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Beginning next Tuesday, June 5, Pierce County Emergency Management will be participating in a two-day, multi-county catastrophic earthquake preparedness drill dubbed "Operation Pine Cone." Operation Pine Cone will allow municipal agencies to practice responses to a 7.1 magnitude earthquake along the Tacoma fault.

A new privatized wholesale and retail liquor distribution network is scrambling today to work out the flaws in a system that early Friday replaced the state's nearly 80-year-old monopoly chain of liquor stores.

Stadium High School's 10-year band director has resigned and agreed to surrender his teaching certificate, following allegations that he had sex with a female student during the 2009-10 school year.

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If you're headed to the grand opening of Tacoma's new LeMay-America's Car Museum this Saturday, you may face some heavy traffic on the way.

New museum Tacoma, Wash.: Looking like a silver bullet, or perhaps a really big fender, one of the world's largest automotive museums is set to open this weekend.

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A program that pays truck owners incentives to scrap their existing vehicles and buy lower-emission trucks is broadening its eligibility rules to include smaller and later model trucks.

Delegates supporting Ron Paul might not win over a majority of Washington Republicans today and Saturday at the party's state convention, but their organizers urged them Thursday to "go forward from Tacoma to remake the Washington State Republican Party." That appeal came from Matt Dubin as he revved up a crowd of more than 200 Paul devotees at the ... (more)

TACOMA, Wash. -- Four people were injured Thursday evening when an SUV crashed into the Tacoma Food Co-Op. Tacoma Deputy Fire Chief Faith Mueller said it was just before 8 p.m. when a woman plowed through the store's main entrance, which is located at 6th Avenue and North Junett Street.

TACOMA, Wash. -- The family of a Pierce County grandmother hopes a surveillance video clip will help get them some justice.

The U.S. Marshals Service is looking for a 25-year-old man who went on the run after a brief pursuit today in SeaTac.

As noted in last week's City Council meeting notes , Tacoma has been awarded $50,000 to complete work on the North Downtown sub-area plan and .

This coalition worked closely with the City to develop an Open Space Habitat Plan that maps out a city-wide restoration and management plan for all natural areas within the City of Tacoma - and now they're working with citizens like you to get involved in implementing the plan.

Take your mobile device out for a spin and really open it up with the Autoweek iPad and iPhone apps.

The Tacoma Craft Beer Festival once again is on the horizon. Okay, so it's still a few months out and tickets won't even go on sale until July 15, but that doesn't mean you can't start getting excited about it now.

I have jokingly told some of my friends that when I come back in my next life I want to come back as a city! But I need to be more specific, I want to come back as the City of Olympia.

Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a 22-year-old Eatonville man after he allegedly robbed two people at gunpoint Friday.

Sylola C. Cloud of Tacoma was arraigned Tuesday on vehicular assault and failure to remain at the scene of an injury accident.

Also in the trash talk rumor mill: the anti-gay marriage camp is now relying on Tim Eyman's signature gatherers to help them.