Puyallup News

Birders of all skill levels and citizen scientists will be looking out their picture windows to assess bird populations during the Great Backyard Bird Count.

The interviews are set for Wednesday and Thursday. Nearly three dozen community members and district employees have been enlisted to observe and provide feedback.

The story of their deaths -- hacked with hatchets, doused in gasoline before the home they were in exploded, according to police -- has been well documented.

The draft of a new Port of Tacoma strategic plan calls for creation of a common user container terminal, more cost-competitive rail service, development of Tacoma as a strategic military port and attraction of more break bulk business to its terminals.

PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Hundreds of neighbors, first responders, and complete strangers turned out en masse to a Puyallup benefit Friday night, raising more than $15,000 for the grandparents of two boys killed by their father in a fire Sunday .

Certain Amber Alerts will be sent out earlier in Washington from now on with the passage of "Kimmie's Law" at the State Capitol Friday.

Susan Powell's sister Denise Cox, leans on her fiancee Andrew Olsen, right, during a gathering of friends and family of Powell's to honor the missing woman and celebrate her 30th birthday at Bradley Park, in Puyallup, Wash., Sunday, Oct.

In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell, husband of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell, walks to a court hearing in Tacoma, Wash.

This month, two state senators - Jim Kastama of Puyallup and Margaret Haugen of Camano Island - committed to supporting the marriage-equality bill now in the state Legislature.

Yakima, Wash., police say a man who demanded money from a Chase Bank branch Thursday afternoon threw the money on the counter and demanded more.

Central Pierce Fire and Rescue firefighters responded to a house fire Thursday morning in the 5800 block of 48th Avenue East near Puyallup where a 70-year-old man perished.

The installation of giant girders over Interstate 5 where it meets Highways 18 and 161 near Federal Way will close southbound lanes, some northbound lanes and some ramps this weekend.

A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Puyallup Police arrested a 21 year-old Puyallup man suspected in a string of indecent exposure crimes in Puyallup and Sumner.

A memorial of candles, toys, and balloons are placed in back of the home, Tuesday, Feb.

A 70-year-old man was killed in a Thursday morning house fire near Tacoma, officials said.

The Catch 22 of the war in Afghanistan is the longer we stay, the longer we have to stay.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennifer and Kirk Graves talk about Susan Cox Powell and her kids Charlie and Braden Wednesday February 8, 2012.

City Council members indicated at Tuesday night's council meeting that they want to talk more about saving money by maximizing space at the five-story City Hall at 333 South Meridian.

City officials have expressed concerns about overcrowded buses, especially the ST Express Route 577 to Seattle.