The Dinkelman Worm Farm is hosting a vermiculture demonstration — or the cultivation of earth worms — at the Delvin Farms Good For All Plants event next weekend to help people create compost in their own homes to help benefit their gardens or farms.
As a funeral home director in the 1980s, Duane Weeks began wondering why people weren’t dealing with death very well.
As the smoke and ash rolled in this week, and last, I stood in awe of it’s quantity and thickness. The snowflake-like ash fell to the ground covering patio furniture, cars and even settling like dander on my head and across my shoulders. It was a unique experience.
Does your yard need a fall facelift? Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and the city of University Place are here to help.
Pierce County Parks and Recreation will host its 10th annual Touch-A-Truck event Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sprinker Recreation Center, 14824 C St. S. in Tacoma.
The city of Enumclaw and 4Culture of King County will present the photographic images of Mary Waskul.
The three-day festival, carrying the theme “Experience A New adventure,” gets rolling at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, and wraps up at 4 p.m. Monday. Most activities will take place at the elementary school ball field.
Heading out for one last summer holiday weekend? Planning ahead could be the key to smooth sailing whether on land or sea.
It’s almost that time of year again. The early mornings, the homework, the busy schedules and most important, structured meals.
Pierce County Parks & Recreation invites you to experience what it has to offer it at its inaugural Kidz Kraze Festival from 12 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27.
A walk to highlight International Overdose Awareness Day is being sponsored by the Foothills Drug Free Coalition.
Downtown Enumclaw will be filled with tunes of all types Saturday as the fifth annual Enumclaw Music Festival brings performers to three stages.
A little over a year ago, I had the honor of “opening” the new zip line in Loyalty Park by riding it into a ribbon.
The festival’s intent is to promote small, local farms by highlighting different varieties of garlic, letting people interact with farm animals and giving people access to a local working farm for the day, according to the event’s hosts and owners of Simple Goodness Farm Ross and Venise Cunningham.
The four-part, nonprofit organization boasts close to 40 members who rehearse from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at the Enumclaw Senior Center. The next round of rehearsals begins Sept. 7.
I could have spent the first days of my summer like any other kid. Going to the lake, relaxing with friends, playing video games. Instead, I was flown down to New Orleans, slept on the floor of an empty church, and told to work. And I couldn’t be more grateful.
Believe it or not, there are people who move to Sumner, figuring that a safe community means nothing bad ever happens.
The Washington State Department of Health is urging parents and guardians to make sure their kids’ immunizations are up to date before heading back to school this fall.
After almost twenty years in public service, one of the things of which I am most proud is the staff that serves our city.
Hundreds of colorful kites of all shapes and sizes will fill the skies over Chambers Creek Regional Park at the annual Kite Festival set for Saturday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
