Friday brought a mix of business developments, public safety news and community recognition across the South Sound. From a historic Tacoma building’s reinvention to an officer’s arrest, here’s a roundup of top stories from The News Tribune.
• The historic Willamette building in Tacoma now houses 18 newmakerspace studios available for rent across 35,000 square feet on the first and second floors. The five-story building at 2916–2926 S. Steele St. was built in 1907 for the Willamette Casket Company and is listed on the Tacoma and National Register of Historic Places, with studio rentals ranging from $1,273.75 to $4,676.25 per month.
• Five Foss High School staff members were honored by the Tacoma Police Department forintervening in an April 30 knife attack that left six people injured during a confrontation over a stolen vape pen. Security guards Bonhoeffer Muao and Sharrese LuRee Johnson, coach David McEachern and athletic director Shiante Reed each received the Medal of Courage, while nurse Ada Gutierrez was given a Certificate of Merit for saving a student with severe stab wounds and a collapsed lung…