Use of fireplaces and uncertified wood stoves is prohibited until air quality improves JANUARY 12, 2013, SEATTLE, WA – Due to cold, stagnant weather conditions and rising air pollution, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is issuing a Stage 1 burn ban for Pierce County, effective at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 12, 2013. This ban is…
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Volunteers needed to conduct Pierce County’s annual homeless survey
The Department of Community Connections and Tacoma-Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness seek volunteers to gather census data of the homeless population and those on the verge of becoming homeless in Pierce County. The annual survey – which is in its seventeenth year – is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 24 and Friday, Jan. 25. Over…
Employment Security offers more free software courses
OLYMPIA – The Employment Security Department has expanded a popular service that allows Washington residents to learn computer software programs for free. For the past two years, the department provided free access to online Microsoft courses. Now, under a contract with Skillsoft, the course selection has been broadened to include software by Adobe, Apple, IBM,…
Workshop offers guidance for aging parents of children with disabilities
Parents of children with a life-long developmental disability, chronic illness or mental health condition often face a lifetime of challenges, successes, sorrows, and joys. But what happens when aging parents develop their own medical and cognitive decline? Who will assume caregiving for both? What will happen to the disabled child when their parents pass away?…
Happy 2013!
Here’s hoping your celebration of the new year was fun, exciting and you arrived home safely! No one needs to start the new year with a trip to the Pierce County jail or the hospital, the deputies are out in force and much of the area is foggy tonight. The leftover fireworks from summer have been…
Stage 1 burn ban called for Pierce and Snohomish counties
Use of fireplaces and uncertified wood stoves is prohibited until air quality improves SEATTLE, WA – Effective at 5 p.m. December 29, 2012, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is issuing a Stage 1 burn ban for Pierce and Snohomish counties. This ban is in effect until further notice. Weather conditions are forecast to become…
Native Flash Mob at Tacoma Mall in support of Canadian First Nations cousins
At 2:30 p.m. today (Dec. 26, Boxing Day in Canada) there was what was planned to be a Flash Mob at the Tacoma Mall. It was put together by a group of local Native Americans in support of the Idle No More movement in Canada. The group got together and began drumming, and singing 4 traditional songs…
Actions by the County do not prove innocence or guilt of doctor
By Josh Magill Nearly three months ago, Dr. John Diller’s horse farm was raided by Pierce County officials on the word of a DEA agent. The agent was executing a federal search warrant at Diller’s 99-acre property in Graham, WA when he saw more than three dozen horses living in what officials called deplorable conditions….
Treecycle your Christmas tree
PIERCE COUNTY — As you recycle your wrapping paper, don’t forget to treecycle your Christmas tree. Pierce County residents who subscribe to yard waste collection service can place their unflocked tree in their container. Flocked trees cannot be recycled and must be disposed of as garbage. Residents may also recycle their tree free of…
8 dead horses is not success
EDITORIAL It’s been almost two months since Julie Anderson and the crew from Pierce County Animal Control swooped down on a farm in Graham and scooped up 39 horses. Even before the first horses were removed, there was a major press release from the county touting the squalid conditions on the farm, the despicable condition…
County receives grants to fund salmon recovery projects
Pierce County will receive nearly $1.1 million to improve and protect salmon habitat. The grants were awarded to the county and other local organizations by the state’s Salmon Recovery Funding Board, which approved more than $19 million for salmon recovery projects throughout the state. “This funding provides needed money to help fulfill our commitment to…
Pierce County schools prepare for the worst
PIERCE COUNTY — The recent tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., left everyone across the country shocked and broken hearted. As people reflect on the shooting, they often think about how the schools in their community would respond if they were to encounter an incident such as this. With school…
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