Businesses looking to win government contracts will have the opportunity at the Greater Pierce County Purchasing Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon at the STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St in Tacoma. Click here for map and directions. Learn first-hand how to register and compete for contracts with federal, state, and…
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Thun Field runway number to change
In January the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advised Pierce County that Thun Field’s magnetic variation (MAG VAR) is out of tolerance. Thun Field is currently 19 E, which is the 1995 value and the 2020 value is 15 E. This current pavement and marking project at Thun Field allows for a great opportunity to renumber the runway to…
Schools have started – remember to stop for the red flashing lights on School Buses!
Franklin Pierce started Tuesday, Bethel schools begin Wednesday, Sept 9. Remember It’s 20 m.p.h. in school zones and you must stop for the red flashing lights on the school buses! Bethel has a couple dozen buses with cameras that can catch you and give you a ticket, an expensive $394 ticket for violating the red…
Parks and Recreation Touch A Truck event – Sept 12
The Pierce County Parks and Recreation Department will host the sixth-annual Touch A Truck event on Saturday, Sept. 12. The event will last from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sprinker Recreation Center. Touch A Truck allows the public to explore a variety of trucks, military vehicles, construction vehicles, fire engines and public safety equipment….
2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment conducts military exercise in Elma, WA. Sept. 1-2
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Rangers from 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct a military exercise Sept. 1 and 2, in the vicinity of Elma, Wash., about 40 miles southwest of JBLM. Some of the Rangers’ training will be conducted during the day, but to make the exercise as…
Lacamas Community Fair Aug 29-30 2015
Lots of FREE FAMILY FUN at the Lacamas Community Fair Aug. 29-30 10 am-4pm, 32113 8th Ave S, Roy WA. Reminder- All NON-ANIMAL entries should be entered on Thursday the 27th of August noon-7pm. Rabbits and Cavies are shown on Sunday the 30th, enter by 9 am! There is a cupcake decorating contest on August 29th…
Cruise In’s last Wednesday – August 26
During the summer, classic car enthusiasts have been gathering around the Spanaway Godfather’s Pizza on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. This Wednesday, August 26 will be the last of the season and an all you can eat pizza buffet at Godfather’s. Come out and feel the nostalgia.
Go Green Games, Aug 29 at Meridian Habitat Park
SOUTH HILL PUYALLUP — WayOut Kids along with the local Waste Connection Companies will host the GO GREEN GAMES! at the Meridian Habitat Park and Community Center, known to locals as the Puyallup Amphitheater. This is a one day event designed to educate youth about the environment, while having fun and learning cool ways to…
Third Annual Sibling Rivalry Softball Game
In 1981, the Bethel School District split into two high schools, Bethel and Spanaway Lake. The classes affected by that split have held reunions together and a couple years ago, started having sibling rivalry softball games. Sunday, August 23 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Spanaway Lake High School’s baseball field will be the third…
Local school calendars and links updated
In the upper right hand corner of the Pierce Prairie Post screen are several additional pages we maintain. Most notably today, the SCHOOL NEWS page had been updated with the 2015-16 school year information.Included are Bethel, Franklin Pierce, Mount Rainier Lutheran and PLU. Additionally, if you would like to join a group and volunteer to help…
LA Fitness Coming to Spanaway?
According to the folks who “Cruise In” every Wednesday in classic cars, this construction in the shopping center near Hagens (the former Safeway) will be a long awaited LA Fitness.
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