Pierce County News

Community Transit has rejected thousands of dollars in bus advertising from a statewide gun control group citing a new policy banning ads on controversial religious, social and political issues.

Cities, towns and counties will soon have more input on where groups of released inmates can live when the state is paying their rent.

A Puyallup man who two years ago was declared incompetent to stand trial in the stabbing death of his roommate once more is being prosecuted in the case.

Members of Tacoma Fire Department salute the medic unit carrying the body of fellow firefighter Albert Nejmeh past Station 8 at 4911 S. Alaska St.

From the shores of Commencement Bay to the foothills of Mount Rainier, more opportunities for recreation are falling into place.

As the state prepares for today's release of draft rules to control the marijuana market, Pierce County is slowly developing its own plans to zone where pot can be legally grown, processed and sold.

Heavy truck traffic often clogs the roads at the end of state Route 167 where it ends at Meridian Street in Puyallup.

The slow-motion process of filling an empty judicial seat in Pierce County's largest court takes another step Wednesday, with no clear date for a final decision.

A former Spanaway Lake High School student is suing the Bethel School District over a stabbing incident that occurred at a school in May 2010.

The southbound 402 bus sits at the South Hill Mall Transit Center in Puyallup on Jan.

May 9: A man woke up from his sleep when his nose began to bleed. He attempted to curb the bleeding by pinching his nose.

Thousands of Defense Department employees in Pierce and Thurston counties still face unpaid time off this summer, but not as much as the Pentagon initially proposed.

Talented teenage artists and writers demonstrated their creative skills through original poetry, short story, drawing and photography in Pierce County Library System's Teen Writing and Art Contest - Our Own Expressions.

Sen. Pam Roach , chair of the Senate Governmental Operations Committee, will consider including drunk driving as a reason for recalling public officials in a special session workshop to be held 10 a.m., on Wednesday, in Olympia.

With temperatures rising and beaches filling up, the Lake Tapps community and Cascade Water Alliance are taking steps to help swimmers and boaters who enjoy recreation on Lake Tapps and other area waterways stay safe this summer.

Calvary Community Church in Sumner is hosting Project Homeless Connect , based in Tacoma, in an event on Friday, May 17 to serve local homeless citizens.

Will Metro have to slash its services - or will some of the supplementary funding that expires next year be replaced, averting crisis? This week might be pivotal.

Come 2015, University Place is anticipating large returns from the U.S. Open, which will bring an estimated 235,000 visitors to the Chambers Bay Golf Course and flood the local economy.

Chris Schuler, Liz Kaster, Nigel Turner and Scott Foster, from left, often bicycle to their jobs at the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.

Alexis Harroun from Bellarmine Prepatory School is competing this week in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix.