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A spokesman for the singer's family said 11,000 tickets will be distributed for the 10 a.m. event, which will be free.

Eleven-year-old Drew Pepin of Tacoma will have the coolest response ever when people ask what he did over summer vacation.

EMINENT DANGER. City officials have serious concerns that the Luzon Building will collapse, posing a threat to anyone in the vicinity should that occur.

Two developers are crafting an ambitious plan that could accomplish three goals high on downtown Tacoma's wish list in a single swoop: restoring the historic but crumbling Elks Temple building, attracting a McMenamins brew pub-hotel and opening a new specialty grocery store in the central city.

A man wanted for more than two years in connection with a 2004 gang slaying pleaded not guilty Monday.

The more than 600 people who gathered Monday to celebrate the war-shortened life of Lt.

They call their trip a "Journey of Repentance." Sixteen people most from the Tacoma area will travel to Japan later this month to acknowledge and ask forgiveness for the destruction caused by the twin U.S. atomic bombings 64 years ago.

A 69-year-old Bremerton man died Sunday, a day after being struck by a motor vehicle.

Updated: Friday, 03 Jul 2009, 1:10 PM EDT Published : Friday, 03 Jul 2009, 12:55 PM EDT From MyFox National Reports - At a fireworks stand near Tacoma, Wash., women are selling fireworks while wearing bikinis and getting some sun.

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.