Tacoma WA

The Washington State History Museum announced today that it's participating in the Blue Star Museums program, which offers free admission to currently active U.S. military personnel and their families throughout the summer. This year's edition of the nationwide program will run from Armed Forces Day (May 16) through La

And the Puyallup Tribe of Indians this week announced the return of seasonal seaplane service from Tacoma’s Ruston Way waterfront featuring South Sound scenic flights, plus scheduled service to the San Juan Islands and Victoria, British Columbia, starting June 4 and running through Sept. 8. Kenmore Air this year...

Students, families, and community members gathered on May 13 to celebrate the opening of Tacoma's new Larchmont Elementary schoolyard park. The project, which went into construction last year, is part of the Tacoma Community Schoolyards Pilot Program, which upgraded several other schoolyards in the city. The program wa

Often, something discovered during adolescence becomes a passion later in life. That is what happened for Tyler Freeman. As a student at Goodman Middle School, Freeman took a photography class where he learned how to use a manual camera and develop film. Now that he’s an adult, that photography bug lingers.

A fire on the roof of Tacoma’s historic Temple Theatre on Tuesday likely was caused by an electrical failure. Chelsea Shepherd, spokesperson for Tacoma Fire, told The News Tribune that the department is finalizing its report for the building at 47 St. Helens Ave. “We’re looking towards the possibility of it being an el

MILTON, Wash. — A new traffic camera program in the city of Milton has generated more than $800,000 in revenue in less than a year, fueling frustration among some drivers while city leaders argue the system is already changing behavior and improving safety. The automated cameras went live in...

A 57-year-old Fox Island man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for his scheme to steal more than $920,000 from an elderly woman who trusted him as her financial advisor. John Winslow was indicted more than one year ago on four counts of wire fraud, two counts of...

The family of Alexander Richardson III says he was the 21-year-old killed in a road rage shooting on Jan. 30 on 22nd Avenue East and Military Road in Spanaway.

Federal prosecutors say the man who allegedly threw a rock at an endangered monk seal on the island of Maui, Hawaii, is set to appear in federal court in Seattle on Thursday.

Someone hit a motorcyclist on the southbound I-405 near Sunset in Renton early this morning and drove away.