Tacoma WA

PUYALLUP, Wash. - A dangerous pursuit in Pierce County led to the arrest of a 12, 14, 16 and 21-year-old, and it was all caught on camera. "Mom, I love you, the police got me," police body camera captured the 21-year-old driver saying when he was taken into custody. Timeline:...

A man was arrested after residents saw him siphoning gas from parked cars in Lacey.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Multiple corrections deputies were injured after intervening in a violent altercation between inmates at the Thurston County jail. According to Sheriff Sanders of the Thurston County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred overnight in the G dorm when an inmate placed another inmate in a chokehold...

A new fine art studio with date-night events, classes and open studio hours opened this fall in downtown Tacoma. On Wednesday, The News Tribune took an look inside the Artsi Creative Space , 2323 Tacoma Ave. S. A half-dozen easels were set up in a semi-circle in the middle of the white studio, and racks of paints,...

Buckets of rain hit Seattle and other neighboring cities in the Puget Sound region, followed by a hailstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning. Just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, hail briefly covered many major thoroughfares and streets in the city before the consistent downpour of rain washed it away. Thunder continued...

Not long into his confinement at the sprawling immigrant detention center in Tacoma, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino heard swearing as dinner was served. “Hey, look at this,” said the man swearing as he brought his tray over for Juarez to see. On it was chicken, normally...

A Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy shot and injured a domestic violence suspect shortly after noon Sunday, a spokeswoman for the department said. About 12:10 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 12600 block of 106th Avenue Court East in the Puyallup area after a report of domestic violence involving a weapon, Deputy...

PUYALLUP, Wash. - Deputies in Pierce County were involved in a shooting during a response to calls about domestic violence in Puyallup on Sunday afternoon. A male suspect has been hospitalized for gunshot wounds. Timeline:. Just after 12 p.m. on Oct. 12, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office received calls of...

As a homeless outreach worker, I’ve witnessed first hand the misinformed and ridiculous policies our current City Council have proposed and implemented to address homelessness in Tacoma. The camping ban and Homeless Engagement Alternative Liaison (HEAL) team interventions in particular have proven ineffective,...

A Tacoma hospital worker claims a state correctional officer failed to prevent her from being attacked by an inmate while she was preparing a routine blood draw in 2023, according to a lawsuit. Kristen Ryan, a phlebotomist at MultiCare’s Tacoma General Hospital, has sued the state, the Department of Corrections and...