Tacoma WA

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A 31-year-old woman from Bonney Lake died at the Pierce County Jail on Friday, with the cause of her death yet to be determined.

Mt. Rainier Railroad LLC (MRSR), a Washington state-based noncarrier operator of a scenic railroad, has applied to the Surface Transportation Board for approval to assume common-carrier operations over a rail line in the state. MRSR officials want to replace Tacoma Rail, an entity of the city of Tacoma and its...

At this point, officials said it is not known when evacuation orders will be lifted.

The threat of river flooding continues Tuesday in Western Washington with a stronger weather system expected to arrive tonight bringing damaging winds and heavy rain, according to the National Weather Service. Widespread power outages are expected. A flood watch remains in effect until Thursday afternoon, and...

AUBURN, Wash. — Hundreds of Auburn residents remain under evacuation orders as water levels continue to rise along the Green River. The area southeast of 277th and B Streets remains under a level 3 evacuation. Check the latest evacuation alerts here. On Tuesday evening, King County Emergency News announced...

The Tacoma City Council voted last week to curtail cold-weather and school-year evictions established in the Landlord Fairness Code for certain low-income housing providers.

Another week, another atmospheric river. While Western Washington reels from the impact of last week’s historic floods , more rain and increased winds were set to hit the area this week in a “ parade” of weather systems, according to the National Weather Service. Rain and wind began across Pierce County on Tuesday,...

The nascent Washington agency tasked with investigating incidents when police kill people will grow its footprint to cover Pierce County, starting in May. After that, the Office of Independent Investigations aims to expand into central Washington. The increased push for police accountability in cases where officers...

This morning on Good Day Seattle we spoke with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to talk about the challenges they are facing with widespread flooding and a broken levee.