The Sub Pop store at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport closed Dec. 31, ending a 12-year presence that carried the Pacific Northwest’s independent music culture into one of the busiest airports in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tacoma Cemetery, located at 4801 South Tacoma Way, has a long and rich history beginning in April 1875. Thus, the cemetery this year shares its sesquicentennial with the City of Tacoma. Among the ...

Bre Judge, former teacher turned real estate investor, transformed her trauma into a love poem to Tacoma. Not all love stories are inspired by romance. Some, like Bre Judge’s, begin with a car crash.

Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested Auburn Police Officer Matthew McNabb for the crime of immoral communication with a minor. An Auburn police officer ...

Colorful water slides and rafts have been part of generations of fun at Wild Waves, which is closing next year. Guests are shown enjoying the Konga slide. Iconic local water park Wild Waves announced ...