Led by a 41 percent increase over the previous year in single-family residential permits the city brought in a 46 percent increase in building permit revenue, with indications that 2013 should continue a positive trend for the city.
The Pierce County Library Foundation Board of Directors represent their community, advocate for literacy and advance philanthropy for programs and services of Pierce County Library System.
The countywide gun buyback initiative will provide a monetary incentive to individuals who turn in firearms, while engaging our communities toward a common goal of reducing gun violence. The first gun buyback will be held on Jan. 26.
CARD USED: A Garfield Street resident told police Jan. 7 his wallet, containing miscellaneous identification and credit/debit cards, had been taken from his home. A card had been used at an ATM and it was noted video evidence might be available.
The city of Enumclaw’s belated Christmas present was two clean state audits.
Perhaps you make (and keep) resolutions each New Year, but I learned sometime ago that anytime I tell myself I should change something, it just means I don’t want to change it. But I’m always tempted to make resolutions anyway! It’s such a nice thought as one year winds down and we start to look ahead to next year, to think that we should consciously plan to do things better.
Last time I looked at the block of buildings across Cole Street from the senior center, I saw my uncle’s Goodrich tire shop and Sonny Bellack’s auto repair business.
“The Bride Price,” written by Enumclaw author Suzanne Popp, is the story of Myrna Chitundu, a young girl with a promising academic future and dreams of becoming a doctor. She is first girl to be accepted into the fictionalized Royal Academy, an English colonial school, and impresses her instructor with her aptitude and dedication. But her plans are thrown away when she is raped and impregnated by a family friend. The man offers her family a lebola — a dowry — in exchange for her hand in marriage, which they accept. Her family is saved by the dowry and the loss of a mouth to feed.
Washington State Patrol troopers were dispatched Friday to a vehicle that had left state Route 410, rolled down a rocky embankment and landed upside down under water in the icy waters of the White River east of Enumclaw.
FCC proposal calls for nationwide implementation of 9-1-1 texting by all wireless carriers by May 2014
The regular first Wednesday free community dinner in Prairie Ridge has been postponed until next Wednesday, Jan. 9th.
Try jazzercise for free at this regional clinic on January 12 from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Parents of children with a life-long developmental disability, chronic illness or mental health condition often face a lifetime of challenges, successes, sorrows, and joys.