Pierce County

Tacoma City leaders on Tuesday discussed the future of the police department, specifically focusing on body-worn cameras.

SEATTLE -- The Board of Health departments in two Washington state counties have declared racism a public health crisis after worldwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

TACOMA -- Mayor Victoria Woodards says all options are on the table as her city looks into reforming its police department.

Two 19-year-old were killed in a car crash Thursday morning in the Waller area.

TACOMA -- Ninety-three long days after the Point Defiance Zoo and Northwest Trek closed because of coronavirus, they are reopening to the public with new safety measures in place.

PUYALLUP, Wash. - Money is tight right now for business owners and local organizations recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Expenses for supplies to meet the state’s Safe Start Washington plan guidelines are adding up. To help ease the burden, Pierce County is offering reimbursement grants to offset some of the costs.

Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday said the Washington State Patrol would conduct a new independent investigation of the death of Manuel Ellis while in the custody of the Tacoma Police Department.

TACOMA -- Video provided to the family of Manuel Ellis shows a new angle of his struggle with Tacoma officers the night he died in police custody.

TACOMA - The Tacoma Police Department is making changes to its use-of-force policies following the deaths in police custody that have sparked national unrest.

SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, the Navy’s leading supplier of high-strength steel for submarines provided subpar metal because one of the company’s longtime employees falsified lab results — putting sailors at greater risk in the event of collisions or other impacts, federal prosecutors said in court filings Monday.

SEATTLE -- Black Lives Matter organizers held dozens of silent marches in Washington cities on Friday, as well as work strikes and other measures to honor the lives lost to police brutality and racial injustice.

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- The school community is reacting to the Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal’s announcement on reopening schools this fall.“First of all, to hear him say we’re opening school was kind of -- I had mixed emotions.