The person killed Wednesday night in the Midland area in a multivehicle crash that injured two others has been identified.

One man was shot Thursday night when an argument fueled an exchange of gunfire among several people in an apartment complex parking lot in the Midland area.

You could call Midland quirky. Or you could just go with snakebit. Either way, it is a place that demands its boosters have an edge to them, as well as tenacity.

Community members are invited to celebrate Ford Middle School's 50th anniversary May 16.

Former owner Leona Turosik holds a Gary Gustafson painting made from a 1930s-era photograph of the Baskett Lumber Co.

Nearly 120 days after it began, the merging of the Puyallup Fire Department into Central Pierce Fire and Rescue is still an ongoing task.