by Kirk Kirkland Whenever I ride my bike through DuPont and Northwest Landing, I appreciate the intentional design. This town features wide bike lanes, active walking trails, and safe paths. Children can walk downtown or ride their bikes safely to the public library. These livable features now face an immediate threat. The CalPortland gravel operation […]
Congresswoman Emily Randall is drafting federal legislation to transfer the ownership of our National Wildlife Refuges on Protection Island and Dungeness Spit to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. This transfer could open the door for industrial aquaculture, allowing commercial oyster bags to cover our local beaches. This land transfer would remove the public’s role of oversight. […]
Your Pierce County mail-in ballot arrived a few weeks ago. The final deadline is August 4th. Because the voting window is so long, ballots are easily lost under a stack of mail or forgotten on the kitchen counter. This election is critical. Your vote will decide the future of our local landscape. If you are […]
“Our vote is the most powerful non-violent tool we have to create a more perfect union.” — John Lewis Join Grit City Community for a Sign-Waving Rally! Saturday, July 18, 2026 • 1:00–3:00 PM Defiant Goldfish (Point Defiance Entrance) 5310 N. Pearl Street, Tacoma
How to Be Hopeful.. Excerpts from Barbara Kingsolver – Commencement Address at Duke University, Twenty years ago, climate scientists first told Congress that unlimited carbon emissions were building toward a disastrous instability. Congress said, we need to think about that. About ten years later, nations of the world wrote the Kyoto Protocol, a set of […]
