The Tacoma Highland Games Association returns to Frontier Park with a Friday Celtic concert followed by a full Saturday of Scottish culture. The Games include athletics, Highland dancing, piping, ...

Pierce County voters may soon decide whether Sheriff Keith Swank should finish his term, and whether the sheriff should remain an elected position at all. In previous coverage, Tacoma Weekly reported ...

Behind the bar at Kingfisher & Rye, from left: Michael Gruber, Ellie Moore, Craig Moore, no relation, and Ryan Moss. At Kingfisher & Rye Tavern in Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue District, tradition meets ...

Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello renews commitment to gun safety. Pierce County’s decision to expand its free biometric gun lockbox program is a public health and harm-reduction effort aimed at ...

Two Tacoma-area teens who scaled the Tacoma Narrows Bridge cables over the weekend turned a late-night stunt into a criminal case and a shutdown of a key highway, underscoring a risky urban-climbing ...

David Hammond has established himself as the driving force behind the resurgence of the University of Puget Sound women’s rowing program, guiding the Loggers into one of the top NCAA Division III ...

Sheriff Swank, who took office in January 2025, said his office will not participate. A proposal moving through the Pierce County Charter Review Commission would create a new Sheriff Ombuds office, ...

From left, Laura Svancarek, executive director of Tacoma On the Go, Mike Griffus, CEO of Pierce Transit, and Holden Ringer, advocacy manager for the Transportation Choices Coalition, display Tacoma's ...

The Vikings were able to stick together and battle through a season that had its ups and downs. The 2026 baseball season came to an end for the Puyallup High School Vikings in the state championship ...

It seems like preservatives are in everything, especially bread. I’m trying to eat better without spending a fortune. Is frozen bread better? What’s the real problem with preservatives? Do they build ...

Bre Judge, former teacher turned real estate investor, transformed her trauma into a love poem to Tacoma. Not all love stories are inspired by romance. Some, like Bre Judge’s, begin with a car crash.

Colorful water slides and rafts have been part of generations of fun at Wild Waves, which is closing next year. Guests are shown enjoying the Konga slide. Iconic local water park Wild Waves announced ...