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Northwest Seaport Alliance Clean Truck Program

After years of preparation, The Northwest Seaport Alliance began implementing the Clean Truck Program requirements this month. Effective…

Virtually everything we use comes from somewhere else.Ever wonder how it got here? Photo: Morf Morford

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Thank – don't curse – that truck

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index We might not think about it very much, but virtually everything we…

Is it enough? Tacoma wages at national average

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Washington’s trucking industry pays $7.7 Billion each year

The Washington State trucking industry pays approximately $7.7 billion in wages to industry employees annually, according to new…

Discoveries large and small can be found across Tacoma. Photo: Morf Morford

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Half-full or half empty, hot or cold, glass defines Tacoma

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index A series of fortuitous accidents have drawn Tacoma into the small, but…

The new Benaroya Wing is accessible to - and cut off from - a historic corner  of Tacoma by, yes sheets of glass, that separate even as they connect.         Photo courtesy of Tacoma Art Museum

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Tacoma Art Museum’s new Benaroya Wing draws in – and reflects – downtown Tacoma

The newest addition to flank the Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) is the Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Wing, a…

Books can take you all kinds of places. Photo: Morf Morford

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Public or private, libraries are an investment in the neighborhood

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index I love libraries whether they are large or small, public or private,…

Not all Little Libraries are as elaborate as this one. The white box is for "treasures", the mailbox on the right is for poems, stories or "true confessions". Photo: Morf Morford

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District 4 Council Member Catherine Ushka welcomes five new ‘Little Libraries’ to Tacoma’s Eastside

98404 Eastside Little Libraries to host public ribbon-cuttings January 26  In collaboration with the City of Tacoma and…

Five Washington companies to receive civic honors

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Washington students invited to create 1968 oral history projects for statewide competition

Students throughout Washington in grades 9-12 are invited to enter a statewide oral history competition to complement the…

Mt Rainier reminds us of what we have - and what is at stake. Photo: Morf Morford

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Washington's ferries are going electric

Electric cars have changed how we drive, electricity will change how we cross the Sound  By Morf Morford…

Washington Winegrowers honors industry leaders

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Washington winegrowers leverage power of intentionality from grape to glass at 2019 convention

Washington Wine: Intentional from Grape to Glass, the theme of this year’s premier educational and networking event for…

Map of the Salish Sea & Surrounding Basin,Stefan Freelan, WWU, 2009

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The eternal waterways of the Pacific Northwest

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index One of the first slogans that identified and characterized the pioneering and…

Our national parks are a national - and for some of us, a local - treasure. They are a literal gift to the future. Photo: Morf Morford

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Poetry in Tacoma?

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index Tacoma, the city famed for its “grit” and extraction based economy –…

Tacoma’s 2017-2019 Poet Laureate Kellie Richardson reads poetry from her phone.  Photo: Morf Morford

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Call to artists – 2019-21 Tacoma Poet Laureate

The Tacoma Arts Commission announces the eighth annual Tacoma Poet Laureate competition, the winner of which will be…