedition first arrived—and it has evolved into a scenic...