Puyallup News

Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information in a double homicide earlier this week in South Hill.

Steve Hannon drives a pickup with 300,000 miles on it. He teaches school, serves as a building-level union rep for the state teachers union, and has voted for Democrats.

"There are a lot of great drivers and a lot of great cyclists out there," said Blake Trask of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington.

A large crowd attended the swearing in ceremony, which took place at 4 p.m. in the Puyallup City Hall.

A man who identified himself as a friend of one of the deceased says a prayer in front of the Puyallup home where the bodies of two men were found Monday.

PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Two people have been found dead in a home in Puyallup's South Hill neighborhood.

Classic car owners hit the road Sunday to help a victim of a brutal attack. James Foster was attacked outside a Puyallup bar in April and is now in a coma.

T he Clover Park School District will be holding a community forum on its 2012-13 budget.

The Wilson High School Scintillation Show Choir recently competed in the Anaheim Heritage Choral Festival, winning several awards including The Outstanding Choral Group trophy for the highest scoring choral group in any division, a Gold Award for receiving scores above 90 out of 100 from all three judges and The Maestro Vocal Solo Award was awarded ... (more)

Joey Michels knows Milton’s skate park well. He goes there often and calls it one of the best skate parks around.

Alyssa Neal's first two jumps of the triple jump competition at the OSAA Class 6A-5A-4A state track... Oregon State defeated Oregon 5-0 on Sunday to earn a sweep of the Civil War series to close the... U.S. Army Spc.

The West Salem High School softball team lost 2-0 to Tualatin in Tuesday's second round of the OSAA... U.S. Army Spc.

The Broadway Market located at South 9th St and Broadway in Tacoma operates from 10 am to 3 pm on Thursdays May through October.A In Puyallup, the Farmers' Market began in April and runs through October 13 in the Pioneer Park Area of downtown Puyallup.

Cycling fans, mark your calendars. June 24 is the annual Tour de Pierce, aA varied-lengthA bicycle ride through central Pierce County that promotes fitness, fun, bicycle awareness and safety.

The trend is a little later than the rest of the country, but self-service frozen yogurt shops officially have kaboomed in the South Sound.

A 30-year-old man suffered minor injuries Friday when a train hit the back end of his flatbed truck in Puyallup.

In the past few months, new homes have started to appear, here and there, across the county.

The elusive tiger reportedly spotted Thursday in Puyallup didn't reappear Friday, but a prankster who struck a pose as the online feline unmasked himself.

Brad Shannon maintains this blog. He is political editor at The Olympian and can be reached at 360-753-1688 or bshannon@theolympian.com . For Democrat Denny Heck, the nation’s ongoing economic crisis is a time to invest for the future.

AUTHORITIES in Washington state came up empty-handed today in their search for a tiger reportedly prowling the outskirts of Tacoma, although one officer was clearly enjoying the chase.