Tacoma WA

As Tacoma’s longtime city manager gears up for retirement, Elizabeth Pauli said helping keep city employees safe and productive through the pandemic is among her top accomplishments. Pauli, 65, served as Tacoma’s city manager for eight years, a key leader in Tacoma’s council-manager form of government , in which the...

Tacoma firefighters battled two, separate, two-alarm fires on Saturday and they say one of them was started by people illegally setting off fireworks.

A 64-year-old Olympia man was hospitalized Sunday after a deer jumped into the roadway as he was riding a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 12 near Mossyrock, according to the Washington State Patrol. 

Bruce Ramsey was a respected longtime business reporter for the Seattle P-I, and then an opinion journalist for the editorial page of The Seattle Times. Now, in addition to writing for Post Alley, Ramsey is researching and writing local history books. In addition to his fascinating book about the 1893 Depression in...

I fueled up at Fred Meyer over the weekend and noticed another increase in gas prices, making Washington State one of the most expensive places in the nation to get gas. Stay Ahead of the Curve: Discover 9 Must-Know WA Laws Coming This July. Strap yourself in, as nine new...

Seattle Fire Department (SFD) personnel responded to a fire on the roof and deck of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house at the University of Washington at 3:49 a.m. Saturday morning.

SEATTLE, WA — A 17-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after being violently stabbed in a West Seattle home early Saturday morning. Seattle police say they are actively searching for two teenage suspects, a male and

Fire crews from Puget Sound Fire and South King Fire & Rescue responded Saturday, July 5, 2025 to a large vehicle and equipment fire in the 35000 block of Frager Road in Kent (map below), with support from a Port of Seattle Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) unit. According to...

Tragic Pedestrian Crash on State Route 7 near 143rd Street South Kills 1 [Pierce County, WA]. 1 Person Dead in Pierce County Pedestrian Accident on State Route 7 near 143rd Street South PIERCE COUNTY, WA (July 6, 2025) – Friday night, a tragic pedestrian crash on State Route 7 near 143rd Street South killed one...

Even before the clock struck 10 o’clock on the morning of July 5 — the official start of a South Sound Surfrider Foundation post-Fourth of July clean-up event — volunteers were already combing the Purdy Sandspit. Setting off fireworks on the spit was banned starting this year,...