Tacoma WA

A group of Seattle neighbors are urging creativity to help protect a redwood grove where a developer wants to build a home, and their cause is getting some celebrity support to try and save this section of the tree canopy. The trees tower over a lot at 700 McGilvra Blvd...

Gov. Bob Ferguson has launched a campaign to increase the number of students who complete free applications for federal student aid to attend college and other education programs after high school. Nearly half of Washington households qualify for the financial aid, but Washington consistently ranks in the bottom...

A Steilacoom public safety officer investigating a boating crash near Chambers Bay walked along railroad tracks toward an approaching man in the distance as ambulance sirens rang in the background. Jarod Kelpman, 50, and his teenage son had been in a speeding motor boat that had just struck a piling in front of the...

Immigration attorneys are demanding federal officials release a wildland firefighter arrested last month on the Olympic Peninsula. Lawyers for the Portland-based Innovation Law Lab and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed a federal lawsuit Friday on behalf of Rigoberto Hernandez, seeking his immediate release...

The developer-owner of the Marriott Tacoma Downtown faces losing the property to an auction set for November to collect on a loan default. Initial legal action seeking to put the site into receivership was filed in July in Pierce County Superior Court involving project lenders against the developer, Yareton Hotel...

GRANT COUNTY — One person was killed and three people were injured on Sunday afternoon in a head-on collision on Highway 283 near George. According to the Washington State Patrol, it was roughly 1:30 p.m. when a southbound 2015 Chevy Colorado truck crossed the center line and collided head-on with a northbound 2019...

You’ve heard the conversation starter a million times: “If you had to pick one meal to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?” For Allrecipes community members, the answer would almost certainly come in casserole form. From Broccoli Chicken to Tuna Noodle, Allrecipes boasts more than 1,600 casserole...

The city of Gig Harbor has chosen a new chief of police, following interviews, community feedback and a show of support from the department’s union. Interim Police Chief Tray Federici has been selected to serve as the permanent head of the Gig Harbor Police Department, the city announced in a press release Monday...

Tacoma police have arrested a man in connection with a weekend double shooting that resulted in the death of one person.

ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two suspects have been charged in connection to the kidnapping of a 7-year-old boy in Alexander City, according to police. Sonya Watkins, 42, of Federal Way, Washington, and Jonathan Watkins, 44, of Alexander City, are both charged with first-degree kidnapping. Authorities say the...