Steve DeRose recently joined the Port of Tacoma as Purchasing Manager. In this position, his key responsibilities include implementing sound…
Pierce County is providing kids 11 to 15 years of age the opportunity to experience the outdoors and connect with…
University of Puget Sound has announced it has received $250,000 from the Ben B. Cheney Foundation for its new Center…
!["The nice thing about a [passenger] train is you can see what the country looks like -- you can look right out into people's backyards," says historian, author, and retired railroad employee Jim Fredrickson, who has amassed a collection of passenger train memorabilia. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)](https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070208_passenger_train1_web.jpg)
In the early-1940s, as a teenager at Stadium High School, Jim Fredrickson was a common fixture near Union Station in…
The City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing next week as part of its…
With local gas prices higher than the national average, residents in the Puget Sound region have turned to public transportation…
The City of Tacoma announced yesterday the $24.5 million D Street Overpass is now open to vehicular traffic in all…
The Tacoma Historical Society announced yesterday it is opening a new exhibit entitled “Passenger Trains of Puget Sound, 1900 to…
Pierce County Executive John W. Ladenburg is proposing action to save undeveloped land with long-term public benefit potential. Increasing urbanization…
On May 27, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation representatives were in Tacoma to announce its annual list of Washington State’s…
As the temperature went up to a mid-afternoon record high 92 degrees last weekend, Pierce County residents flocked to the…
It’s a simple structure. The small, single-story Craftsman-style building at the corner of North J Street and Division Avenue is…
It’s a small, single-story Craftsman-style building at the corner of North J Street and Division Avenue. But its age and…
