Have you ever wanted to learn how to identify and count adult salmon, or experience a salmon spawn? If so, then the Nisqually Stream Stewards Program has a treat in store for you. The Nisqually Stream Stewards Program is looking for volunteers to help monitor streams within the Nisqually River watershed during salmon spawning season. [...]
The body of 49-year-old John Arum was found late Friday in the North Cascades. Arum was reported missing on Monday after he failed to return from a weekend hike. According to friends, Arum was on a quest to reach the summit of the 100 highest peaks in Washington. North Cascades National Park Spokeswoman Kerry Olson said [...]
The never-ending question on how to fund DuPont’s proposed skate park was a topic of discussion during both the July 27 and August 10 city council meetings. What seemed like another dead end for the skate park suddenly turned 180 degrees after city council revisited the issue and reversed their votes. At the heart of [...]
Pierce County is preparing to close the former Puget Sound Hospital in Tacoma as part of a plan to merge two departments and save money. The hospital, which was built in phases in 1926 and 1951, has provided psychiatric services, general medical care and served as a polio ward decades ago. The three-building complex ceased [...]
In an effort to increase efficiency and save money, Steilacoom Historical School District has instituted a method for automating school bus scheduling. “In partnership with our school bus contractor, First Student Transportation, the district’s Technology Services Department developed a computerized scheduling system. This product optimizes uses of buses so fewer are necessary to serve our [...]
More than 33,000 people attended the U.S. Amateur that concluded Sunday, demonstrating a strong show of support for the first televised golf championship at Chambers Bay. “Fans, volunteers and local businesses showed the United States Golf Association that we are excited about conducting national championships at Chambers Bay,” said Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy, who [...]
Tacoma, Wash. – In the 1970s, only 14 red wolves roamed the planet, and today there are approximately 300, with a large portion reintroduced into the wild. This Labor Day Weekend, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will open its newest exhibit, Red Wolf Woods, in honor of this 40-year recovery program and the zoo’s leadership [...]
The opening of the pedestrian overpass at Chambers Creek Properties has been moved to Sept. 16 due to a construction delay. The “Bridge to the Beach” opening was originally planned for Sept. 2. But delays with the delivery of custom cable railing sections prompted the need to move the opening date. Pease and Sons, the [...]
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division’s command team and more than 300 Soldiers assigned to the brigade, will return to Joint Base Lewis-McChord from deploymentin Iraq on August 25. Col. John G. Norris and Command Sgt. Major Jeffery R. Huggins, alongwith approximately 300 of their Soldiers, are [...]
August 23, 2010 – DUPONT, WA – America’s Credit Union (ACU), has acquired the 54,000 square foot commercial office building at 1495 Wilmington Drive, formerly known as the Venture Bank building. GVA Kidder-Mathews was the commercial real estate company for the transaction. The purchase of the building was the largest commercial real estate transaction during [...]
