Parkland News

First published June 3, 2008. Monday's federal raids at four Puget Sound-area strip clubs, including Fox's in Parkland, reflected a shock-and-awe broadside aimed at Frank Colacurcio Sr., 90-year-old patriarch of a reputed criminal empire.

PARKLAND, WASH - A lack of money to cover funeral expenses for a community activist in Washington state has prompted her family and friends to raise money in a manner familiar to neighborhood organizations: They held a car wash and bake sale.

A 33-year-old Renton man has died after state troopers say he crashed his SUV into a Tacoma dealership.

Volunteers are invited to help spruce up Tacoma and surrounding communities by painting over graffiti Saturday.

Four people were killed in traffic accidents including one in Pierce County and one in Thurston County over the extended Memorial Day weekend, the Washington State Patrol reported Tuesday.

A Renton man was killed when the Jeep Cherokee he was driving hurtled off the road and smashed into a dozen cars in an auto dealership lot in Parkland, near Tacoma.

If you blew Mother's Day last weekend, this report is just for you. Shuttle the mom in your life straight to Gateway Cottage for a make-up meal.

Getting into trouble turned out to be a blessing for Kristen Larkin. A prank two years ago landed the Parkland teen in a diversion program run by the Pierce County Juvenile Court.

Getting into trouble turned out to be a blessing for Kristen Larkin. A prank two years ago landed the Parkland teen in a diversion program run by the Pierce County Juvenile Court .

The Parkland-Spanaway branch of the Pierce County Library will be closed for two weeks for replacement of the heating and cooling system and for other building improvements.

A community coalition called Franklin Pierce YouthFirst! will hold a family fair Saturday at Spanaway Lake Park.

Tacoma, WA 98444-4746 253-531-4656 3) Pierce County Library Puyallup 15420 Meridian East Puyallup, WA 98375-9514 253-848-8686 All of these Libraries are in Pierce County and all have the same web address piercecountylibrary.org Services offered are at all locations and include the following but not limited to: 55 and Active Older Adults Information ...

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

The investigation continued Tuesday into a fatal shooting Monday at a Parkland house that authorities called "suicide by cop." Two Pierce County sheriff's deputies went to the home in the 800 block of 111th Street South shortly before 10 p.m. after a woman called 911 to report her husband was drinking and screaming at her and her mother.

As part of a drill, firefighters and Pierce County sheriff's deputies swarmed Washington High School in Parkland on Friday to handle a "gunman." The emergency response drill was the first of its kind for the Franklin Pierce School District.

Pierce County sheriff's deputies on Thursday were investigating a shooting that injured a 22-year-old man in Parkland late Wednesday and prompted a precautionary lockdown at Pacific Lutheran University.

It doesn't quite feel like spring yet with hail in some places, snow in others and a threat of thunderstorms -- all in western Washington.

The State of Washington has an offer too good to refuse for 15-year-old Britney Rochte.

Students from Wilson High School in Tacoma scored big Saturday at the 11th South Sound Regional Science Fair at Pacific Lutheran University.

When Sherri Bails drives along Meridian Avenue in South Hill, she can't help but notice the 18 naked bus shelters there.