Extensive unpermitted and uninspected work continued for years on the property despite the city posting a stop-work order on April 7, 2022, according to public records. The property was deemed “Noncompliant” by the city for the unpermitted work in September 2022, according to city records.

Wildfire program takes hit with funding loss, while the future of pregnancy-data collection for high-risk patients now in doubt.

The ballot measures would merge Graham Fire & Rescue and Orting Valley Fire & Rescue into Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.

A fast-food employee in Pierce County was arrested after a gun was discovered in his backpack, raising serious safety concerns.

A 59-year-old Tacoma man’s scheme to buy gas for himself and others using city credit cards defrauded the city of Gig Harbor out of $52,568 over a period of about two years, according to reports from police and the Washington State Auditor’s Office.

Recently, the 7-year-old Pierce County boy decided to donate his birthday money to The Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County, instead of spending it on a new gaming device. Sawyer got to meet a shelter dog who shares the same name on Thursday.

Pierce County warns of a new bail bond scam in which fraudsters pose as officials to solicit money for fake bail payments.

Eric Crowl, an elected Republican precinct committee officer who’s been entrenched in a bitter fight with the party, registered the available name on March 4 through a political