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Pierce County property values on the upswing, return to 2010 levels

Residential property values rise for third straight year between 2014 and 2015; assessor sees continuing recovery from recession.Click to Continue »

 

Lakewood flea market owner, vendors fume as Lakewood imposes new rules

Star Lite Swap Meet has had bumpy relations with City Hall for years. Now it copes with changes to business licenses that raise fees, cut hours of operation.Click to Continue »

 

Pierce County inmate from Ocean Park found dead in bunk

An inmate at the Pierce County Jail was found dead in her bunk Monday morning.Click to Continue »

 

Greece crisis feels like Y2K (no big deal) all over again

That doesn’t mean investors shouldn’t be nervous about recent and current events in Greece, but they should also recognize that the potential Grexit — Greece’s withdrawal from the Eurozone —Click to Continue »

 

Tacoma seeks members for building appeals board

The city of Tacoma is seeking two applicants to fill slots on the Board of Building Appeals.Click to Continue »

 

Tacoma man who allegedly caused boat collision appears in court; passenger still missing

Pierce County prosecutors on Monday held off on filing charges against a Tacoma man who crashed into a boat near Point Defiance Park, hospitalizing two while one of his passengers…Click to Continue »

 

Puyallup City Council to vote on expanded trespass policy

Puyallup City Council will vote Tuesday on a proposal to update the city’s trespass policy for public facilities. It would give city staff members more flexibility for prohibiting troublesome patrons…Click to Continue »

 

New Spokane NAACP head wants to repair damage, move forward

The new president of the Spokane NAACP says she wants to focus on repairing the damage from the recent Rachel Dolezal controversy.Click to Continue »

 

Fire in Olympic National Park raises concerns

Fire crews call them "cat faces," deep holes that flames have burned into the trunks of the centuries-old Sitka spruce and hemlock growing here in the Queets River valley.Click to Continue »

 

First bite: TheKoi Japanese Restaurant in downtown Tacoma

Not much changed for TwoKoi Japanese Restaurant during its six-month closure. Except for the name.Click to Continue »

 

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