Tacoma News

A Tacoma native has received a national award for her work as a principal. Leanne Dunlap, who is currently a principal at The American School of Warsaw in Poland, is one of 63 National Distinguished Principals for 2009.

TACOMA, Wash. _ Tech. Sgt. Heather Normand of Tacoma has loaded a variety of cargo onto jets over the years: food, water, troops, toilet paper, generators, helicopters, Humvees and more.

Pierce County Library System , East Tacoma, WA, and the Tacoma Public Library have institutionalized their reciprocal borrowing agreement after a successful one-year trial, allowing patrons of either system to freely borrow materials from the other.

A 43-year-old California man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to several bank robberies in Washington state.

Amid a surf-n-turf lunch of chicken and salmon at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, the Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitor Bureau celebrated its 20th year Thursday by naming the annual Tourism Celebrity Award winners.

Departing Tacoma City Council members should resist the temptation to make a final mark on city government via the appointment process.

Did you go? Did you miss it? Maybe you want to see that film just one more time.

TACOMA, Wash. A former Pierce County Superior Court judge convicted of felony harassment and patronizing a prostitute will not go to jail.

A man fleeing from police was struck and killed on Interstate 5 near Tacoma early Thursday morning.. The Washington State Patrol says that about 1 a.m. a Fife Police officer pulled over a driver suspected of drunken driving.

MEET THE ARTISTS. Artist allies of Madera Architectural Elements. Left to right: Steve Lawler, Chris Spadafore, Jeff Turner, Lynn Di Nino, Claudia Reidener, Margo Macdonald, Elijah Burnett, Carlos Taylor-Swanson; Mindy Barker, Cecelia Blomberg, Diane Roberts; Mary Lane, Jennifer Weddermann-Hay, Tristan Litke, Christopher Hoppin, Jennevieve ...

Photos by Benjamin Benschneider [enlarge] Woodrow Wilson High Schoola s first phase won an International Design Award in architecture, taking third place in the institutional design category.

Maybe J. Jonah Jameson, the fictional publisher of the fictional New York Daily Bugle is right: Maybe Spider-Man really is a criminal.

No doubt about it, the Tacoma School District needs to get its school renovation program back on track.

We are just weeks away from a new City Council. See the bottom of our notes if you're interested in applying.

The Tacoma office of the state attorneys general will be moving to downtown's newest office building - if the city agrees to change its agreement with the developers.

Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy vetoed the county council decision to eliminate a superior court judge position.

A wealthy Bonney Lake, Wash., pilot who used money, alcohol and manipulation to molest more than a dozen boys has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Tacoma Public Schools. Image licensed for commercial use. While it may come to the dismay of many, the Tacoma School Board is strongly considering a new measure that would raise taxes 75 cents per $1000 of assessed valuation in order to generate $140 million for the school district.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is planning to reroute eastbound traffic through the massive Nalley Valley construction project in Tacoma next week.

Secretary of State Sam Reed recognized the students of First Creek Middle School in Tacoma last week for having the highest voter turnout statewide among schools taking part in a mock election.