Design discussion continues on Freighthouse Square Amtrak Station

News

Public workshop ahead for Freighthouse Square Amtrak station

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will share concepts for a new Amtrak station at Freighthouse Square…

The first phase of Tacoma's Sprague Avenue enhancement project includes landscape improvements, better separation between South Sprague Avenue and the adjacent residential street known as residential Sprague, and a new neighborhood gateway sign. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

News

Sprague Avenue enhancement project enters second phase

The City of Tacoma announced Tuesday it will accept bids from select contractors for the second phase of…

The Pedestrian Crossings Improvement Project could bring more marked crosswalks like this one outside Tacoma City Hall to neighborhoods citywide. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

News

**UPDATE** Tacoma Public Works: Crosswalk improvements ahead citywide

The City of Tacoma's Public Works Department is in the early stages of a year-long, $2.5 million project…

City seeks bids for Foss Waterway Site 11 Esplanade project

News

City seeks bids for Foss Waterway Site 11 Esplanade project

The City of Tacoma is accepting bids for a public works project involving the second phase of the…

Simpson Lumber Co. to sell Tacoma Kraft paper mill for $343M

News

Simpson Lumber Co. to sell Tacoma Kraft paper mill for $343M

Simpson Lumber Company officials announced Monday they will sell their Tacoma Kraft pulp and paper mill to RockTenn,…

Deadline today for Tacoma strategic plan contract bids

News

7 consultants submit bids for Tacoma strategic plan contract

Seven consultants have submitted bids on a contract to develop the City of Tacoma's Strategic Visioning Plan.

The City of Tacoma is seeking bids for a project to stabilize the 110-year-old historic Tacoma Totem Pole in Fireman's Park. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

News

City seeks bids to stabilize historic Tacoma Totem Pole

The City of Tacoma announced Friday it will accept bids from select contractors to stabilize the 110-year-old historic…

Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories -- Dec. 5 - Dec. 11

News

Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — February 2014

Here are the top five stories read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index's Web site during the…

A pilot project in Tacoma aims to remove graffiti from private property within 72 hours. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

News

Tacoma City Council committee to discuss graffiti removal, code compliance

Tacoma City Council's Neighborhoods and Housing Committee is scheduled to be briefed next week on two programs that…

Chambers Creek project contractors collect donations for local food bank

News

Chambers Creek project contractors collect donations for local food bank

Mortenson Construction employees working on the Chambers Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion project recently collected over 4,350…

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

News

City of Tacoma schedules 16 community cleanup events

The City of Tacoma will partner with more than 20 Tacoma neighborhood groups between April 26 and Sept.…

With a drum roll and roaring applause, Tacoma Art Museum raised the final steel beam into place Wednesday afternoon for its building expansion as part of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. As is building tradition, the beam, signed by supporters of the museum and community members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and then lifted high into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Avenue. (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA ART MUSEUM)

News

Milestones in fundraising, construction at Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Art Museum officials raised the final steel beam into place Wednesday afternoon for their building expansion as…

The ownership of some 344 acres of forest land along Sawmill Creek in the upper Green River Valley was recently transferred from Forterra to Tacoma Water. (PHOTO COURTESY FORTERRA)

News

Project would plant 65K trees near Tacoma Power Cowlitz River site

The City of Tacoma announced Wednesday it is seeking bids for a project to plant 65,400 trees on…