1+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) A major Tacoma employer informed the state this week that it plans to close its industrial site in the Tideflats. Georgia Pacific Gypsum LLC filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the state’s Employment Security Department stating it would…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (402+ words) Why have a plate of eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast when you could have a sandwich? Breakfast sandwiches make mornings a little bit better, especially when you get them from the reader-loved breakfast joints below. The News Tribune recently…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (141+ words) Big Chicken, an international chain co-founded by NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, has officially closed up shop in Tacoma. The fast casual chicken restaurant at 2601 N. Pearl St. served fried chicken sandwiches with toppings like mac n’ cheese, cheese…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) In the gritty underbelly of crisscrossing highways, Tacoma’s coffee pot-shaped dive bar has lost its color — temporarily — as the owner, just a few years into his stewardship of the century-old icon, completes a much-needed exterior restoration project. The bar remains…...

10+ mon, 3+ day ago   (21+ words) Authorities recovered 73 cats, 10 of them dead, and reported the animals had no food, water, or ventilation inside the vehicle....