PARKLAND, WA — 152nd Street and B Street in front of Marymount were strewn with parking cars as people were trying to attend the big car show event. There were buses brining people from the Spanaway Middle School parking lot and back and forth between the family home on C Street and the site at Marymount. Inside, there…

Originally posted on PiercePrairieFencePost:
There is a rumor in the community that the U.S. Postal Service has been asked to split Spanaway into two zip codes. The second Post Office is currently called Bethel Station. If it becomes its own zip code, it needs to correctly reflect the historical name of the community, Elk Plain.…

When    Saturday, August 10, 2013, 4 – 10pm Event type          Conference Or Camp Event Title           Island Comforts Olsen Auditorium The Laughing Samoans present Fobulous. Fobulous is the new show from one of New Zealand’s most successful comedy acts. The comedy duo of Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai have for the past decade been touring New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands,…

Originally posted on 253 Watch:
On Sunday evening, July 14, an impaired driver ran the stop sign at B Street and 152nd, driving straight through the fence of a Spanaway home, hitting the porch and landing in the front yard. It was about 11 p.m. The family was home at the time, having a Sunday family gathering. Members of the family, who…

It is the biggest local bicycle event of the year in our state and it rolls right though our neighborhoods. They come out of the Puyallup Valley on Canyon Road. Canyon is a more gentle slope than Meridian, but it probably seemed like a mountain to the rider from Ohio. They turn on 104th Street, avoiding the messy intersection…

Administrator Caitlin Hinch of Nisqually Valley Care Center reports the big news in the valley is that NVCC and Evercare have formed an alliance and will be partnering now with the care team at Nisqually for more efficient management of patient care. The people of Evercare are aligned around basic values that inspire and motivate their behavior.Evercare’s…

“The Magic of Music” was the theme for the 80th Daffodil Grand Floral Parade. The rain held of except for a few errant sprinkles, but the wind was extremely chilly. That didn’t stop the smiles or the fun of the parade. The Post followed the Bethel and Franklin Pierce princesses, floats, bands, choirs, drill teams,…

Background:  The County Council Rules and Operations Committee heard this proposal Monday, April 8. The 2.15 million dollar bond will be to build the Parkland Precinct. In early 2013, R2012-142S the council expressed it’s intent to issue the general obligation bonds to pay for the purchase of the property and the renovation of the property. In this ordinance they will…

PIERCE COUNTY — Pierce County roadsides will get their annual makeover this spring and summer. An initial application of herbicides to combat weeds along road shoulders will start April 8, and continue through June. Targeted noxious weeds and brush control applications will occur through the end of November as needed. Only federal- and state-approved herbicides are…

Over Saturday night, metal thieves attached a rope to metal fittings belonging to Spanaway Water Company, a local water mutual owned by local ratepayers. They literally pulled the fittings off the pipes with their car and drove off with them, leaving water spewing around the shopping center at 159th and Pacific Ave. in Spanaway. Driving by Monday…

By Krista Carlson, Bethel District Communications The Bethel School Board is committed to advancing student learning opportunities and educational services within the district’s boundaries.  At their March 26 meeting, the Board of Directors… Received a special presentation from Cedarcrest MS Principal Dr. Cheryl Barnett, teacher Stephanie Ovechka and several students who described the school’s use of Glogster as an interactive…