Tacoma’s biggest Fourth of July gathering returns to the Ruston Way waterfront with live music, food, entertainment, craft vendors, beer gardens and a kids zone spread between Dune Peninsula and ...

Donam Ponepinto and Willie Stewart Honor students with scholarships for their dedication to volunteerism with hundreds of hours helping the community The Willie Stewart Community Service Scholarship ...

Pierce County voters may soon decide whether Sheriff Keith Swank should finish his term, and whether the sheriff should remain an elected position at all. In previous coverage, Tacoma Weekly reported ...

The Lutes had a historic softball season in 2026. Pacific Lutheran University softball is coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Lutes finished the 2026 campaign with a ...

Guma’ Imahe traveled to the Chamorro Cultural Festival in California last March to perform at the Oceanside Pier Amphitheater. Photo: Manny Crisostomo and SonnyRay San Nicolas A brand-new cultural ...

Bleak Outlook Festival returns for its eighth year with a multi-day lineup focused on underground music, particularly punk, noise and experimental acts. Spread across several Tacoma venues, the ...

David Hammond has established himself as the driving force behind the resurgence of the University of Puget Sound women’s rowing program, guiding the Loggers into one of the top NCAA Division III ...

Sheriff Swank, who took office in January 2025, said his office will not participate. A proposal moving through the Pierce County Charter Review Commission would create a new Sheriff Ombuds office, ...

Behind the bar at Kingfisher & Rye, from left: Michael Gruber, Ellie Moore, Craig Moore, no relation, and Ryan Moss. At Kingfisher & Rye Tavern in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue District, tradition meets ...

From left, Laura Svancarek, executive director of Tacoma On the Go, Mike Griffus, CEO of Pierce Transit, and Holden Ringer, advocacy manager for the Transportation Choices Coalition, display Tacoma's ...

Two Tacoma-area teens who scaled the Tacoma Narrows Bridge cables over the weekend turned a late-night stunt into a criminal case and a shutdown of a key highway, underscoring a risky urban-climbing ...

Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello renews commitment to gun safety. Pierce County’s decision to expand its free biometric gun lockbox program is a public health and harm-reduction effort aimed at ...