Hope continues to grow for successful medical treatments for Alzheimer’s. In the meantime people around the world are finding immense success with the therapeutic power of music for individuals dealing with the disease. The annual Pierce County Alzheimer’s Caregiver Conference offers caregivers and families a supportive forum of information about services, supports and resources to…

Ohop Creek Restoration Area, Eatonville Nature Walk  Saturday, September 12th from 10 am – 12:30 pm Experience the largest salmon-recovery project underway in the Nisqually Watershed. Walk through the first phase of the restoration (completed in 2010)  along the meandering, reconstructed Ohop Creek channel. Learn about the history of the site, how engineered logjams create salmon habitat, past restoration…

Special Event at the Salmon Bake: The Land Trust will receive the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office’s “Bravo” award for having a No. 1-ranked project in the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program’s 2015 grant competition. The Land Trust won a $1.1 million grant to acquire critical Mashel River habitat for threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…