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Taste of Tacoma has 7 corn dog options, 9 ice cream floats — and that’s just one vendor

The heat is rising and the smell of foods from 27 vendors is filling the air at Point Defiance Park this weekend.Click to Continue »

 

16-year sentence for Roy man who caused fatal wreck

A Roy man who caused a wreck that earlier this year killed one man and injured three others was sentenced to 16 years in prison.Click to Continue »

 

Foster care behind her, 18-year-old Tacoma woman pursues college dream

No more conspiracy fears for UWT-bound Kelly Scott, who says “I’m comfortable with myself.”Click to Continue »

 

2 suspected burglars arrested for hiding body of Graham woman

Two men were arrested Wednesday for allegedly hiding the body of a Graham woman they found while burglarizing her house, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said.Click to Continue »

 

Another historic Tacoma church closes for reasons the city has heard before

The decision to close Epworth LeSourd United Methodist Church was made out of faith, not failure, pastor says.Click to Continue »

 

Tacoma’s Murray Pacific Corp. selling Lewis County timber lands to California forest giant

California’s Sierra Pacific Industries once again expands its holdings in the Evergreen State…Click to Continue »

 

Sumner police: Speed caused motorcycle crash

Speed appears to be the cause of a life-threatening motorcycle crash in Sumner Thursday, police said.Click to Continue »

 

Good Samaritan dies after being hit by car on I-5 near Chehalis

A good Samaritan who stopped on Interstate 5 to help the driver of a broken down SUV has died after he was hit by another car.Click to Continue »

 

Puyallup man sentenced to 2 years in prison for hash oil explosion

A Puyallup man whose hash oil laboratory exploded in a residential neighborhood last year was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.Click to Continue »

 

“It rocked me in a good way:” Tacoma leaders celebrate Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage

Tacoma’s first openly gay city councilman was among the first to hear news of today’s Supreme Court decision declaring same-sex marriage to be a legal right in all 50 states.Click to Continue »

 

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