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…
On the way from here to there – Fruit on the Loop
From June to September, our state’s eastern side agricultural abilities shine and the harvest of cherries, peaches, nectarines, tomatoes, veggies and apples starting coming in droves. Here on the west side, we enjoy the little fruit stands that open up bringing us samples of those harvest where we can purchase those local gems close to…
Getting your historical bearings – Parkland, Spanaway to Roy
From the time Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean, until 1846, the United States and Great Brittain competed for the Pacific Northwest. The area north of the Columbia River was particularly controversial. With considerably more American settlers around Oregon City and a Hudson’s Bay outpost at Vancouver, it was thought highly likely the area…
Two accidents on STP route – Spanaway and Roy
According to a report from the state patrol there were two accidents during the 2013 Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. In the first a car brushed with a rider at 168th Street and Pacific Avenue in Spanaway. The rider was unharmed. There were emergency vehicles called to the site. The other collision was near Roy on SR…
The STP rolls through Spanaway
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…
Waiting in line on 176th Street and 22nd Avenue?
This morning at 3 a.m. the work was supposed to be completed on the leveling of 22nd Avenue at 176th Street. If you tried to get home that way, you probably had to wait as long as 10 or 15 minutes for your turn to pass through. Only on direction of traffic at a time…
The Post breaks 1000 stories in 11 months with over 40,000 hits!
The Pierce Prairie Post is being discovered over and over every day as people in South Pierce County search for the news that tells them what is going on in their own neighborhoods. The Post covers news from Midland, Summit-Waller, Parkland, Frederickson, Spanaway, Elk Plain, JBLM, Lacamas, Roy, McKenna, Harts Lake and also Graham, Kapowsin…
Blood sugar blues? – free workshop July 13
Break Free from the Sugar Blues is a free workshop being offered by Sandra Austin, health coach at Health Transformationz. The workshop will be held on Saturday, July 13 at Spanaway Fitness, 13819 Pacific Avenue S. It will begin at 10 a.m. If you crave sweets and want to gain control of this without deprivation, please come…
Pierce County wins national awards for voter project and emergency mobile app
Last year, Pierce County completed a redistricting project affecting nearly every local voter in just five weeks. The county also started using the latest mobile technology to track damage to roads, bridges, and buildings during floods, fires and other disasters. These two innovative programs have been recognized as among the best in the United States…
Beware of massive numbers of bicycles Saturday July 13!
July 13-14 is the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. It is a 200-mile bicycle ride, the largest multi-day bicycle event in the Northwest. There are up to 10,000 participants riding from Seattle to Portland in one or two days. The route takes them through Summit, Waller, Spanaway, Roy and McKenna. This is a…
Avoid 22nd Avenue and 176th Street intersection July 11-12
The intersection at 176th Street and 22nd venue is under a major construction push again. There are flaggers at all four sides and the delays are long. There is a big, lane wide cut out in the center of 22nd Avenue on the south side of the intersection. Avoid if at all possible. You won’t be…
A beautiful summer day for the Raspberry Festival at PLU
Wednesday, July 10 at noon, Pacific Lutheran University held their summer Raspberry festival. There was music by the Fabulous Murphtones and performances by Roberto the Magnificient formerly of the Gentlemen Jugglers. There were children, students, faculty, staff and many local residents all together enjoying a beautiful, sunny summer day and the wonderful ambiance of the park-like setting below…
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