Tacoma WA

Minimum wage increases each year as a result of federal or state laws. Currently, the federal minimum wage is staying at $7.25, $10 less than the current minimum wage in Lake Stevens. More specifically in Washington, Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $21.30 which is a significant increase from the state’s...

(Added: Photo by Adam Wuerl) Off West Seattle a short time ago, that’s the U.S. Navy‘s oldest aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), leaving Puget Sound one last time, three months after returning to Bremerton following its final deployment. (Added: Photo by Michael Fischer) It’s headed to Norfolk, VA,...

A man was charged with killing his mother in the Auburn-Federal Way area, but the defendant’s competency to stand trial is now in question. On Feb. 27, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO) charged Antony Ton Le, 30, of unincorporated King County, with second-degree murder. Le’s charge stems from an...

A decommissioned Boeing 747 fuselage is now literally wedged into Seattle’s skyline, hanging between two nearly finished towers at the WB1200 project in Denny Triangle. The polished aluminum shell sits about 14 feet above the galleria floor, and crews have been adding new exterior panels that are already reshaping...

The Muckleshoot Casino Resort is introducing a sauce machine in its Food Hall-- a first-of-its-kind in the state.

About 100 people gathered at Skansie Brothers Park in Gig Harbor on Wednesday, March 4, for a candlelight vigil in honor of four women killed on Feb. 24 near Lake Kathryn. The crowd heard from local civic leaders and chaplains from the Gig Harbor Police Department and Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One. They lit candles...

In the Wenatchee Valley, your backyard oasis could be someone else’s headache. Let’s talk about the fine line between enjoyment and neighborly disputes.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) released body-cam and dash-cam video of a 2023 pursuit and fatal officer-involved shooting of a DUI suspect on Thursday. What deputies didn’t know at the time was that the suspect was also involved in a double homicide. The video is intense and violent, but was released for...

A Tacoma nonprofit’s leader sought $50,000 for her private consultancy from a pool of taxpayer funds given to the nonprofit to award to small businesses and organizations, state records show. The proposed award to RISE LWP, a business founded by Tacoma Urban League CEO Desireé Wilkins Finch, was determined last...

Pierce County deputies found themselves in an unusual pursuit with a 40-year-old convicted felon on Tuesday. Just after midnight, Pierce County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies located a truck with no working taillights and attempted a routine traffic stop in unincorporated Pierce County, PCSO announced. As deputies...