Pierce Conservation District — It’s finally upon us! Saturday, November 1st, 2025, our presale launches at piercenativeplantsale.com. Some plants sell quickly, so don’t delay in placing your order. Please note that pre-orders made between November 1st and January 15th will not be available for pick up until March 10th – 14th, 2026. Customers will be called as soon as…
Category: Agriculture
Agriculture, farms, gardening, livestock
Extra produce from your garden?
GARDENERS DO YOU HAVE EXTRA END OF YEAR PRODUCE? St. Paul Lutheran Church’s Food Pantry, 22419 108th Ave E., Graham, is asking all gardeners to donate your extra produce (vegetables, fruit), on Thursdays- all day, or by 9am on Fridays. Please put your produce/fruit in the coolers located on the deck on the south side of…
Lacamas Community Fair August 24-25
It a small country fair that is very family friendly. The Lacamas Community Center will be taking entries on Thursday, August 22 from 1 to 6 p.m. The Fair begins Saturday August 24th and ends on the 25th. Breakfast is available at the Lacamas Community Fair from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lunch will be…
Roy Rodeo June 1 & 2
ROY PIONEER RODEO When: Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, June 2, 2024 & Saturday, Aug. 31 – Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Gates open at noon and the show starts at 1:30 p.m. – rain or shine. Where: 8710 Higgins Greig Road, Roy, WA, 98580. You can find a link to Google Maps here.Tickets (subject to change): Ticket sales are at the gate…
To the last drop
Editorial: Marianne Lincoln When you elect a developer, to the position of County Executive, what do you get? First, it was the “City of Pierce” proposal to take the unincorporated part of mid-Pierce County and turn it into a high-density rectangular race-track of high-rise housing, 2016. The communities affected were so ticked off they formed…
Roy Rodeo June 3, 4, 2023
ROY RODEO ASSOCIATION — Rodeo event info – all the basics and FAQs are right here. RoyRodeo It’s about to get a little western around here! Time to see some amazing athletes – human and animals – show off their talents! Before the fun begins, here’s some things you should know… Gates open at 12…
Water, water isn’t always everywhere, there’s nary a drop to drink
By Marianne Lincoln Land use planning meets sole source aquifer and the fight is on The Pierce County communities of Midland, Summit, Waller, Parkland Spanaway Frederickson, Graham, Elk Plain and South Hill along with Lakewood and University Place have one thing in common, they sit on a sole source aquifer. That means, their only supply…
Essential Public Facilities, dangerous words – Do you want to build a giant airport?
[Editor: this is a recap of the anti-airport meeting 1-13-23] It was a brief moment in the meeting about a major international airport being considered in South Pierce County. It was the moment when people asked, “How in the world did they approve ‘the dump?’” The answer, given by former Senator Rasmussen was 3 words,…
Farms to commercial airports? Graham meeting Jan. 13
The Coalition Against Graham and Eatonville-Roy Airports will be holding a meeting at Graham Kapowsin High School on Friday, January 13, 2023 for the public to come hear about and hopefully express their feeling about the two sites (of 3) that the Washington State Legislatures Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) has selected as potential sites…
Balallan, Scotland gave Spanaway its start
By Marianne Lincoln, with notes from Steve Anderson Balallan, a small community on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides islands of Scotland was the birth place of John Montgomery in 1819. His family were farmers. He grew up among sheep, cattle and crops with plenty of room to play, but no education to make…
1846 list of local indigneous working for Fort Nisqually
The Puget Sound Agricultual Company extended across much of Pierce County’s prairie lands. Until 1846, it was considered British Land and was embattled in court through 1869, when it finally was paid and officially transferred. This is why so many 1850 Donation Land Claims were not surveyed until 1871 in the area. From Steve Anderson,…
Elk Plain Grange fire and restoration
By Marianne Lincoln ELK PLAIN — Recently a friend contacted me concern because he saw a yellow sign in front of the Elk Plain Grange. Because the Grange is a historic building to those of us who are Elk Plain old timers, he was very concerned about it. I looked up the parcel and the…
Pierce Prairie Post 