Craig Sailor | The Seattle Times

March 2, 2019 at 5:49 pm

Can this church be saved? Crumbling Tacoma icon needs $10M in repairs

For 127 years, Tacoma’s Catholic community has gathered to share joy and sorrow at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Now the building is too...

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October 8, 2018 at 10:03 am

Lakewood cop arrested for DUI after crashing police car in Gig Harbor

Officer Eric Bell has been in law enforcement for approximately 20 years, including 14 with the Lakewood Police Department.

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October 7, 2018 at 4:27 pm

Public radio station KNKX moving to downtown Tacoma

KNKX will move its studios from the Pacific Lutheran University campus to downtown Tacoma in 2019. The station also has Seattle studios and plans to...

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The leaves of this bigleaf maple at Point Defiance Park show sings of leaf scorch – one sign of the dieback affecting the tree throughout the Pacific Northwest. September 6, 2018

September 10, 2018 at 12:37 pm

Some of Washington’s biggest trees are dying and scientists don’t know why

From British Columbia to California, stands of bigleaf maples are dying, leaving bald patches in the forest canopy or even denuded hillsides.

September 3, 2018 at 4:19 pm

State closes sinking Pierce County bridge that’s too costly to repair

The state's department of transportation estimates that repairing the bridge would cost more than $2 million and wouldn't make a wise use of public funds. A...

Adrianna Johnson watches the shore from aboard the Maxwala’ogwa during the Power Paddle to Puyallup in Tacoma, Wash., on Saturday, July 28, 2018. Canoes from more than 108 tribes and nations made their way through Commencement Bay to the canoe landing site. This year is the Puyallup Tribe’s 25th year of participating in the Canoe Journey. The theme this year was “Honoring our Medicine.”

July 28, 2018 at 8:00 pm

‘It’s amazing’: Puyallup Tribe hosts more than 100 tribes traveling Salish Sea

For the first time in 20 years, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is hosting the Tribal Canoe Journey. The event, which takes place each summer...

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July 28, 2018 at 4:42 pm

2 Pierce County men were told twice to stop defrauding immigrants. Now they owe $350,000 and face a year in prison

Edwin Cruz-Perez and Maurice Terry have repeatedly violated previous orders to stop providing unqualified immigration services to Washington residents, according to Washington Attorney General Bob...