Tacoma WA

This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. Tacoma’s South End just gained a sweet new hangout: Locus Café quietly soft‑opened November 21, 2025, at 4822 Pacific Ave. Built for families, it centers waffles, crêpes, mini pancakes and signature coffee drinks. Soft‑opening hours are 10 a.m.–10 p.m....

State health officials suspended the license of a former substance use treatment provider from Gig Harbor, pending further legal action, for alleged sexual misconduct and substandard care. In an eight-page statement in November, state officials accuse Jeremiah Dunlap of engaging in unethical practices during his time...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) says a man in his 30s was shot and killed near Rainier Avenue South and South Jackson Street.

An autopsy was conducted of the person found deceased on Nov. 20 on the beach just north of Ocean Shores. The examination showed that 39-year-old Itzel Perez of Tacoma drowned after her vehicle was overcome by waves while driving on the beach. Her family has been notified, and we extend our condolences to them after...

Like any good Seattleite, I love Costco. It’s the great hometown success story and the only corporation that seems to have any moral backbone—something it demonstrates by, among other things, keeping its hot dog prices fixed firmly in 1987. But recently I got the creeping feeling that I might not love all of my...

A lucky gambler bet $44 at a slot machine at a casino near Tacoma and won big. The gambler won $123,196 at a Dancing Drums slot machine at Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie, casino officials said in a Facebook post on Friday, Nov. 28. It was an “unforgettable night,” casino officials said. That wasn’t the only recent...

Uneven Ground: This is the second installment in a series by InvestigateWest examining inequities facing Native American youth in Washington’s criminal justice system. Find the first article here. As a longtime Indigenous rights attorney, Gabe Galanda has seen it again and again. Native American kids find themselves...

Meet our adoptable pet of the week, 10-week old Chicago, from the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County.

Prosecutors in the county, south of Seattle, put out two $50,000 DUI warrants for the suspect's arrest Monday as "a high-risk danger to the community" after the string of whippets-related incidents.

Residents in the city of DuPont took to Facebook recently concerned about why a half dozen fruit trees were sitting unplanted in the DuPont Heirloom Orchard near City Hall. After a conversation with Mayor Ron Frederick on Tuesday, The News Tribune verified the trees have not been planted in the orchard because the...