Tacoma WA

SEATTLE — Flags will be lowered to half-staff across Washington state Wednesday to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died last month. Gov. Bob Ferguson directed all Washington state and U.S. flags to be lowered at state agency facilities through close of business or sunset March 11. A civil rights...

Tacoma will stay with me As my candidacy for city manager has come to a close, I write to share my heartfelt gratitude for Tacoma and all who call this beautiful city home. From the South End to the North End and districts within the city’s boundary, I experienced something difficult to manufacture: a genuine sense...

KENT, Wash. — A man charged in the 2023 killings of two people whose bodies were found in a wooded area in Maple Valley was found guilty Tuesday on two counts of murder. Brandon Gerner, 42, was convicted in the deaths of Ashley N. Williams and Robert L. Riley. He is scheduled to be sentenced in April.

About 30 community members gathered on a blustery Saturday afternoon in Purdy for a vigil in memory of seven of their neighbors killed in recent violence on the Key Peninsula. The vigil paid tribute to the four women killed in a stabbing in Wauna on Feb. 24; Jen Lantz, who died in a shooting in Vaughn in January; and...

There’s a new place to grab burgers, Philly cheesesteaks and other fried goodies in University Place. Red Wagon Burgers opened a new University Place location Tuesday in a strip mall at 5510 Orchard St. W., B-3. The local franchise has other locations in Tacoma, Puyallup, Burien, Tumwater and Renton. Lex Tokko, the...

Rescue crews in Tacoma were in the middle of a tricky cliff operation Monday after a person fell from the bluffs at the Dalco Passage viewpoint in Point Defiance Park. Teams on the cliff face worked with rope systems while a city fireboat waited just offshore, ready to move the person to safety once rescuers could...

LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON — The Kenyan diaspora community in the United States is mourning the death of Margaret Wanjiku Njenga, a Kenyan woman originally from Nakuru County. She was found dead in her apartment in Lakewood, Washington, on Friday, March 6, 2026. Authorities confirmed that Wanjiku was discovered deceased...

Tensions are running high between the North End’s Bigfoot Pizza and Bar and neighbors in the area after the two clashed over noise complaints and late-night activity outside the business. Bigfoot Pizza and Bar, previously known as Sammy’s Pizza, has served pizza to residents of an otherwise sleepy corner of the North...

Police have released a new photo of a suspect sought in a Puyallup credit union robbery last month. According to a March 9 Facebook post from the Puyallup Police Department, the suspect was wearing a neon yellow shirt, brown pants and gray shoes with white soles after removing a disguise worn during the incident at...

A promising new deli will open soon at Museum of Glass with a surprise partnership that will mark a highly anticipated return to Tacoma. Kyle Campisi is behind the cafe called Sliced, where he has curated a menu of eight house sandwiches and a few sides. The chef — whose resume includes several years with X Group...