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Downtown To Defiance: Tacoma waterfront streets to be car-free for cyclists, pedestrians

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Downtown To Defiance: Tacoma waterfront streets to be car-free for cyclists, pedestrians

Runners, walkers, and cyclists are invited to enjoy almost seven miles of the beautiful Tacoma waterfront clear of…

Summer Jobs 253 recruiting Tacoma employers to host youth

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135 Tacoma students participate in Summer Jobs 253 program

Summer Jobs 253—a program that provides paid work experience and high school credit to incoming juniors and seniors…

Top Pot Doughnuts to open in Tacoma's Proctor Station

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Top Pot Doughnuts to open in Tacoma's Proctor Station

Officials at Top Pot Doughnuts and Coffee announced Tuesday they will open the company's first Tacoma location later…

Destiny Charter Middle School grand opening Sept. 15

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Destiny Charter Middle School grand opening Sept. 15

Officials with Washington State's Green Dot Public Schools will celebrate the grand opening of Destiny Charter Middle School…

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts received an $1,150 grant from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund in 2013 to repair a leak near the main lobby entry of the Pantages Theater. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Washington Trust offering 2016 historic preservation grants

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has announced that grant applications for the 2016 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves…

Spaceworks Tacoma celebrates 5th Anniversary

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Spaceworks Tacoma celebrates 5th Anniversary

Spaceworks Tacoma will mark its fifth anniversary by hosting a community celebration in the city's Hilltop neighborhood in…

Local saxophonist and music educator Kareem Kandi will lead the Tacoma Jazz Association, which aims to promote live jazz performance and educational programs in Tacoma. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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JazzClubsNW: Education, performance non-profit expands to Tacoma

A non-profit organization dedicated to live jazz performance and educational programs in the Pacific Northwest will expand to…

The Scholz Farm in Orting dates back to 1931 and is one of many heritage barns in Pierce County that was nominated to Washington state's register of heritage barns. (IMAGE COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION)

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Grant funding available for local heritage barns

The Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation announced this week that applications to request funding through…

"Tacoma has got real folks. I can actually survive and understand this town," said graphic designer Art Chantry of his hometown. Chantry spent most of the 1990s creating posters and album covers for some of the biggest rock bands in the Pacific Northwest. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Art Chantry Speaks: The graphic design luminary on Tacoma, his new book, and why he's no artist

One recent Friday afternoon, Art Chantry, the graphic designer who created a look and style that singularly evoked…

Port of Tacoma: 4 suites available for lease in Fabulich Center

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Port of Tacoma: 4 suites available for lease in Fabulich Center

Port of Tacoma officials announced this week four office suites in the Fabulich Center are available for lease.

Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project open house Aug. 20

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Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project open house Aug. 20

The City of Tacoma will host an open house this month to discuss the Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project.

The steel truss, northbound State Route 167 Puyallup River Bridge, built in 1925, was replaced this summer because it reached the end of its useful life, according to WSDOT officials. (PHOTO COURTESY WSDOT)

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WSDOT will relocate 90-year-old Puyallup River Bridge this weekend

The Washington State Department of Transportation will close both the northbound and southbound Puyallup River Bridges at Meridian…

The Fuzhou Ting pavilion in Tacoma's Chinese Reconciliation Park. (PHOTO COURTESY METRO PARKS TACOMA)

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Fuzhou delegation to repair Ting pavilion at Tacoma's Chinese Reconciliation Park

Representatives from Tacoma's sister city in Fuzhou, China, are expected to arrive in town next week to repair…