Tacoma WA

A Clark County review and related county audits say Pierce County moved so fast to staff its jail that it signed off on a series of hires that later turned into serious problems. The outside review and internal records point to weak background checks, rewritten psychological findings and second-chance polygraph exams...

Chick-fil-A, a national fast food chicken restaurant, has more time to get its paperwork in for its plans to build at the Chevron location on Point Fosdick Drive. The city’s online permit site shows the restaurant chain has exchanged a host of correspondence with city permitting staff. However, Gig Harbor...

Downtown Gig Harbor’s long stretch without a neighborhood market may finally be winding down. Three years after Harbor General closed its doors, a new specialty market called Gather Gig Harbor is slated to open in the heart of town by fall, according to its owners. The market, led by...

Bodycam video shows a first hand look at how King County Sheriff's deputies in the Southeast Precinct using their de-escalation training to arrest a passed out convicted felon who had a handgun on him.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office says a man in Puyallup is dead and they’re trying to figure out what happened to him.

Last Saturday, the lights went out for good at the Anderson Island General Store, taking the island’s only grocery shelves and gas pumps with them. The shutdown leaves roughly 1,500 year-round residents, plus thousands more summer visitors, relying on a ferry trip to the mainland for fuel, fresh produce and everyday...

A Spanaway man who died in an apparent road-rage incident in Pierce County last week has been identified, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. Alexander Jay Richardson III, 21, died on Jan. 30 from a gunshot wound to the chest. His manner of death was listed as a homicide, the office reported through its...

A crash between a motorcycle and school bus in the University Place area left the motorcyclist injured Thursday morning. Deputies were dispatched to 27th Street West after a caller reported at 7:14 a.m. that a Curtis High School bus had been struck by a motorcycle. The driver pulled out to make a left turn when the...

I chased the Pacific breeze across Washington for one mission: find the salmon chowder that makes time stand still. From bustling markets to waterfront icons, I spooned through bowls that smelled like tide pools and campfires. Some were good, a few were great, and three made me forget to speak....

A train struck and killed a 67-year-old Kent man sitting in a wheelchair on the railroad tracks just before noon Wednesday, Feb. 4 at East James Street. The man is the second pedestrian in three days killed on the tracks in Kent. Kent Police officers, Puget Sound Fire and King...