Click here to BUY your TICKETS now! Treat yourself to a delightful evening with the LeMay Family Collection Foundation at Marymount Event Center. Enjoy locally crafted wines, spirits, chocolates and more during the LeMay Wine & Chocolate 2016. With over 40 vendors available, you’ll be able to taste, sample, and buy some of the best products…

Charter Review Commission. They are a group of 21 citizens, elected to review the Pierce County Charter. The Charter is like Pierce County’s constitution. It lays out how we are organized and how we operate as a government. The Commission may forward recommended changes to the Charter to be placed on the November ballot. Next Wednesday, March 30th,…

The deadline for the United Way Neighborhood Grants Program powered by South Sound Together is quickly approaching!   www.uwpc.org/neighborhood-grants WHO SHOULD APPLY Any Pierce County community-led groups in the Hilltop, Springbrook, Franklin Pierce, Bethel, or Eastside (Salishan) neighborhoods are eligible to apply this year. Each group must include at least four volunteers. The following groups are…

Looking for something to do Saturday March 26, 2016? You can choose between a baseball team breakfast and auction, several Easter egg hunts and the Democratic caucuses if you are into Hillary or Bernie. The Annual Pancake Breakfast Auction Fundraiser to support the 2016 Bethel High School Baseball teams is Saturday. You will enjoy a…

The two major political parties in Washington will choose their delegates to their National Conventions in different ways. It is the National Conventions that actually nominate the party candidates for President. Democratic delegates in Washington state will be chosen through caucuses on March 26, 2016. If you want to get your vote into the Democratic Presidential…

By Marianne Lincoln I wrote this for a friend and some others asked me to share…. We are proud, bright and strong women. We have proved that we will not and cannot be defined by those who have abandoned our lives. They are gone because they not only did not fit in, they we unable…

Editorial You are working on your computer. A box pops up across your screen saying you have a serious problem with your computer. The message says your computer is malfunctioning and you need to call the number on the screen. Don’t do it! Get rid of the message, exit it safely if you can. Run a…

Dear Spanaway Lake Resident: Pierce County is seeking Spanaway Lake area residents, business owners and recreational users to join our advisory committee.  The committee will review the data collected about Spanaway Lake and consider recommendations for how to accomplish water quality improvements in the lake and how they should be implemented.  Members of this Advisory…

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Test firing of Reduced Range Practice Rockets (RRPR) this week at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is delayed.  The firings are delayed because an important safety feature on the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System vehicle alerted field artillery Soldiers Friday that there was insufficient tree-top clearance at the firing point. Leading up…

FREDERICKSON, WA — Next Saturday our community council will meet at 9:30 AM. We will have 2 guest speakers, County Councilman Dan Roach and a representative from the Pierce County Library. We will also be firming up our participation in this year’s Eggstravanga scheduled for March 26th. Our meetings are open to the public. We…

 PIERCE COUNTY WA — First, you will set your clocks forward, then in the afternoon, make sure you do not get clocked by a flying branch or object in the wind. Wind events such as this will also kick into effect the comprehensive portion of your auto insurance, in case your car gets hit by…