Tacoma WA

I chased the Pacific breeze across Washington for one mission: find the salmon chowder that makes time stand still. From bustling markets to waterfront icons, I spooned through bowls that smelled like tide pools and campfires. Some were good, a few were great, and three made me forget to speak....

A train struck and killed a 67-year-old Kent man sitting in a wheelchair on the railroad tracks just before noon Wednesday, Feb. 4 at East James Street. The man is the second pedestrian in three days killed on the tracks in Kent. Kent Police officers, Puget Sound Fire and King...

It was a case of the right people being in the right place at the right time. On Tuesday, members of the King County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and Mercer Island Police were conducting water rescue training at Fish Lake in the Cascade Mountains when a man fell through the ice right in front of them.

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed government and commercial insurers for spine surgeries performed by a former neurosurgeon. What happened?. The government alleged in a Feb. 4 news release that MultiCare failed to...

As Mayor Anders Ibsen opened the Jan. 27 city of Tacoma council meeting with three resounding strikes of the gavel, the tone was set for an evening defined by community compassion and heightened public engagement. A proclamation recognizing January as Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month came first, followed by public...

The Tacoma City Council on Tuesday confirmed Patti Jackson as the city's police chief, effective Feb. 9, after her initial appointment by Interim City Manager Hyun Kim. Jackson has served as interim chief since last March. “Tacoma matters to me, and so does the work ahead,” Jackson said in a...

A routine evening on Tacoma’s waterfront turned tense on Tuesday when rescue divers pulled a man from the Thea Foss Waterway near Dock Street, as bystanders lined the esplanade and filmed the unfolding drama. Pierce County and Tacoma emergency crews began CPR on the shoreline before loading the man...

Students and other members of the Franklin Pierce School District community rallied and marched Wednesday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions around the nation. Several hundred people walked the streets in the vicinity of Franklin Pierce High School, 11002 18th Ave. E. in the Parkland area, during...

Washington is pretty weird when it comes down to it, especially in the “mind playing tricks on you” department!

WSDOT said there is no estimate for when lanes will reopen and drivers should expect significant delays.