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Last June, representatives from the City of Tacoma and the Port of Tacoma gathered on the west side of the Blair Waterway for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the official re-opening of the Hylebos Bridge. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Revised contract will keep 2 Tacoma bridges operable

Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote today on a purchase resolution that would provide operation and maintenance…

Tacoma's Swan Creek Library. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tacoma's Swan Creek Library sold

More than two years after it was shuttered due to budget cuts, the former Swan Creek Library building…

A straddle carrier moves a "K" Line cargo container at the Port of Tacoma's Husky Terminal. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)

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Port of Tacoma to spend $6M to upgrade straddle carrier fleet

The Port of Tacoma Commission voted Thursday to approve a plan to upgrade the equipment used to move…

Lowell Elementary School students prepared more than a dozen hand-drawn maps of the area and the section of the street to be renamed. (IMAGE COURTESY LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)

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Plan moves forward to rename street to honor late Tacoma principal

Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing next month on a nomination to rename a section…

More than two years after it was shuttered due to budget cuts, the former Swan Creek Library building on Tacoma's east side appears poised to be sold. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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A buyer emerges for Tacoma's shuttered Swan Creek Library

More than two years after it was shuttered due to budget cuts, the former Swan Creek Library building…

Historic Tacoma has nominated the Browne's Star Grill (left) and Pochert (right) buildings in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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2 Tacoma Hilltop buildings move closer to historic landmark status

Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing in April on a nomination to place the Kellogg-Sicker…

Lowell Elementary School students prepared more than a dozen hand-drawn maps of the area and the section of the street to be renamed. (IMAGE COURTESY LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)

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Tacoma street could be renamed to honor Lowell Elementary School principal

A group of students at Lowell Elementary School in Tacoma has submitted a request to City Hall to…

Pierce County’s historic McMillin Bridge. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)

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Pierce County Commission OKs landmark nomination for historic McMillin Bridge

The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to nominate the 79-year-old McMillin Bridge to the…

A design plan for the $9 million Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehabilitation. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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No light rail planned for Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehab

When a $9 million rehabilitation of the 80-year-old Tacoma Avenue South Bridge is completed next year, it will…

An archived photograph of the Pochert Building. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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Inside Tacoma's Kellogg-Sicker, Pochert Buildings

The City of Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled this week to consider a nomination to place the…

Fortified beer cans littered a transient camp near South 12th Street and State Route 16 in Tacoma's West End neighborhood last August, according to City of Tacoma officials. (PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Tacoma's West End could become city's newest AIA

A decision is expected to be made later this month at City Hall over whether to create an…

A design plan for the $9 million Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehabilitation. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Bridge closure, light rail among design discussion for Tacoma Ave South Bridge rehab

Tacoma City Council's environment and public works committee met Wednesday at City Hall to hear staff recommendations on…

One design for the $9 million Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehabilitation includes concrete guard rails. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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$9M rehab could mean long-term closure for Tacoma Ave South Bridge

A $9 million rehabilitation project scheduled to begin later this year could close the Tacoma Avenue South Bridge…