Buckley News

If you were starting from scratch designing a 911 system for Pierce County, you'd never get the system the county is saddled with.

It was another good turnout Saturday morning when crowds lined Main Street for the annual Buckley Log Show parade.

Volunteers are needed to help with the Buckley Youth Centera TMs summer lunch program.

Buckley Fire Chief Alan Predmore was recently authorized by the Buckley City Council to extend an operating agreement with American Medical Response to provide advanced life support services to Buckley, Carbonado, Greenwater and Crystal Mountain.

The Buckley City Council voted 3-2 to accept a preliminary plat application for the Van Sickle Landing subdivision during a Thursday special session at the Multi-Purpose Center.

Plateau youngsters have been honing their logging skills for this yeara s Buckley Junior Log Showa s big weekend, and it wona t be long until more than 100 young participants can show how much they have improved over the last 12 months.

From milking cows in wee-morning hours to hiding chewing tobacco from their wives, fathers who were loved a generation ago left imprints that remain with their families today.

The Pierce County Council voted on Tuesday to cut spending $2.8 million as it tries to balance the county's budget.

Buckley has discovered that all good things really do come to those who wait. Just hours before June 10 meeting of the City Council, the city learned from the Washington State Department of Transportation that it will receive a Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program grant in the amount of $170,620. The money will be used to put a pedestrian crossing ...

Officials with Helping Hand House don't think in the short term when it comes to solving the problem of homelessness.

Budget cuts, limits on warehouses, tourism promotion fees, building regulations Tuesday was a busy day for the Pierce County Council.

A pair of contested mayoral races highlight the Plateaua TMs political landscape, now that the 2009 filing period has come to an end.

The Pierce County Library System is hosting a free Summer Reading program June 20 through Sept.

A longtime dream has taken root and is sprouting in Buckley. Rececca Frisby has always loved tending to her garden and that passion led to her creating hanging baskets that were seen brightening the streets in front of Buckley businesses.

The new Interwest Construction and Development facility along state Route 410 in Buckley already carries a regal-sounding monicker - " Kessell's Kingdom.

Feed prices up, profits down, so more are letting cows go The changing face of the Enumclaw Plateau is played out on several fronts.

To celebrate National Poetry Month, Friends of the Buckley Pierce County Library recently hosted its fifth annual Wake Up to Poetry! Contest.

Details were pieced together late last week surrounding a tragic turn of events that resulted in the shooting death of Buckley resident Robert Irby.

More than 100 residents, along with state and county officials, gathered at the North Tapps Middle School May 13 to hear details of an agreement between Cascade Water Alliance and the Lake Tapps Community Council.

A Buckley woman accused of shooting her boyfriend to death last week pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court.