By Kirk Kirkland The bad news is that the Chambers Creek Dam is not going to be removed until the bridge upstream is funded. With two county bridges closed and needing priority funding over the White River and the Carbon River, the Chambers Creek bridge is going to remain a low priority for the foreseeable […]
In such turbulent times as these, the nation’s attention is almost constantly pulled from one breaking news event to the next. Too often it is President Trump destroying essential parts of our economy, or making war on Chicago’s residents and other large cities. Meanwhile, what is arguably the most important story of our time has […]
Voters shuffled the candidates around bringing some exciting people forward after the August primary election. The City of Lakewood will have some close races if the voters want to make some changes and turn out in force. Ellen Talbo in position 1 ran away from the field with over 41% of the vote in Lakewood. […]
After the first 500 salmon were released above the Chambers dam it has been a long wait to see them upstream. Summer drought has affected the creek. Will the fish make it, were our previous restoration efforts enough? Online comments discuss the past efforts describe the next phase of creek restoration. In August we learned […]
Kingfisher Village includes 60 new tiny homes offering safer transitions from the street to housing in Tacoma and Pierce County. County Budget to tackle leading social and environmental issues This year’s proposed County Budget is tackling some of the leading social problems from drug programs to funding affordable housing for low income people to building […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: In response to recent federal actions that have undermined the independence of the CDC and raised concerns about the politicization of science, Washington, California and Oregon Washington are beginning the process to provide evidence-based unified recommendations to their residents regarding who should receive immunizations and to help ensure the public has access […]
