Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland and the City Council will recognize Tacoma’s top volunteers — six individuals and four groups –…
The City of Tacoma will recognize Tacoma’s outstanding volunteers at the 24th annual City of Destiny Awards at 7 p.m….
Daffodil Festival Queen Annie Jeong this week accepted a proclamation from Pierce County Council Chair Roger Bush honoring the festival…
Members of the City Council are scheduled Dec. 1 to receive a presentation from Sound Transit regarding the Pacific Avenue…
The Tacoma Historical Society will host a ceremony on Nov. 11 in observance of Veteran’s Day. The event will take…
Sound Transit’s proposed design renderings for connecting D Street to M Street through Tacoma’s Dome District and connecting Sounder service…
Tacoma City Council has scheduled a public hearing Tuesday to hear comments on a proposed development agreement with Sound Transit…
It is difficult for Jessica Creso to see the Winthrop as Home Sweet Home. “This place has stressed me out…
***UPDATE*** For photos of this morning’s meeting and walking tour, visit the Index’s blog at http://i.feedtacoma.com/TDI-Reporters-Notebook/photos-sound-transit-dome-district/ . Sound Transit will…
Chalk artists converged on the Tacoma Art Museum in downtown Tacoma Sunday to participate in “The Big Draw,” a community…
The City of Olympia announced last week it has selected the design submitted by Hoffman Construction from Seattle and Belay…
Tacoma Public Schools is expected next month to issue a request for proposal seeking qualified architectural historians and preservationists to…
!["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…
