Tacoma Metro News

It was a courthouse once, and this week it will become a courthouse again. At least for a while.

More than 1,000 people participated in a three-mile walk through Tacoma's Stadium District today to raise funds for breast cancer research and awareness programs.

Unimpressed by Charles de Gaulle's droll observation that the graveyards are full of indispensable men, Michael Bloomberg, New York City's 108th mayor, has decided that he is indispensable.

The board of the Pierce County Housing Authority has voted to declare bankruptcy.

A man charged in the 2007 slaying of two Tacoma men pleaded not guilty Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court.

On Thurs., Oct. 9, the Port of Tacoma will host the first of four evening workshops designed to educate the public about the Port, its history, scope of operations, future development plans and the Port's ...

Students continue to stream onto the campuses of Washington's public four-year universities as the enrollment boom of the past few years shows no sign of ending.

A 22-year-old mother who abandoned her baby at a Federal Way church reportedly gave birth outdoors in the middle of the night and walked nearly three blocks afterward through a crime-ridden neighborhood to drop ...

Residents of Tacoma and Fircrest can celebrate Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 5- 11, by visiting six neighborhood fire stations from 1-4 p.m. on Sat., Oct.

An employee at Western State Hospital pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in Tacoma and was released on $50,000 bail.

A pedestrian struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday in Tacoma was identified Monday as Ronald A. McKellar, 53, of Tacoma.

One bit of good news in all of this economic turmoil: gas prices locally are falling nearly as swiftly as the Dow.

Not many of Kyle Roeter's classmates at Bellevue High School joined the Army. After graduation in 2003, many went to the University of Washington or out-of-state colleges.

A Parkland man with cancer who died after being mauled by dogs in a Shelton nursing home died of natural causes, the Mason County coroner reported Saturday.

A Pierce County jury has awarded $11.7 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who wandered away from a state-licensed day care and drowned in Lake Tapps in 2004.

A teen was wounded and another jailed after a shooting Thursday night in Tacoma.

A South Korean company has been fined $500,000 for failing to report that one of its ships dumped garbage into the Pacific Ocean.

A "flush tax" is one of several ideas being considered as state officials search for a way to bankroll a decade-long effort to restore Puget Sound's environmental health.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 2--Justin Tomlinson can't remember the last time a customer at his dealership talked about fuel efficiency.

The driver of a car involved in a wreck that killed two people at a Tacoma intersection last year pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.