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1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (379+ words) The city of Tacoma is joining neighboring cities in tackling homelessness using a regional approach. The Unified Regional Approach to homelessness is the result of the Pierce County government’s efforts to recognize that homelessness is a regional problem, and that…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (378+ words) A Tacoma parking company illegally exceeded its employees’ hours, a lawsuit filed this month claims. A former Republic Parking Northwest employee accused the company of violating state labor laws by limiting breaks, not paying its employees for overtime, and improperly…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (595+ words) Alert – An emergency burn ban has been issued across the state until noon on Sept. 30, 2026. The new air monitoring station on 35th near South Tacoma Way that will collect and monitor pollution, while increasing volumes of truck traffic serve the new…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (613+ words) 601 S 8Th, Tacoma, WA 98401|(253) 571-1000|Website Tacoma School District contains 69 schools and 28,272 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 70%. Also, 43.1% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by Tacoma School District is 34.6% white, 12.5% Black, 8.5% Asian or Asian/Pacific…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (461+ words) There's a new place to shop in downtown Tacoma, and it might look familiar. Hive Provisions + Refillery opened Aug. 15 at 504 S. 11th St., Suite B, after shuttering its original location on South Tacoma Way last year. The shop is full of books,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (40+ words) Hive Provisions + Refillery is now open in downtown Tacoma, after closing its original location on South Tacoma Way last year. Hive Provisions + Refillery is now open in downtown Tacoma, after closing its original location on South Tacoma Way last year....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (559+ words) Hidden in a nondescript building in downtown Tacoma, across the street from Corina Bakery and The Grand Cinema, rows upon rows of soft sheep skin sit waiting to become car seat covers, earmuffs and rugs. For 38 years, one of the…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (313+ words) The River Cats added on another in the second inning when Adrián Sugastey (3) hit a one-out solo homer over the left field wall to make it 3-0. Sacramento immediately regained the lead when with one out in the home half of…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1201+ words) The rust is the easy part of this recall. Toyota's engineers found it, the paperwork went to Washington on August 6, and there is already a redesigned component carrying the word "improved." That work is finished. Now somebody has to build…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (684+ words) Nearly 50,000 Toyota Tacoma owners need to check their trucks for a new safety recall involving shock absorbers that could lose a component while the vehicle is moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists 48,280 potentially affected vehicles under recall campaign…...