Tacoma WA

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. - Troopers are investigating after a man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Thurston County Saturday morning. According to the Washington State Patrol, the crash happened just before 3 a.m. on I-5 near the Nisqually River. Investigators say the 72-year-old Renton man was riding southbound I-5...

The Humane Society of Tacoma and Pierce County says it is changing how it operates after a deadly dog attack.

A motorcyclist from Renton died Saturday morning after crashing into a guardrail on Interstate 5 over the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, the Washington State Patrol said in a press release. At around 2:54 p.m., the 72-year-old driver was headed southbound just north of milepost 114, the release sai

SEATTLE - Seattle police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing 8-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy in Seattle. Michael, 10, is 4'7" with blonde hair and wearing a brown shirt with gray pants. Skylar, 8, is 4'8" with blonde hair wearing a blue Adidas shirt with white and gray pants.

Two employees of Team Marti of John L. Scott Real Estate in Kent recently earned their real estate licenses. Genevieve Cusano and Lara Henry join Marti Reeder and Merle Reeder as licensed agents, according to a May 15 press release from Team Marti. With three years of hands-on real estate...

The Enumclaw School District picked Mark Wenzel over Kent School District Deputy Superintendent Wade Barringer for its superintendent job. The announcement was made May 14 after Wenzel and Barringer, the two finalists out of 25 applicants, spent two days of extensive interviews with the Enumclaw School District Board o

Friday brought a mix of business developments, public safety news and community recognition across the South Sound. From a historic Tacoma building’s reinvention to an officer’s arrest, here’s a roundup of top stories from The News Tribune. • The historic Willamette building in Tacoma now houses 18 new makerspace studi

The current Auburn Police Department headquarters is cramped. “It’s simply out of space by today’s standards,” Bernie O’Donnell, CEO of Renton-Based Rock Project Management, a consultant, told city officials during an Auburn City Council study session on March 23. In fact, the headquarters falls 18,000 square...

When someone tells you there are half a million books in one building, your brain doesn’t quite process what that actually means until you’re standing in it. The Tacoma Book Center is where book lovers go to happily disappear for hours, emerging dazed and delighted with armloads of literary treasure they never knew the

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Game Farm Park, the City of Auburn unleashes Petpalooza, its annual celebration of pets and other things beastly. This free event for pet lovers — and special day for all of your four-legged family members or other furry friends out there — is now in its 19th year, offering l