Tacoma

The death of Manny Ellis became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators locally, but did not garner the attention of George Floyd’s murder in front of a crowd in broad daylight.

The family of a little girl waiting for a heart transplant has finally recovered their stolen car, miles from where it was taken. 

In the span of two days, the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County received 13 puppies and two adult dogs that were abandoned in three separate locations in Pierce County.

A 5-year-old pitbull with a massive tumor, who was brought into the Humane Society of Tacoma-Pierce County with 40 other neglected animals, has been adopted by one of her caretakers after getting life-saving surgery. 

Urgent care clinics in Washington could come to a sudden halt, as MultiCare workers have authorized a strike that could start as soon as early October.

At least four cars were stolen in just over four hours from parking lots in and around the Tacoma Mall Sunday. One of the victims was a family who needs the car to see their 12-year-old daughter in the hospital while she awaits a heart transplant.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is using social media to warn children of the dangers of fentanyl use.

Jury selection started Monday in the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel "Manny" Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was tackled, punched, shocked with a stun gun and held face down on a sidewalk in March 2020, two months before George Floyd met a similar fate.

Good news for Pierce County commuters, the Hilltop Link expansion in Tacoma is now open.