Meet the finalists for the Pierce County Library System executive director position this Thursday, Aug. 21.
During a three-day survey last year, volunteers counted nearly 66,000 bicyclists and pedestrians across Washington. As another survey cycle approaches, about 400 volunteers will be called upon again this fall to tally the number of people who ride a bike or walk to their destinations.
On Saturday August 23rd Mount Rainier National Park will present Shadows of the Past, a “living history” program.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist requested a 72-hour hold on Richard Atkisson, 40, who was arrested by Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives for the murders of two individuals in Spanaway.
Pierce County Library System will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, to observe Labor Day.
Bonney Lake Days on Friday, August 15 at Allan Yorke Park
This week’s editorial cartoon depicts the letter that school districts had to send out to parents saying that the schools are the ones failing.
A Walla Walla County man is the first Washington resident in 2014 known to have been infected with West Nile virus in our state. The man in his 20s was likely exposed near his home and was hospitalized.
The bear that was seen searching for food and was caught last week in Sumner was released back into the wild.
The statewide burn ban put in effect by the Department of Natural Resources has been extended.
The ban is set to lift on September 30.
The department announced Friday, due to recent changes in weather, recreational campfires are permitted in established fire rings in official campgrounds west of the Cascades.
Officers observed two males enter a state Route 410 grocery store around 12:30 a.m. It appeared to officers the two were on a beer run. As a getaway car sat outside, the two returned after being in the store for roughly 1 minute.
Officers responded to the report of domestic violence. Once on scene, the reporting party told officers he was at his ex-girlfriend’s house to do some work and pick up their child for the night. The two got into an argument over the cost of repairs and the girlfriend then told him he could not take their daughter.
Paeyton Pearson couldn’t be happier to be able to go outside on the deck with his family.
He can’t tell you verbally but you can see the joy when you look at his face.
