Pierce County News

A state appeals court has agreed to review a Pierce County judge's ruling in an unusual defamation lawsuit that pits a former Tacoma resident against The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "The trial court appears to have committed obvious error," an order released Thursday states.

Authorities have detained a man in connection with a suspicious fire at a University Place home that killed at least two people early today, saying the fatal blaze may have been deliberately set as retaliation to a protection order being sought against the man, a Pierce County sheriff's spokesman said.

A body has been found in a suspicious house fire at University Place where a man lived with his aunt and uncle.

Michelle Barreto, 18, Lakewood created the winning library card artwork. Barreto used watercolor, in Pierce County Library Systema s first-ever teen library card design contest.

OLYMPIA 3 4 The Medical Quality Assurance Commission and the Washington State Department of Health have immediately suspended the license of Pierce County physician Timothy B. Jolley for sexual misconduct.

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

Federal, state and local law enforcement officials have busted a large drug trafficking organization that was bringing methamphetamine and cocaine into Washington from Mexico and operating in parts of Pierce County.

Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a man accused of robbing a Fife bank on Tuesday, then halting the heist and eventually surrendering to police.

It's been a busy year for former Nirvana bassist turned politico Krist Novoselic.

Police are investigating a deadly crash on Orville Road near Orting. It happened early Thursday morning.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Educator Heather Detwiler talks with children about animals and their habitats last Thursday at the Key Center branch of the Pierce County Library System.

Before you light up the night sky with fireworks for this Fourth of July, make sure you know your local regulations.

Police in Fife have arrested a man who robbed a Bank of America branch this morning.

Several high school girls from around Pierce County took part in the annual Evergreen Girls State seminar June 14-20 at Central Washington University, while several local boys participated in Boys State at the Ellensburg campus this past week.

A woman charged with stealing more than $72,000 from a Pierce County youth soccer club pleaded guilty Friday to 10 counts of first-degree theft.

Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor took the witness stand Thursday to explain the actions of his department and himself in handling a domestic violence complaint brought against one of his deputies five years ago.

An interlocal agreement passed by Orting Valley Fire and Rescue Board of Commissioners June 25 would extend the service of East Pierce Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Dave Wakefield as interim chief.

Clark County will host the Washington State Republican Party next year, drawing up to 1,800 delegates in what promises to be the largest convention ever held in Vancouver.

When Kelda Miller finishes work, she rides around Puyallup, Wash., tending vegetable beds at offices, a church, some apartment blocks.

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