Originally posted on 253 Watch:
The Annual Cross Park Spaghetti Feed and Auction is scheduled for Friday, May 20,2016. This years event will be held at the Pierce County Skills Center @ 161st & Canyon Road. Skill Center Students and Staff will prepare the dinner. Dinner will be served from 5-7:30 PM. Adult meals are $10.…

Originally posted on 253 Watch:
Traffic revisions coming to 62nd Ave. E. and 48th St. E. SW of River Road May 18 Pierce County will permanently close 62nd Avenue East at 52nd Street East on May 18, which will create a dead end on 62nd Avenue East. In addition, the intersection of 62nd Avenue East and…

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. –  JBLM will host a transitions event for female service members to address the unique challenges women face when exiting military service, May 18 – 19 at the Salavation Army Tacoma Citadel Corps in Tacoma, Washington. After a 2014  Bureau of Labor report showed post 9/11 female service members struggle to…

Police, fire agencies to conduct training at former Spanaway Elementary School Over the next few weeks, multiple police and fire agencies will be using the old Spanaway Elementary, located at 215 166th Street South, as a training ground. They will be conducting tactical and other technical drills at the site. The public should not be…

Lake Kapowsin Management Workshops June 8 & 29 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Graham Fire Station 94 23014 70th Avenue E Graham WA 98338 Greetings Lake Kapowsin Community, In response to the feedback we received from the community at the April 23 public meeting, the Department of Natural Resources is holding workshops on June 8th…

Graham Fire & Rescue Will Ask Citizens to Permanently Fund Emergency Medical Services in August GRAHAM, WA – Graham Fire & Rescue has decided to ask voters to make their Emergency Medical Services (EMS) funding permanent. At a recent Commissioner’s meeting the Board unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the placement of a permanent EMS Levy…

Wednesday May 18, 2016 the Graham Business Association will hold it’s monthly meeting. SPONSOR: Pet Ponderosa, Nancy & Regis Jackson 7:00 a.m. – Networking and Breakfast At Graham Fire & Rescue at 23014-70th Ave E, Graham (Meridian, R 224th, L 70th Ave, R 4/10’s mile, 1st driveway) 7:30 a.m. – Meeting – Eric Welch, President–Come…

The primary responsibility of the Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is to carry out the Pierce County Historic Preservation Program as a Certified Local Government (CLG) in historic preservation, and to provide recommendations, on matters related to Pierce County heritage, to the County Executive and Council. The Commission is guided by the policies and procedures of Pierce County…

By Marianne Lincoln This coming week, May 16 through 20 is filing week in Pierce County for people interesting in running for an elected office in Pierce County or the State of Washington. The major parties have already held caucuses. The Presidential primary ballots are due May 24. The filling is for anyone seeking office in…

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct day and night firing on the following date(s): DATE               Monday May 16 thru Friday May 20, 2016                         Monday May 23 thru Thursday May 26, 2016       TIME                Day and Night FIRING OF        60, 81 & 120 mm mortars Several units on JBLM will conduct day…

Candidate filing begins Monday, May 16 with the Pierce County Auditor’s Office Offices open for election this year include: ·         U.S. Senator ·         U.S. Representative Offices (Congress) ·         All State Offices including Governor ·         State Senators and Representatives ·         Pierce County Offices ·         Judicial Offices including State Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Superior Court…