State of Africatown Conference Highlights $107 Million Investment Plan For Black Community
Last Saturday, Africatown Community Land Trust co-founder Wyking Garrett unveiled a $107 million investment plan for the Black community during the organization’s annual State of Africatown address. Garrett said the initiative reaffirms a long term strategy to strengthen Black homeownership, reduce displacement and...
Stray pets found in Puyallup and Pacific on March 3
Several stray animals were received on March 3, 2026, with no microchips found. In Puyallup, a brown and white American Staffordshire terrier mix was found near the 2400 block of W Stewart, a brown and white domestic longhaired tabby cat was found near the 300 block of 31st Ave SE, and a grey domestic shorthaired...
Puget Sound Energy Is Paying Customers To Get Battery Systems
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Energy storage has steadily expanded over the last twelve years. This growth may be mostly because of how much battery prices have dropped in the period, which is as much as a 75% decline. Individual homeowners and some business owners,...
Mount Baker neighbors push for action against drug activity near schools, bus stops
MOUNT BAKER, Wash. — People are banding together in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood to demand that city and county officials address persistent public safety concerns, including bus shelters that attract regular drug activity. The issues they raised now have King County Metro responding. Stephen Kinholt is helping...
Discover the World’s Longest Floating Bridge
Did you know that the world’s longest floating bridge is in Seattle, WA? That’s right, at 7,710 feet, the Evergreen […]
Bloody Pre-Dawn Bust Rocks South Tacoma Car Row
A man covered in blood was hauled off to jail early Thursday after officers tracked a burglar alarm to South Tacoma Way and found a trail of smashed glass stretching across multiple car lots. Police were called shortly before 3:30 a.m. to the 7200 block for the alarm, spotted a building with a broken window and then...
Fleeing wrong-way driver crashes into trooper on I-5 in Pierce County
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) arrested a driver and his passenger after crashing into a trooper near State Route 512 while going the wrong way on Interstate 5 early Wednesday. Troopers said the suspect, a 19-year-old man in an SUV who was wanted for first-degree assault, fled from law enforcement...
Tides Tavern Reopens After Period of Closure
After temporarily closing in January, Gig Harbor’s Tides Tavern has officially reopened. “Our team has missed celebrating and making memories with you,” the business wrote on its Facebook page this week. The kitchen maintenance-related closure occurred shortly after it was announced that Anthony’s Restaurants was...
Tacoma juice shop that abruptly closed last year is set to reopen
Gather Juice will press on after all. Tacoma’s cold-pressed juice shop, also known for raw smoothies, hearty avocado toasts and grain bowls, will return to Sixth Avenue this spring after abruptly closing in December . Owners Sean and Gretchen Doyel are working with a new business partner, Clayton Bray, to reopen the...
Harger: A 9-year-old lived in a tent while his mother smoked fentanyl next to...
About three months ago, I stood outside a tent a few blocks off Aurora Avenue in North Seattle. Inside was a 9-year-old boy. His mother was a fentanyl addict working as a prostitute on Aurora. She made him wait in the bushes while men came to the tent. The neighbors...
