Calling it a crime with consequences that devastate communities, members of the Pierce County Council adopted a joint resolution designating April 26, 2014, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day. Joint Council-Executive Resolution R2014-49, approved during the Council’s April 22 meeting, encourages all citizens to dedicate themselves to domestic violence prevention and to join the county in…
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Realize 2030
What transit improvements in Pierce County would help you get from home to work and back again? Long range planning for Pierce County – Open Houses. May 20 4:30–7:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE East County Maintenance Facility 11711 Prairie Ridge Dr E, Bonney Lake May 22 4:30–7:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE Central Maintenance Facility 4812 196th St…
Dispose of old Prescription Drugs on April 26
USA.GOV — Saturday, April 26 is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Between 10AM and 2PM on April 26, bring your unwanted prescription drugs to a collection site near you. Properly disposing of medicines is important to human health and the environment. If you dispose of drugs on your own, check out these tips from the U.S. Environmental Protection…
This is National Park Week — Join the Celebration
NPS.GOV — America’s national parks are filled with iconic landscapes, vibrant culture, and rich history. During National Park Week, April 19-27, 2014, you can explore them in depth. We’ve got fun events taking place in national parks all across the country, including wildflower walks, history talks, and wildlife tours. There’s sure to be an event…
Social Security benefits help people with a ticket to work
Individuals with disabilities encounter numerous barriers to employment. Those frustrating walls hinder gainful employment and reduce self-sufficiency. But Social Security provides many effective work incentives that can be combined with other state resources. Plan to Work, a community-based nonprofit, will host a special two hour presentation about benefits and benefit planning for individuals and families…
Executive presses for extra outreach during 911 outage
PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Pierce County quickly mobilized in the early hours of Thursday morning to support local 911 dispatch centers during a multi-state outage. After learning about the outage at 1:20 a.m., the county activated its Emergency Operations Center in Tacoma to coordinate and support 911 dispatch centers during this unprecedented incident. Two dozen…
Attorney General to help ‘Get the Word Out’ for child advocates
PIERCE COUNTY — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and former State Auditor Brian Sonntag will be keynote speakers at Pierce County CASA’s “Get the Word Out” dinner on April 16. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers have been providing advocacy for children in foster care in Pierce County for more than 30 years. There are…
Your tax dollars and your county
Have you ever wondered whether you community gets a fair shake at the state level for the money it puts in? here are a couple fiscal documents from the state that will tell you who really gets the benefit of tax dollars. This is the county by county return on transportation. State expenditures and revenues by county. Those…
Runway/Taxiway Closure: Tuesday, April 8
Runway/Taxiway Closure: Tuesday, April 8 from 4:00 am-8:00 am PIERCE COUNTY — Thun Field’s runway and taxiway will be closed from 4:00 am-8:00 am local time on Tuesday, April 8 for a semiannual sweeping of all paved surfaces.
Daffodil Parade 2014
By Marianne Lincoln Admittedly, I had to work today. But since I work my regular job in downtown Tacoma, I managed to get out at break a catch a few glimpses of the parade participants at 9:30 a.m., half an hour before start time. The Daffodil Festival float was a sea of black garbage bag…
Long term care insurance: Get the impartial facts
Only about 10% of adults have long term care insurance. Given that Medicare does not cover long term care, how smart is that? Long term care can be expensive. Long term care insurance is expensive. Pierce County Aging & Disability Resources will offer an impartial look at the pros and cons to long term care insurance,…
Public invited to Phil Sorensen’s swearing-in as Superior Court judge
The public is invited as Phil Sorensen is sworn in as a Pierce County Superior Court judge on Thursday, April 3. The ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. in Courtroom 100 of the County-City Building, 930 Tacoma Ave S. A reception will follow. Sorensen was appointed to the bench in early March by Gov….
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