Tacoma WA

Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, LLC, a Seattle, WA-based pulp and paper manufacturer, filed for Chapter 11 protection on May 15 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington. The company reports $2 million in assets and $21 million in liabilities. The filing indicates that there will be...

SPANAWAY, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of an attempted theft of gasoline May 17 in Spanaway. Around midnight Sunday, officers responded to the 4500 block of 225th St Ct E in Spanaway to reports of an attempted theft. Two witnesses said they interrupted...

Residents in Orting are grappling with high energy bills and are expressing concern over proposed future rate increases from Puget Sound Energy.

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital has opened its brand new pediatric hospital in Tacoma, moving operations out of Tacoma General and ushering in a new chapter in children’s health care for the city. The 250,000-square-foot six-floor facility, located at 305 S. L Street, features a dedicated pediatric ER, 82...

If a new shelter opens near your home in Seattle, the city’s plan now calls for sharing a public safety plan with your neighborhood at least one month before the

King County prosecutors are warning of a troubling rise in domestic violence-related deaths across the region after two murder-suicides happened last Tuesday in Bellevue and Kent. The incidents happened on the same day a regional domestic violence task force had convened to discuss how to address cases in which perpetr

Have you ever shopped somewhere that feels like a celebration of everything grown and made in its own backyard? This Washington market lives and breathes that idea, with every stall telling a local story. The farmers arrive before dawn with produce still flecked with morning soil. The crafters set out...

Charges have been filed against Christopher Leahy, 31, the suspect in last week’s fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old University of Washington (UW) student. Leahy made his first court appearance last Thursday afternoon. He’s been charged with first-degree murder with a deadly weapon. If convicted, the sentencing range is b

Fallout continues for Peninsula School District following the child sex abuse conviction of former teacher Jordan Roy Henderson. Prosecutors charged Henderson, 36, with sexually assaulting four fourth- and fifth-grade girls who were his students at Evergreen Elementary School in Lakebay between 2022 and 2024. A Pierce

This story originally appeared in the May 2026 edition of our sister publication, South Sound Business. A Tacoma pharmaceutical company whose backers include several well-known Northwest families hopes to offer a drug in the next four years that, studies show, can save brain tissue in people who have suffered an ischem