By: Tim McKamey, Director of Transportation Franklin Pierce School District – Would you like to know when your child’s bus is going to be late or what is happening? The Transportation Department for Franklin Pierce Schools is now using BusBulletin, a notification system to notify parents and school staff when there are bus delays and…

PIERCE COUNTY — Work on a road project along Crystal Mountain Boulevard East from State Route 410 to the Crystal Mountain Resort will resume May 23. Utility crews will be onsite for about two weeks starting May 23 to relocate utility lines located near Mile Marker 6 of the 6.1 mile road. The road may…

Central Avenue Elementary will host a Shredfest in partnership with Columbia Bank on Saturday, May 21 from 10am to 2pm.   Individuals can bring up to two file boxes or three grocery bags full of personal documents that need to be safely shredded.  It is completely free.  It is a great way to protect yourself…

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Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA – Joint Base Lewis-McChord will open its gates to the public for the base’s annual Armed Forces Day celebration Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Armed Forces Day celebration offers members of the community an opportunity to join JBLM service members in celebrating America’s history,…

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The Annual Cross Park Spaghetti Feed and Auction is scheduled for Friday, May 20,2016. This years event will be held at the Pierce County Skills Center @ 161st & Canyon Road. Skill Center Students and Staff will prepare the dinner. Dinner will be served from 5-7:30 PM. Adult meals are $10.…

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Traffic revisions coming to 62nd Ave. E. and 48th St. E. SW of River Road May 18 Pierce County will permanently close 62nd Avenue East at 52nd Street East on May 18, which will create a dead end on 62nd Avenue East. In addition, the intersection of 62nd Avenue East and…

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. –  JBLM will host a transitions event for female service members to address the unique challenges women face when exiting military service, May 18 – 19 at the Salavation Army Tacoma Citadel Corps in Tacoma, Washington. After a 2014  Bureau of Labor report showed post 9/11 female service members struggle to…

Police, fire agencies to conduct training at former Spanaway Elementary School Over the next few weeks, multiple police and fire agencies will be using the old Spanaway Elementary, located at 215 166th Street South, as a training ground. They will be conducting tactical and other technical drills at the site. The public should not be…

Lake Kapowsin Management Workshops June 8 & 29 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Graham Fire Station 94 23014 70th Avenue E Graham WA 98338 Greetings Lake Kapowsin Community, In response to the feedback we received from the community at the April 23 public meeting, the Department of Natural Resources is holding workshops on June 8th…

Graham Fire & Rescue Will Ask Citizens to Permanently Fund Emergency Medical Services in August GRAHAM, WA – Graham Fire & Rescue has decided to ask voters to make their Emergency Medical Services (EMS) funding permanent. At a recent Commissioner’s meeting the Board unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the placement of a permanent EMS Levy…

Wednesday May 18, 2016 the Graham Business Association will hold it’s monthly meeting. SPONSOR: Pet Ponderosa, Nancy & Regis Jackson 7:00 a.m. – Networking and Breakfast At Graham Fire & Rescue at 23014-70th Ave E, Graham (Meridian, R 224th, L 70th Ave, R 4/10’s mile, 1st driveway) 7:30 a.m. – Meeting – Eric Welch, President–Come…

The primary responsibility of the Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is to carry out the Pierce County Historic Preservation Program as a Certified Local Government (CLG) in historic preservation, and to provide recommendations, on matters related to Pierce County heritage, to the County Executive and Council. The Commission is guided by the policies and procedures of Pierce County…