Pierce County opens special three-day filing period for unfilled ballot positions.
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the Lake Tapps man accused in the slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians, will plead guilty as charged June 5.
The phone is located on the lakeshore of the park, immediately south of the city boat launch.
The neighborhood gate will charge $5 per car on Saturday until 3 p.m., applicable to any vehicle entering the island without a current Tapps Island sticker or guest pass. The pass will not be needed Sunday.
When the Panther boys soccer team defeated Shorecrest to take home the WIAA 3A state championship, they didn’t just show athletic excellence — though they showed that in spades. They made school history.
The 2013 honorees are Esperanza Aparicio, AJ Atoigue, Spencer Cleary, Karen Fierro, Mikayla Harmon, Lauren Ode and McKenna Roberts.
Eagle Scout Chris Marks has built two kiosks from which swimmers can borrow life jackets. The kiosks cover the north and south end of the Lake, having been installed at Lake Tapps North Park in unincorporated Pierce County and Allan Yorke Park in Bonney Lake.
It’s been almost a year since the Greater Bonney Lake Historical Society acquired a substantial donation of Alfred and Elma Milotte’s personal effects and, in that time, its members have catalogued three shelves worth.
All suspects in the police blotter are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Kai Taylor took 21st place, with a final score of 167.
Panther Curtis Koltermann took 38th place in boys 3A state tournament at Tri-Mountain Golf Course.
Bonney Lake woman Jeanette Kay Sturtz, 57, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days community service and 15 days house arrest after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $35,000 from her homeowners association and a Puyallup landscaping company.
Wednesday’s rainy weather aside, the communities around Lake Tapps are quickly entering the fun and sun season of water recreation. But with three drownings on Tapps in 2012, public agencies are urging swimmers to exercise greater caution as they splash about.
