Tacoma WA

An Eatonville woman has died after being involved in a two-car crash at the end of last year. The 80-year-old woman was driving her 2003 Subaru Forester on southbound state Route 161 near 418 Street East on Dec. 30. A 24-year-old Eatonville woman was driving her 2026 Honda CR-V in the northbound lane at the same...

In December 2024, The News Tribune asked readers what grocery chains, among other businesses, they’d like to see in Pierce County. At least one of those requested is making a long-awaited return to its home city. Initial plans were filed Dec. 28 with the City of Tacoma for a new Uwajimaya Asian grocery at 3130 S....

A King County Superior Court judge has issued an $100,000 bench warrant for the arrest of a 34-year-old man facing charges of vehicular homicide and reckless driving after he reportedly removed his electronic home monitoring device and failed to appear in court. Prosecutors filed charges against Jose Luis Lopez...

During the searches, officers seized about two dozen ghost gun frames, two complete firearms, more than four ounces of cocaine, several grams of methamphetamine and materials consistent with drug distribution, police said.

The man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for directing teenagers to rob a Tacoma marijuana dispensary where an employee was shot and killed was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. Michael Keylon Miller-Jimerson, 26, was sentenced in Pierce County Superior Court, but he’ll serve his prison term at the...

As people return to work and their commutes after the holidays, WSDOT ferries is down to one boat service between Seattle, Bremerton and Bainbridge.

Bloodworks Northwest has declared a "Code Red" emergency shortage as the local blood supply for Washington and Oregon has dropped to less than a two-day reserve. There are nearly 30,000 open donation slots through the end of January, with Type-O blood being in particularly high demand to avoid reliance on...

One direction of a busy Pierce County highway was shut down Monday evening after a state trooper was injured in a collision. Eastbound state Route 512 at Canyon Road was closed as of about 7:10 p.m., trooper Kameron Watts posted on X. Traffic was diverted to Canyon Road until about 9:20 p.m. when the highway was...

Renovation work on Point Defiance Park's Loop Trail is halfway complete, Parks Tacoma recently shared in a press release. The Loop Trail connects visitors from the Wilson Way Bridge, the Pagoda, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Environmental Learning Center, and Owen Beach over the course of 1.6 miles of trail....

Erika J. Evans was ceremonially sworn in Monday as Seattle’s next city attorney during an oath of office ceremony at City Hall.