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Locals cope with low water at Lake Tapps

The popular East Pierce County reservoir was reduced to exceptionally low levels in the off-season to make repairs, and refilling has been hampered by drought conditions.Click to Continue »

 

Sound to Narrows has a modified course this year. Will changes be permanent?

Sound to Narrows will have a new course this year. The man who won the first race likes the changes so much, he hopes they'll be permanent.Click to Continue »

 

New ‘Silver Alert’ aims to help find missing seniors

Police searching for missing seniors in Washington will soon have a new tool at their disposal: A designated “Silver Alert” that will flash across highway signs and permeate radio traffic…Click to Continue »

 

Tacoma inmates could return to Pierce jail

Tacoma could once again house low-level criminal defendants in the Pierce County Jail if city and council leaders give the nod later this month.Click to Continue »

 

Matt Driscoll: Fate of Pierce County’s steelhead in the balance

When the trees come off steep slopes, so too does the soil. “Soil and sediment are the deadliest factors for spawning steelhead because they smother the spawning beds,” Nisqually Land…Click to Continue »

 

Mariners pick Yelm’s Parker McFadden in 20th round; Justin Marsden, Brendan Illies also drafted

He had to wait a couple days, but McFadden picked by Mariners. Marsden goes in 22nd round to Rays and Illies in the 33rd to Mets.Click to Continue »

 

Man charged in fatal shooting of girlfriend in Lakewood

Mindy Hughes’ 8-year-old daughter went to the back porch and prayed that no one would die as she listened to mom have a loud and angry fight with her boyfriend…Click to Continue »

 

Crews search for missing diver near Les Davis Pier in Tacoma

Tacoma Fire crews are searching for a missing scuba diver near Les Davis Pier.Click to Continue »

 

Auburn woman arrested in connection with death of 3-year-old daughter

A 21-year-old Auburn woman was arrested Tuesday night on investigation of domestic-violence homicide in connection with the death of her 3-year-old daughter, according to Auburn police.Click to Continue »

 

Woman gets chance to sue city over Tacoma police raid on wrong apartment

A Federal Way woman who contends Tacoma police roughed her up when they mistakenly targeted her house for a drug raid should get her day in court, the state Court…Click to Continue »

 

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