Announcing Tacoma Craft Beer Festival 2012 – Bigger & Better

18 May 2012, 11:35 pm

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In South Sound, competition for liquor profits is set to be fierce

18 May 2012, 9:16 pm

Near South 37th and Steele streets in Tacoma, two retail giants are girding for battle this summer. Each is betting that its business will win over a significant and profitable share of Tacoma liquor consumers.... Read More »

In the South Sound and statewide, competition for liquor-sales money shaping up to be intense

18 May 2012, 9:13 pm

Near South 37th and Steele streets in Tacoma, two retail giants are girding for battle this summer. Each is betting that its business will win over a significant and profitable share of Tacoma liquor consumers.... Read More »

Middleweight George Wright, a Tacoma boxing icon, dies

18 May 2012, 12:25 am

George Wright, a former Washington state middleweight champion who remained prominent in the local boxing community as both a trainer and coach, died May 10. The 2009 Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame inductee was 76.... Read More »

Tacoma ArtWalk among the things to do today and this week

17 May 2012, 12:13 am

• Tacoma ArtWalk is tonight from 5-8. Visit the Tacoma Art Museum, Washington State History Museum, Museum of Glass and Tacoma Children’s Museum for free. Also discover local artists and galleries that are open late to feature their work. Explore both the theater district, Broadway and South Nin... Read More »

Red wolf births 6 pups at Wash. zoo

16 May 2012, 2:19 pm

TACOMA, Wash., May 16 (UPI) -- A Washington state zoo said an endangered red wolf gave birth to at least six pups on Mother's Day as part of a nearly 40-year-old breeding program.... Read More »

Phl Consulate General in San Francisco Conducts Consular Outreach Mission in Tacoma, Washington

13 May 2012, 12:40 am

13 May 2012 - As part of its objective to reach out and deliver consular services to its constituents, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco conducted a consular outreach mission in Tacoma, Washington from April 27 to 29. This is the third outreach mission conducted by the Consulate in t... Read More »

UWT gets gift of Picasso from peace activist

7 May 2012, 11:11 am

The University of Washington Tacoma now has an original Picasso drawing hanging in its library, courtesy of Tacoma peace activist The Rev. Bill “Bix” Bichsel.... Read More »

Colleges: Tacoma’s Walker signs at CWU

5 May 2012, 12:23 am

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Nate Walker, a 6-foot-5 forward, has joined a lengthy list of Tacoma Community College basketball standouts to sign with Central Washington. Walker averaged 15 points and more than eight rebounds a game last season for the Titans, who won the NWAACC championship. In the title g... Read More »

Tacoma's MultiCare will buy Auburn Regional Medical Center

3 May 2012, 12:16 am

Tacoma’s MultiCare Health System plans to spend the next few months meeting with community members, staff and doctors at Auburn Regional Medical Center to determine how the Auburn hospital will best fit into MultiCare’s South Sound health delivery system, MultiCare’s chief executive officer sa... Read More »