In our area, there is “A Place for Me.” It is a Resource Center for Individuals with Down Syndrome, located at 1918 112th Street East, Tacoma WA 98445. It is across 112th Street from Franklin Pierce High School. Their purpose is to provide supports and resources to the Down syndrome community and their families and…
Obituary: Wayne Cooke
Mr. Wayne T. Cooke (5/10/1931-1/16/2026) was born in Seattle, Washington and attended Queen Anne High School. He received his teaching degree from the University of Washington, launching his life-long passion as an educator. Early in his career he taught in Morocco and took exploratory trips across Europe. These trips ignited his love for the mountains,…
Clover Creek Community Park? Maybe so!
By Marianne Lincoln Over the past several months, I have been working on grant writing, proposals, and resource outreach for our watershed. Clover Creek is the most prominent feature in our portion of this watershed along with Spanaway and Tule Lakes. The grants led me to zero in on properties Pierce County had purchased due…
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We hope you enjoy the information the Pierce Prairie Post brings to you. There is no other news resource that covers the South Pierce County unincorporated areas that we do. The big news brands cover the ugly side, collisions, deaths, assaults and murders, but we try to bring you the joy, the family events, and…
Saturday, March 14, Nordic Heritage Festival at PLU!
It is the best celebration of Norwegian Heritage of the year. Booths of Norwegian sweaters, rosemaling, wood carvings, jewelry. plates, and books. There is Romegraten, waffles, krumkake, and other pastries. Musicians and dancers will fill the room with lively motion. Get a T-shirt that says how you feel about lutefisk, or being Norwegian. It is…
Watershed Youth Essay Contest
CCRA – the Clover Creek Restoration Alliance, is a ‘boots on the ground’ group working to restore, advocate, inform, and engage people about the water that supplies their community. Formerly the Clover Creek Council, CCRA has been working on projects through grants and donations, to plant trees and native vegetation, remove invasive species like ivy,…
Pierce County Charter Review – our local Constitution
TACOMA, WASHINGTON — The Pierce County Charter Review Commission will host a series of community listening sessions this spring to gather feedback from residents about the Pierce County Charter and potential changes to the county’s governing document for voter consideration in the November 2026 General Election. The Charter serves as Pierce County’s “constitution,” outlining how…
Medicare, Medicaid, moratorium on durable medical equipment
Starting February 25, 2026, the federal government put a six-month moratorium on the purchase of durable medical equipment. The moratorium applies to medical supply companies whose principal function is to furnish DMEPOS supplies directly to beneficiaries, medical providers, or both. It does not apply to entities whose primary function is not DMEPOS provision, such as…
There’s a bridge and a trail happening in Parkland
If you haven’t driven on Tule Lake Road in Parkland recently, you might not be aware there is quite a bit of construction happening at the Parkland Prairie. The small park across from the Parkland Light & Water office is loaded with construction equipment, Pierce County is building a foot bridge across Clover Creek for…
County Council moves to new location
Pierce County Council Chambers relocating to new Administrative Building in downtown Tacoma After more than six decades at the County-City Building, the Pierce County Council and its chambers will relocate to the new Pierce County Administrative Building at 1501 Market Street in Tacoma, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the county’s legislative branch….
March 16 roadside spraying and maintenance begins
There is an “Owner Will Maintain” program in Pierce County for those who do not want the County contractors to come by and cut or spray the roadside where they live. If you do not have these two signs placed at the edges of your property, spraying could happen anytime between March 16 and May….
PLU Health Center and the Land Use Advisory Commission
The first Wednesday evening of the month is the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Land Use Advisory Commission. This evening, Pacific Lutheran University brought a concept of their new medical facilities. This Planned Unit Development (PUD) includes a health center for teaching with real patients, an office building, and a hospital. The team brought in a packet of information…
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