Tacoma WA

Lead contamination concerns are growing in Fife schools after state testing revealed extremely high levels in drinking fountains and faucets. At Discovery Primary School, more than 80% of fixtures tested above the state’s action threshold. Ephraim Almaraz, a father of a student at Discovery Primary, told KIRO 7 he...

AUBURN, Wash. — A 17-year-old boy was shot on a bus in Auburn on Thursday night, according to the Auburn Police Department. The shooting took place around 9:30 p.m. near 29th Street Southeast and M Street Southeast. According to a police spokesperson, the shooting took place on a bus.

TACOMA, Wash. — Two young children survived falls from separate third-story apartment windows in Tacoma on Thursday, according to police and fire officials. A 5-year-old girl fell from a third-story apartment window in the 3600 block of South G Street, officials said. Tacoma Fire Department crews took her to a hospital

The cities of Des Moines, Burien and SeaTac announced in a joint statement on Thursday, May 21 that the Port of Seattle denied their request for additional time to review the environmental impacts of several proposed Sea-Tac Airport improvement projects. The three cities had formally requested a 90-day public comment..

DES MOINES, Wash. — For a full century, the Masonic Home of Washington has been one of the most head-turning structures along the Puget Sound shoreline. It's a sprawling landmark rising above Marine View Drive in the city's Zenith neighborhood, visible on clear days from as far away as Tacoma.

Maxine Herbert-Hill can still recall the warmth inside the Alderton School when she was a little girl. Both the school and red brick gymnasium were usually fueled by coal during cold weather in Pierce County, Herbert-Hill told The News Tribune. Herbert-Hill, her sister, Anitra Sudderth, and their friend, Carol Thompson

Bridge Meadows’ latest affordable-housing development has broken ground in Tacoma, the News Tribune confirmed today. The project, which sits next to Stewart Heights Park, will have 60 residential units. Forty-four spaces are geared toward low-income adults 55 and up, and 16 are reserved for families with adopted childr

A Pierce County man, Kendrick Bruce, has been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of identity theft, and unlawful disposal of a body in connection with the disappearance of Dawn Dill, according to prosecutors

COVINGTON, Wash. - Lanes on both sides of SR-18 were closed near the Covington-Maple Valley area after a four-car collision. According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, a four-car, head-on collision occurred just before 3:00 p.m. and blocked all eastbound lanes near the SR-169 interchange. The crash

Firefighters from multiple South King County agencies responded Wednesday, May 20, to an apartment fire in the 19700 block of International Boulevard in SeaTac, according to a social media post […] The post Apartment fire on International Boulevard stopped by sprinkler system Wednesday appeared first on The B-Town (Bu