New Old Time Chautauqua, State Parks to host community – focused summer events

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Index Staff

The New Old Time Chautauqua (NOTC), America’s only traveling Chautauqua, is teaming up with Washington State Parks for a summer tour of six state parks and nearby communities beginning June 14. Before the Internet, before television, before ... [...more]

Growth we can live with

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Index Staff

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index When it comes to growth and development, there are those who hate density – and those who hate sprawl. There are those who hate the whole idea of growth, and there are those who … [...more]

Economic & Revenue Forecasts for Washington and the nation

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Index Staff

This forecast is based on a modified version of IHS Markit’s May 2018 Control forecast for the U.S. economy. As usual, we have adjusted real gross domestic product (GDP) to match the Blue Chip “Consensus” GDP forecast. The May Blue ... [...more]

Dave Somers and Bruce Dammeier elected to lead Puget Sound Regional Council

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Index Staff

By unanimous vote, the Puget Sound Regional Council’s General Assembly reelected Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers as President and Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier as Vice President of the regional planning agency. The General ... [...more]

Franz’s “Solutions Table” a new approach for jobs and the environment

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Index Staff

State leaders will identify new opportunities for economic development and protection As required under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), the State Board of Natural Resources – chaired by Commissioner Franz – is developing a long-term ... [...more]

Tacoma is not Seattle, and neither is Washington

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Index Staff

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index I love visiting Seattle, but I’ve never had a burning desire to live there. I love what the city offers, but I’m always glad to get back home to Tacoma. When I travel to … [...more]

KNKX announces regional news project -“KNKX connects”

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Index Staff

Port Angeles marks first stop with live broadcast of All Things Considered – June 7 Next month, KNKX will kick off a year-long reporting project designed to increase local and regional news coverage as part of the station’s mission to ... [...more]

Tacoma Little Theatre to produce award-winning world premiere

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Index Staff

The American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) is pleased to announce Tacoma Little Theatre of Tacoma, Washington, has been selected to participate in AACT NewPlayFest as a Producing Theatre. Keeping in line with the AACT mission of ... [...more]

It is graduation season – time for those speeches

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Index Staff

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index It’s the season for graduation speeches from kindergarten to high school or college. Some statements from speakers are new, striking and memorable, some are predictable, some show the retrospective you ... [...more]

It’s always a good time to take care of yourself – and those around you

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Index Staff

As you may know, the Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why season two was released Friday, May 18th. The first season, which was extremely popular with teens and young adults, followed the story of a high school girl’s (Hannah) suicide, including ... [...more]