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Contractor selected for Spanish Steps rehab

Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday that awards a $394,992 contract to Pease Construction, Inc. for the…

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Planning Commission decision on Wedge Historic District looms

The City of Tacoma's Planning Commission is scheduled this week to move closer toward finalizing the boundaries of…

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City to review downtown parking meter contract

The days of free on-street parking in downtown Tacoma appear to be numbered. This week, Tacoma City Council…

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Economic development hopes on tap in Tacoma's brewery district

A consultant hired by the City of Tacoma to examine development opportunities in the city's historic brewery district…

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New signage proposed for historic City Hall

The next time you visit City Hall, you might find it easier to navigate your way between floors…

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Tacoma's West Slope: It's a nice neighborhood. But is it historic?

Will Tacoma's West Slope neighborhood become the city's next historic district? That question could be answered later this…

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City, TPD study noise ordinance effectiveness

An aggressive noise ordinance passed by Tacoma City Council two years ago appears to have had its biggest…

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A census for Pierce County's historic buildings

Last summer, the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission set out to answer a question important to…

Last year, Crime Stoppers of Tacoma / Pierce County offered a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of a serial arsonist at the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma. (IMAGE COURTESY CRIME STOPPERS TACOMA / PIERCE COUNTY)

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7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist

A man who pleaded guilty in January to intentionally setting a series of fires last year inside the…

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Downtown drivers closer to paying for parking

Drivers beware. The days of free parking in downtown Tacoma are numbered. The first phase of a three-phase…

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Artists invited to Spaceworks Tacoma meeting April 28

The Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce has announced a community meeting will be held Weds., April 28 at…

Steilacoom Historical Museum Association member member Buzz Brake demonstrates how to split cedar bolts. The museum received a grant from Pierce County to repair the roof and windows on the 1870s Nathaniel Orr wagon shop. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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History rolls on in a Steilacoom wagon shop

It used to be that if you visited the late Nathaniel Orr's former wagon shop, a simple structure…

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Promenade, sprayground planned for historic Wright Park

The City of Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is scheduled Wednesday to review design plans for $1.3 million…