Tacoma

Insurance companies are paying $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought against Kiwanis International and local Kiwanis clubs by seven men who were sexually abused at a Centralia group home for boys decades ago, attorneys for the men said Monday.

The City of Tacoma is interested in developing its Tideflats and it’s asking you to provide ideas on how to do it.

The City of Tacoma announced a plan to put thousands of dollars into the pockets of families in need through a new pilot program called GRIT.

Thanks to tips submitted to Crime Stoppers, Washington State Patrol detectives were able to locate the vehicle and arrested a 58-year-old woman involved in a Tacoma hit-and-run driver that seriously injured a man.

The Pierce County Council is pausing its investigation into Sheriff Ed Troyer until the Attorney General's office concludes its criminal investigation into Troyer's conduct during a 911 call, a spokesperson for the council said on Wednesday.

A six-week mass vaccination site opens at the Tacoma Dome Tuesday, April 27 with no appointments needed for a COVID-19 vaccine. 

Pierce County is opening a mass vaccination site at the Tacoma Dome for six weeks starting April 27.

As Pierce County only recently fell back into Phase 2, a combination of rising infections and perception that some businesses are avoiding health guidelines has led some to worry a rollback to Phase 1 might be all but inevitable.

In the time since the death of Manuel Ellis while in Tacoma Police custody, the George Floyd incident happened, charges were filed, and now there has been a verdict found; in comparison, the Ellis family is still waiting for answers.

As the weather gets nicer and the water looks more and more inviting, one mom hopes sharing her son’s story will help save lives this year.

It’s been one week since a 29-year-old Tacoma woman was shot to death at a popular waterfront hangout, and her family still has no idea why. 

One of the country’s largest for-profit, privately run immigration jails would be shut down by 2025 under a bill signed Wednesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.

The Washington State Department of Health said Johnson & Johnson blood clot risk is less than one in a million, but paused injections Tuesday out of an abundance of caution.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Monday that Pierce County is one of three counties that will move back to Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington Roadmap to Recovery plan due to an increase in COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations.