Sewer or septic? Each has its drawbacks. The sewers are sending far too much fresh water into Puget Sound. The septic tanks put liquids back in the ground, but also with contaminants from detergents, chemical cleaners, and drug use – legal or not. The past thirty years have seen water quality in our rivers, streams…
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April 18 Rotary Charity Auction at Marymount
Save the Date!! The Rotary Club of Parkland Spanaway’s Annual Charity Auction will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2026, at Marymount Events Center. We have sponsorship opportunities. Click here for more information. The event is April 18, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. 1950’s attire is suggested, but not mandatory. Have some pocket money ready…
You are a local if you can pronounce all these
Here is a list of Washington state place names. These are some of the most challenging to pronounce, but if you can’t, people will know you are not from here. Bucoda, Burien, Camano, Cathlamet, Centralia, Chehalis, Cheney, Chewelah, Clatskanie, Cle Elum, Conconully, Cosmopolis, Cusick, Des Moines, Dewatto, DuPont, Duvall, Eatonville, Ellensburg, Endicott, Entiat, Enumclaw, Ephrata,…
March 28 Easter Egg Hunt for Disabled Kids
Due to Easter’s Saturday being the Grand Floral Daffodil Parade this year, the Spanaway Lions Club decided to hold their Disabled kids Easter Egg Hunt on March 28, 2026. It will be held as always, at the Prairie House Museum backyard lawn at 10am sharp. What: Easter Egg Hunt for Disabled KidsWhen: March 28, 2026,…
Washington State Patriotic Day – Saturday March 21, 2026, 2-4PM
We are in the 250th year of America’s existence. To celebrate locally, the Washington State Patriotic Day is being celebrated on March 21, 2026 by the Puget Sound Chapter of the Military Order of World Wars. Washington State Patriotic Day serves to celebrate patriotism and honor service members, veterans, first responders, and their families. There…
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We hope you enjoy the information the Pierce Prairie Post brings to you. There is no other news resource that covers the South Pierce County unincorporated areas that we do. The big news brands cover the ugly side, collisions, deaths, assaults and murders, but we try to bring you the joy, the family events, and…
Local eVTOL company asking for investors
By Marianne Lincoln eVTOL is electric Vertical Take Off & Landing. You know those flying cars we always dreamed about? This is it. More new language, Vertiport – a landing pad for the VTOL Yes, the Vertiports are part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) latest proposals and city planning horizon. Local Spanaway native, engineer,…
How to help a neighbor or friend
By Marianne Lincoln Over and over I read posts on social media about a friend, family member, a neighbor, or a woman with children on the street all who need social services of some kind. The biggest problem is most people are not versed in available social services. The social services come from so many…
Who is Spanaway?
By Marianne Lincoln Let me be clear. If Spanaway and Parkland do not decide to incorporate as communities, Pierce County is on its way to decide to make you part of a big city called Frederickson. Are you Parkland? Or, are you a suburb of Frederickson? You are going to need to make that decision…
Jan 22 – SB6181 Hearing in Olympia 1pm on forced city incorporation vote
Got that? Pierce County would be able to trigger a vote on incorporation inside the urban growth boundary, without a petition, without the Boundary Review Board, etc. if this bill is passed. It looks like South Hill is their first likely target. It has the highest potential revenue for a city. But the south county…
Stuff the Bus Dec 6
This Saturday at the Spanaway Walmart is the annual Public-School Employees, Stuff the Bus event! Saturday, December 6th7:00am – 4:00pm Spanaway Walmart20307 Mountain Hwy ESpanaway, WA 98387 Staff will be there from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to collect donations for Bethel Community Services “Holidays of Hope” program that will help families in need. They’re…
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