Bremerton Council approves $450,000 in lodging tax funding
The Bremerton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee received 20 requests for funding totaling nearly $1.364 million for 2026. At their work study session Feb. 25, City Council approved an allocation of $450,000 in funding for eligible applicants of lodging tax funding. The approved funding recommendations for fiscal year...
Grandfather of ten died after a stem cell injection error caused ‘catastrophic’ bleeding and...
A Washington state jury awarded $24 million to the family of Michael Trujillo, a Colorado electrician who died in 2019 after a botched stem cell injection for ALS at the now-closed Seattle Stem Cell Center. The unanimous verdict blamed negligence: no fluoroscopic imaging guidance during the spinal procedure while he...
Letter to the Editor | County should spend on deputies, not IT
Last summer, I repeatedly warned that Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies were leaving in large numbers. I provided statistics and predicted serious consequences if the trend continued. In November 2025, more than a thousand residents voiced strong opposition to the proposed county budget through voicemails, emails, and...
Man accused of posing as fake mail carrier before attacking woman in Seattle pleads...
SEATTLE — The man who prosecutors say posed as a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier to get inside a Seattle home and attack a couple in February, pleaded not guilty on Monday. Ian Alexander Blair, 32, is charged in King County Superior Court with first-degree burglary, first-degree extortion, two counts of...
Thurston County deputies use grappler to stop suspect pushing 100 mph during multi-county pursuit
A Tacoma man faces felony charges after he allegedly attempted to flee police from Lewis County to Thurston County before a deputy ultimately stopped his vehicle with a grappler device. Elijah
The Greatest Thing: Tacoma Has Enjoyed Sliced Bread Since 1929
A common saying to describe a useful and innovative new invention is often “The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread.” It’s an apt reflection of pre-sliced bread’s popularity when it was first introduced in the early twentieth century. Consumers grew to love it so much that they refused to give it up during World War II.
‘I was young, immature’: Killer seeks new sentence for 1994 murder of Sumner woman
SUMNER, Wash. — A man who is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole is seeking a new sentence for a murder he helped orchestrate in Sumner in 1994. Randy Philip Capps, 52, appeared in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday to make his case to Judge Philip E. Thornton as to why his sentence should be...
Police Shoot Washington Man to Stop Stabbing Spree That Left Mother, 3 Other Women...
Police fatally shot a Washington man in order to stop him from a stabbing spree that left his mother and three other women dead. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office announced that Aleksandr Aleksandro Shablykin was shot dead by a responding deputy. The victims have been identified as the suspect’s mother, 52-year-old...
New report could lead to charges against former Lakewood police chief in 2013 shooting
The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (PCPAO) is taking a fresh look at a fatal officer-involved shooting from 2013. Leonard Thomas, 30, was shot and killed following a four-hour standoff with the Pierce County Metro SWAT Team. A new report by the Washington Office of Independent Investigations suggested...
A 15-year-old disappeared from Federal Way, Washington, in 1997, and the case is still...
Katya Marie Lyne would be 40 now. She was last seen in Federal Way, Washington, on March 21, 1997. Katya was only 15 when she disappeared. Katya is listed on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System website (NamUs #MP6336). She had brown hair and brown eyes. She has a mole above her right lip.
