[Editor note: Traffic on Military Road between Pacific Avenue and Spanaway Loop Road are often severely affected by Fantasy Lights traffic, adjust your travel from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. accordingly.] PIERCE COUNTY — Are you ready for the most magical time of the year? Join us at Fantasy Lights, the largest drive-through holiday light…
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Eastbound SR 512 exit to Canyon Road will close overnight Nov. 16 and 20-21
Washington State Department of Transportation · November 15, 2023 PUYALLUP – Overnight travelers who use the eastbound State Route 512 exit to Canyon Road in Puyallup will want to build extra time into their trips. From 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 until 5 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17, the exit will close to all traffic while contractors working…
Spanaway came out in force to say, No!
Tonight was a who’s who of Parkland Spanaway and Midland. The land use hearing for a conditional use permit for the Pierce County Village, being pushed by the County Executive’s office and the Tacoma Rescue Mission, attracted a room full of people and a speaker sign up list longer than they had time at the…
The Parkland-Spanaway Flood Plain
By Claudia Riiff Finseth Every fall I get a big postcard from Pierce County reminding me I live in an area known to flood, the Spanaway-Parkland flood plain. And I know it’s true because twice in twenty-five years we have had hundred year floods here where I live along Spanaway Creek near 138th Street South…
The Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan: A People’s Document
By Claudia Riiff Finseth A remarkable thing happened in the early 2000s under the Growth Management Act. A grassroots board of residents, community association members, school board members, the environmental community, the business community and the fire district created the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan. The process was guided by Project Lead Sean Gaffney, of Pierce County…
House demolition, but no silt fence
By Marianne Lincoln Spanaway is watching. There is already a high level of concern about how the Tiny Home Village project was dropped on our community. There are lawyers being paid to defend the interests of people living on the lake self-taxing to improve water quality. Then this project comes along and threatens to make…
PSM-LUAC Nov. 15, 6:30pm, Sprinker !!
By Cindy Beckett This will be heard at the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Advisory Commission public meeting date is November 15, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at Sprinker Recreation Center. (Remember, you will hike a distance to get in from parking due to construction right now.) The Land Use Advisory Commission will be reviewing the homeless village project now labeled…
Nov. 1, participate in the Walking School Bus
Story updated below original story. This event is hosted by the Spanaway Middle School. The purpose of this event is to unite our community in raising awareness about the current lack of safe infrastructure for walking and biking routes for students in our area. We believe this is a matter of great importance and are…
New Tribune opinion piece a political farce
By Marianne Lincoln, Editor Another opinion, or three. For my entire lifetime, I have lived in unincorporated Pierce County. Everyone here I know has always been cynical of the opinions of the New Tribune because they always seem to back up the opinions of the County or city of Tacoma officials and disregard the information…
Four bumps in the road
If you have travelled Waller Road or Military Road in the past several months, you may have noticed the orange “bump” signs that have been there awhile. Contractors have worked on the intersection and then seemingly abandoned it, leaving the drop offs to make the crossings uncomfortable at best, or damaging our vehicle undercarriages at…
Come join the Community Band!
By Marianne Lincoln I met them at a booth in the gym at Graham Kapowsin High School. They were surrounded by band instruments and asking people if they knew how to play an instrument. They were excited to learn I played the French horn. “We need French horns!” they exclaimed. I gave them my card,…
Executive Priority inappropriate on Tiny Home Village Project
By Cindy Beckett This will be heard at the Parkland -Spanaway-Midland Advisory Commission public meeting date is November 15, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., location not yet determined. I would really like to know all these jobs he has created for these homeless! Where might we find that list? The executive is trying to still push through…
Pierce Prairie Post 