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Wilson holds off Mount Tahoma to stay in first
Wilson maintained its early position atop the Narrows 3A standings, holding off a latecharge from a quickly improving Mount Tahoma squad for a 2-1 win over the ThunderbirdsMarch 26 at Stadium...
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Lady Lions get key win over Gig Harbor
Bellarmine Prep freshman Alyssa McKiernan is already making her mark in big games. With the Lions down a couple of key bats, the first-year shortstop singled in a run and later walked and scored on...
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Mayor welcomes new stores to 6th Avenue
Mayor Marilyn Strickland joined neighborhood residents and employees of 6th Avenue businesses on March 23 to welcome three new establishments to the popular commercial corridor.The mayor participated...
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Reactions mixed concerning Proctor 28 development
A proposed six-story, mixed-use project in Proctor District intends to up the vitality of the district, but it is being met with some opposition.The project, Proctor 28, will include 135 apartments and...
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Loggers use dominant pitching to sweep Lutes
Searching for a way to put an end to an eight-game losing streak, the Puget Sound baseball team turned to a tried and true old formula – pitching, pitching and more pitching. Behind a solid weekend...
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Sportswatch
FRENZEL, WORMWOOD REPRESENT UPSUniversity of Puget Sound men’s swimmer Derek Frenzel and women’s swimmer Tracy Wormwood capped their seasons on March 20-23 at the NCAA Division III Championships in...
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Au revoir, Tacoma and bonjour, Biot!
Look for daily blog updates, photos at: glasssisters.tumblr.comWe are going to visit our new sister. Would you like to come?Tacoma delegates are setting off early next week for our newest Sister City –...
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Police Blotter
CHASE ENDS IN ARRESTSA police officer pursued a vehicle with two suspects in a robbery and burglary on South 12th Street on March 24. The suspects’ car hit a curb and light pole, spun around and hit...
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Dinosaur donation honors caring relative
Last week, a member of my extended family received last rites. He is old, frail and still with us. But knowing that the Catholic Church has given him this blessing set my family and me to thinking...
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Guest Editorial: Base Link light-rail extension on ridership, not politics
After watching Seattle add one streetcar line after another connecting its neighborhoods, it is exciting to see the City of Tacoma finally take steps to extend Sound Transit’s 1.5-mile Tacoma Link...
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Guest Editorial: Stroke survivor beats the odds to compete in Mrs. Washington...
As a Go Red For Women Ambassador with the American Heart Association and a You’re The Cure advocate, I’m passionate about raising stroke and heart disease awareness in our community. At age 37, I...
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Letters to the Editor: State Senator Jeannie Darneille
Dear EditorI first came to know Booth Gardner when he was the Pierce County executive. I remember studying a management book, which focused on management by walking around. Booth actively lived by this...
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Letters to the Editor: René Fabre
Dear Editor,Just wanted to say thanks for the write up on an old friend Paula Tutmarc-Johnson (“Arts community mourns loss of Paula Tutmarc-Johnson,” TW 3/15).I worked with Paula back in 1968-71. We...
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Our Views: Bomb drills keep skills sharp … just in case
Recent news items about bomb threats at local hospitals and sporadic gunshots in residential neighborhoods reinforce the notion that we live in dangerous times.Bad people are out there to do us harm...
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Our Views: Change of meeting start times is reasonable
Changing the starting time of Pierce County Council meetings from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays is an idea worthy of consideration. Councilmember Connie Ladenburg, a Tacoma Democrat, recently proposed...
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Nothing went BOOM during port drill
An alphabet soup of local, state and federal agencies conducted a simulated improvised explosive device exercise at the Port of Tacoma on March 22. FBI, TPD, DOE, ILWU, SWAT and TOTE all attended....
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Local Restaurants: The Right Spot
Walking into The Right Spot around lunch time, it is clear that the customers inside are not only regulars – but they also appear to be friends with staff members and even each other. This is certainly...
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Readers invited to share their love of Tacoma
Gifts are part of the Sister Cities tradition.When the generous delegates from Biot, in the south of France, visited Tacoma last fall, they brought glass art and a box of silly red wax lips for a gag...
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