Tacoma WA

With the rent in Western Washington higher than ever and a newly passed statewide rent cap, many are wondering when they will see some sort of rent relief.

Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System and Corvallis, Oregon-based Samaritan Health Services have approved an affiliation agreement allowing Samaritan to join MultiCare. The affiliation is expected to be finalized by mid-2026. Under the agreement, MultiCare will allocate resources over the next decade to upgrade...

Beneath Seattle’s clatter of coffee cups and streetcars lies a second city, a labyrinth of brick corridors and sealed storefronts where time stalled after the Great Fire of 1889. Step below Pioneer Square and the air cools, the light fades, and every echo feels like a footstep that isn’t yours.

Two Auburn residents were arrested in a drug and gun trafficking bust. Marisol Perez-Diaz, 23, and Jordan Martinez Gamez, 23, of Auburn were two of the 10 arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Seattle Police Department on Oct. 28 in connection with three significant, interrelated, drug and gun...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man in custody at the Clackamas County Jail is facing a murder charge after his cellmate died following an alleged assault. Last Tuesday, Sapastian Year, 28, of Renton, Washington, was arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and harassment. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said Year...

Women’s hats were a 19th-century fashion must. By the late 1890s, however, they were reaching monumental heights and blocking the view at theaters. In 1897, Tacoma joined cities around the nation to ban big hats in places of public amusement. Tacoma Proposes Theater Hat Ban. While men were expected...

Crews were hard at work Thursday afternoon clearing contaminated soil from the site of the former Eatonville Landfill , where for 30 years local residents dumped trash and debris without thinking of the consequences down the line. Since the Nisqually Tribe alerted the Washington Department of Ecology of potential...

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department got into the Halloween spirit with a light-hearted gesture from Deputy Cappetto, who brought in a sizable pumpkin to the office, setting the stage for some seasonal jests courtesy of the Sheriff himself. As documented by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, the giant gourd was...

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has joined a growing chorus of agencies across the state raising a bullhorn over what they say is a rapid rise in illicit roadside eateries, urging the public to look for proper permits and “think twice” before buying a hot dog or taco on the go. As of Oct. 31, TPCHD had...

Lacey police arrested a 43-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of unlawfully possessing 3D-printed weapons. Michael Eby Barr is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. On Wednesday, he attended his preliminary appearance in Thurston County Superior Court. Judge Allyson Zipp set the bail amount...