PIERCE COUNTY – October 4 update With the sewer construction work progressing on 116th Street South, we anticipate Spanaway Loop Road South will close between 116th Street South and Garfield Street South starting Monday, October 14. The closure is expected to continue into early 2025. Local access will remain available for emergency vehicles and residents…
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Happy 30th Anniversary – SCAN!
By Marianne Lincoln It almost snuck past me entirely. There was so much going on September 26, several family birthdays and a big event at PLU for the Tribes and Cecilia Svinth Carpenter. But September 26, 2024 was the 30th anniversary of The Spanaway Community Action Network! It was officially filed as a corporation on…
Copper Way Ribbon Cutting – Spanaway
The Copper Way Apartments consist of 256 affordable housing units PIERCE COUNTY — On July 13, 2023, elected officials, housing and service providers, and community members broke ground on the Copper Way multifamily affordable housing community in Spanaway, marking the start of the first affordable housing project to receive funding from Pierce County’s affordable housing…
Kiwanis selling Sees Chocolates for the holidays
If chocolates are on your gift list for the holidays, please get them through this link! The money you spend will include 25% toward your local community projects! It is their “Yum Raising” plan for the holidays. Other local projects coming up the Fall: • A Food Drive, for the Trinity Food Pantry.• Collecting bath towel donations (new…
Volunteers needed for ABC Day at BHS
The Bethel School District is seeking adults to volunteer at the ABC Day event on Saturday, October 5, 2024. We are looking for adult volunteers for ABC Day! If anyone would like to volunteer and help out at the event we would greatly appreciate the support. If interested, please sign-up and we will follow-up with…
Washington State POW/MIA Recognition Event, Sept 20
Date: September 20, 2024Time: 10:00 a.m.Location: POW/MIA Monument, Capitol Campus, Olympia, WA Honoring Their Sacrifice Olympia, WA – The Washington State community is invited to join in honoring the brave men and women who were prisoners of war (POW) and those who are still missing in action (MIA) at the annual POW/MIA Recognition Event. This solemn event will take…
South Sound Pow Wow Sept 28 Bethel High School
South Sound Pow Wow: September 28This year’s South Sound Pow Wow will be held at the Bethel High School gymnasium! It will be held from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The location is at 22215 38th Avenue East, Spanaway, WA. The school district of Bethel, Yelm, North Thurston, and Olympia as well as the Puyallup…
The Fall Environmental Conference, Sept 28
The Fall Environmental Conference From 9 am to noon. September 28, 2024 At Sprinker Recreation Center. Pierce County will have a new County Executive in two months, and this is a chance to chart a new course for the environmental interests in the county. This is a time of hope and opportunity…
ABC Day Registration open – save your space!
2024 All Bethel Community Day Registration Open!! Event location & time: Saturday, October 5th at Bethel High SchoolDoors open from 9am to 3pm Join us for our newly expanded ABC Day 2024! We have been busy behind the scenes taking to heart your suggestions and here are a few of the changes you will see… All tables…
Still raising money to defend the wetlands
Spanaway Concerned Citizens members were out in force Saturday to remind people the fight to save the Spanaway Marsh wetlands from a commercial tiny home development is ongoing. The Hearings Examiner is about to release the decision on the recent appeals to the original hearings from the end of April 2024. It is likely there…
Sept 7 protest and bake sale, Zoning changes
Spanaway Concerned Citizens will be having a protest sign waving and fundraising bake sale at 176th Street and Spanaway Loop Road on Saturday, September 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is not yet a decision on the appealed items from the Hearings Examiner’s office. That decision is expected very soon. A group of…
Let’s Rodeo! Labor Day weekend in Roy.
Labor Day weekend is a hoppin’ busy time in the big little city of Roy, Washington. The Roy Pioneer Rodeo is happening on the south end of town just west of highway 507. Here are the details: When?June 1st & 2nd, 2024August 31st & September 1st, 2024 Where?8710 Higgins Greig RoadRoy, WA, 98580Link to Google…
Pierce Prairie Post 