Guest Editorial: Nonviolent men: The new silent majority
“Women want a men’s movement. We are literally dying for it.”—Gloria Steinem It’s way past time to put on the pads, guys. We’ve got to put our shoulders to the wheel of change if we’re going to stop...
View ArticleVirdell family launches GoFundMe campaign
The family of Christopher Virdell has launched a new fundraising effort through GoFundMe.com (http://www.gofundme.com/missing-chrisvirdell) to help raise money in the continuing search for the young...
View ArticleLegislative update: Tacoma adds to call for changes in city-state relationships
Three things are clear as the upcoming legislative session nears: 1.) Lawmakers face tough choices to fund public education and get out from under a contempt order for failing to do so this year; 2.)...
View ArticleCity takes aim against gun violence
Tacoma’s Gun SafeT: LOCK & UNLOAD initiative kicked off this week with an effort to raise firearm awareness and safety concerning firearm use, storage and safe surrendering of unwanted...
View ArticleLink expansion adds station, nears full funding
The city’s grant-writing efforts to fund its share of the Link expansion to provide light rail service from downtown to the Medical Mile along Martin Luther King Jr. Way is banking dollars as the...
View ArticleOur View: Gun ownership comes with responsibilities
State voters face decisions regarding gun rights with two competing initiatives on the Nov. 4 ballot.One of them makes sense, while the other is a Hail Mary to land the issue in federal...
View ArticleCulture Corner, A Guide to the Museums of Tacoma
Sept. 27 is Smithsonian Magazine’s tenth annual Museum Day Live!A nationwide event, Museum Day Live! offers free admission to visitors presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket at a participating museum or...
View ArticleStupid Criminal of the Week
If you’re going to try and assault someone, at least a hospital is probably the safest place you could do it. Officers were dispatched to Saint Joseph’s hospital on Sept. 14, after reports of an...
View ArticleTACOMA’S HOT TICKETS SEPT. 26 – OCT. 05
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 – HS FOOTBALLRedmond vs. Bellarmine PrepBellarmine HS – 7 p.m.FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 – HS FOOTBALLShelton vs. LincolnLincoln Bowl – 7 p.m.FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 – HS FOOTBALLMt. Tahoma .vs....
View ArticleSPORTSWATCH
TACOMA STARS TO HOLD TRYOUTS ON OCTOBER 19The Tacoma Stars of the Western Indoor Soccer League (WISL) will hold their public open tryouts on Sunday October 19 from 3-6 PM at the Tacoma Soccer Center....
View ArticleFALL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS STANDINGS
FALL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS STANDINGS FOOTBALL (as of Sept. 23) NARROWS League Overall W–L W-L Bellarmine 1-0 2-1 Timberline 1-0 2-1 Olympia 1-0 2-1 Gig Harbor 0-0 2-1 Yelm 0-1 2-1 South Kitsap 0-1 1-2...
View ArticleFree to Breathe Run/Walk helps fight lung cancer
When Sopia Hall's mother, Germaine, couldn't lift her two-year-old grandchild and kept holding her chest, Sopia begged her to go to the doctor fearing she was having a heart attack. "I called my dad...
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HELP KICK OFF TACOMA ARTS MONTHMake plans now to join with the Tacoma Arts Commission and Spaceworks Tacoma at a free community celebration of the arts to kick off the 13th annual Tacoma Arts Month,...
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