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…
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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…
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…
Fitness instructor job opportunity with Parks & Recreation
Pierce County Parks and Recreation is accepting applications for the position of a part time fitness instructor to lead fitness classes at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place. The Fitness Instructor is a highly motivated person with outstanding interpersonal skills and enthusiasm who will design a boot camp or HIIT style of workout in…
Holiday revelers can get a free ride home instead of a DUI
Holiday revelers can get a free ride home instead of a DUI The Tacoma Pierce County DUI and Traffic Safety Task Force, in partnership with the Pierce County Tower’s Association and Aloha Cab Company, is kicking off its holiday Home Safe Bar Program to keep would-be impaired drivers off the road. Beginning this Saturday night,…
Tax breaks for historic sites on County Council agenda
PIERCE COUNTY COUNCIL — NOTICE OF COUNCIL FINAL HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL: 3:00 pm, December 11, 2012 Pierce County Council Chambers, Room 1045 930 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 1. Proposal No. 2012-79, An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Section 2.88.055 of the Pierce County Code, “Property Eligible for Special Tax Valuation”…
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