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The Puyallup Tribe of Indians plans to develop a justice center adjacent to the tribe's existing administration building.

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Tacoma land sale would assist Puyallup Tribe justice center development

Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote next week on a resolution authorizing the sale of a parcel…

CANYON ROAD "Y"

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Tacoma Rail lease approved for City-owned Frederickson site

The City of Tacoma will lease approximately 2.4 acres of land it owns in Fredrickson to a company…

The "Ella and John Snyder House," which is located at 612 North 4th Street in the Stadium-Seminary National Historic District, as it appeared in 1906 (left) and today (right). The house was added to Tacoma's register of historic places this week.

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A North End Tacoma home is now a landmark

A 107-year-old home with ties to a Tacoma family that was once a heavyweight in the timber industry…

CANYON ROAD "Y"

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City-owned Frederickson site could bring revenue for Tacoma Rail

The City of Tacoma is considering a proposal to lease approximately 2.4 acres of land it owns in…

(PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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A new merchant for downtown Tacoma

The major renovation of a downtown Tacoma storefront for Pacific Office Automation is complete. In May, the Tacoma…

(IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Bidding opens for Pacific Avenue streetscape project

Construction companies interested in bidding on the first phase of the $6.4 million upgrade to Pacific Avenue in…

(PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tacoma sells shuttered MLK library branch

Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday to sell the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Branch of…

(PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Soil remediation project under way at future Foss Waterway Park

Visitors to the head of Thea Foss Waterway near the D Street Overpass will notice much activity at…

(PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Crew razes former Colonial Produce warehouse on Thea Foss Waterway

A crew with Wm. Dickson Co. was busy Friday morning demolishing the former Colonial Produce building located at…

Representatives from the City of Tacoma and the Port of Tacoma celebrated the official re-opening of the Hylebos Bridge during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The bridge was out of commission for more than a decade before funding from the City of Tacoma, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Port of Tacoma paid for repairs. The Hylebos Bridge, which spans the Hylebos Waterway on East 11th Street, is an important transportation corridor for truck drivers hauling cargo throughout the tide flats and Northeast Tacoma residents headed toward State Route 509. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Northeast Passage: Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks official Hylebos Bridge re-opening

For more than a decade, the locked and upright platforms of the double-bascule Hylebos Bridge literally served as…

(PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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Preservationists seek to landmark 3 Tacoma school buildings

Historic Tacoma announced Thursday it will advocate for three Tacoma Public School District buildings to be placed on…

Swan Creek Library building. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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New minimum bid, deadline for Swan Creek Library sale

Investors interested in bidding on the Swan Creek branch of the Tacoma Public Library building have approximately one…

(IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Murray Morgan Bridge rehab will include new elevator, staircase

When Tacoma's historic Murray Morgan Bridge reopens to the public by the end of this year, pedestrians will…