Spanaway News

At the urging of major employers and state officials, the Washington state Board of Education is about to adopt tough new high school graduation requirements.

More copper wire has been stolen from the state Department of Transportation and replacement costs for all the stolen wire has reached more than a half-million dollars this year.

At a new location, hamstrung by a county ban on their roadside advertising and up against a big to-do at the Air Force base next door, organizers of the Spanaway Community Fair said this year's version was ...

The disappearance of almost all the life jackets from a Spanaway Lake loaner program struck me at first as great news.

Your grant project was included among the projects selected by the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission for Pierce County 2008 Historic Preservation Grant.

Bethel School District, home of Art Crate Field, would someday have another facility named after a Crate family member under a purchase agreement for land for a future high school.

A month ago, I briefly mentioned a visit I'd made to some medical marijuana patients near Tacoma who went through an arrest ordeal that was so over-the-top I felt compelled to follow up.

Copper thieves are getting bolder, this time taking wire from a Washington State Patrol weigh station on a busy highway.

Wire thieves have again struck the state, stealing copper wire from the Washington State Patrol scale house on Highway 7 near Spanaway.

This: direct from Kieran Murry at "Kieranslist.com" Karie Franks, of Spanaway, was crowned the winner of the first Fit for a Cause, after completing a training and education routine at Callaway Fitness.

A Spanaway couple claims dogs that appeared in an ad on Craigslist are theirs. Now they're making a plea to the Craigslist poster: Give them back - no questions asked.

For the next week, whenever you hear the word "tall" it's likely to have "ships" attached to it.

The world's largest collection of 20th century classic cars is located in SouthTacoma.

Keeping kids afloat is the goal of a life jacket loaner program starting this week at two area lake parks.

An argument over an automobile hood ornament sparked a deadly confrontation between an 81-year-old Spanaway man and his son, according to court documents.

Officials believe they've solved half of a Cowlitz County mystery that began when the remains of two men were discovered in one day last week.

Vancouver, B. C. on feet mystery The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has delayed a news conference on the case of the five feet that... Vancouver, B.C. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has delayed a news ...

Pierce County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of killing a Pierce County man.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged an 81-year-old man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his 58-year-old son in Spanaway.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged a Spanaway man with murder and forgery in the death of his roommate.