Tacoma News

A robber with a gun took over a Sixth Avenue pharmacy Sunday, Tacoma police said Monday.

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, a late-winter tradition in Seattle for 21 years, has a new owner.

Jeff Clement went 2-for-4 and led a four-homer attack in support of Ryan Rowland-Smith as the Tacoma Rainiers downed the Portland Beavers 5-3 Thursday night at Cheney Stadium.

The tradition to celebrate July 4 in Tacoma has been documented for decades. As far back as the 1930s, photographs exist and tell the stories of how Tacomans held activities along the Ruston Way waterfront to celebrate the freedom of their country.

For many, bikini-clad women and fireworks stands are sure signs that summer is here.

A Bellingham hotel developer Tuesday formally unveiled a plan to build two hotels and an office building on a near-downtown Tacoma waterfront site.

A despondent man who recently lost his job robbed a Fife bank branch Tuesday after saying he had a bomb, law enforcement officials said.

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A bank robbery north of Tacoma has ended with a person described as the robber in custody and no damage or injuries.

A federal jury on Monday found a Canadian citizen guilty of helping his half-brother steal nearly $3 million in merchandise from the U.S. government, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said.

A house fire in Tacoma early this morning has left a firefighter was slightly hurt and a home badly damaged.

Struggling to ride out the recession, West Coast ports face new competition as ports in Canada and Mexico , an expanded Panama Canal and even the Suez Canal could steal away some of the cross-Pacific shipping they've relied on.

The headline on the website for the Tacoma Esplenade condo project says "navigate a new life" but that life may be snagged up in foreclosure.

A few months ago, Rebecca Gottlieb faced a difficult choice: continue on at her $50,000-a-year private school in Massachusetts, or leave her new friends and life and enroll at a cheaper school near home in Washington.

On July 13th at 7 p.m., Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga will bring Spirited Irish music to Tacoma, WA, kicking off their West Coast tour with an additional show at The Mandolin Cafe, 3923 South 12th St., Tacoma, WA 98405.

Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows.

A group of drivers has filed a lawsuit against 19 Washington cities that operate red light cameras.

Having grown up in Southern California where Mexican restaurants were plentiful, I grew up loving the taste of Mexican fare.

The Lakewood Wal-Mart employee accused in the armored car robbery in which a guard was killed now faces an aggravated murder charge.

Rusty Ryal hit a pair of home runs, including a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning, to lift the Reno Aces to an 8-5 win over the Tacoma Rainiers on Thursday night at Cheney Stadium.