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8 budget hearings ahead for Pierce County Council

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Pierce County Council approves address changes on Key Peninsula, Fox and Anderson Islands

The Pierce County Council on Dec. 12 approved changes to addresses on Key Peninsula, Fox Island and Anderson…

Dexter Gordon, director of the African American Studies program at UPS, is the City of Tacoma 2018 recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award  Image courtesy University of Puget Sound

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University of Puget Sound department is a model for Civic Learning

African American Studies program is nationally recognized for teaching students democratic engagement University of Puget Sound has been…

Metro Parks Tacoma: Open house scheduled for proposed Eastside Community Center

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Trapped, Tacoma's historic escape room game, is back!

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum is excited to announce the 2018 dates for its blockbuster escape room Trapped:…

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Influenza on the rise in Washington; health officials say “Get vaccinated now”

Influenza illnesses are increasing and health officials at the Washington State Department of Health urge Washingtonians to get…

Health board adopts rules to encourage medicine disposal

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Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department approved an expanded medicine take-back plan set to begin in spring 2018

The majority of responses from the public comment period support the plan’s efforts to curb the opioid epidemic,…

If any industry is hard wired into the economy of  Puget Sound, it would be aerospace. Photo: Morf Morford

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Master Plan efforts continue for Thun Field – public meeting January 8

Pierce County will hold a Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) meeting for Pierce County Airport-Thun Field on Monday,…

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A Baroque Feast: Lucinda Carver, Elizabeth Blumenstock & Friends

Lucinda Carver is a harpsichordist, music historian, and scholar of the music of the Baroque. She has assembled…

9 groups set to receive $3M for human services programs in Tacoma

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City conducts survey in January to evaluate community’s perceptions of services

The City of Tacoma wants to hear from community members in its upcoming community survey to be conducted…

Metro Parks Tacoma: Open house scheduled for proposed Eastside Community Center

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Metro Parks busy 2017, big plans for 2018

2017 was a busy year for Metro Parks. In addition to great programs, camps, nature walks and all…

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Island Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues

ISF is excited to announce our first indoors winter production, Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues,…

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Goals for the New Year

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index New Year’s resolutions are the core of late night comedy routines –…

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Start the new year off right with a First Day Hike

January 1 is also the first State Parks free day of 2018   Washington State Parks invites the public…

9 groups set to receive $3M for human services programs in Tacoma

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Open House and Q&A with City Staff 2018 Amendment to the comprehensive plan and land use regulatory code

Please join Planning and Development Services staff  January 10th for a presentation and question and answer discussion regarding…