Welcome to Pierce County, Washington!
If you are looking for local news, events, weather or other local features, you have come to the right place.
Looking for a local business? Click on one of the cities below for business and city area information.
Anderson Island Ashford Bonney LakeBuckley Camp Murray Carbonado
Dupont Eatonville Edgewood
Elbe Fife Fircrest
Fort Lewis Fox Island Ft Lewis
Gig Harbor Graham Kapowsin
La Grande Lakebay Lakewood
Longbranch McChord Afb McKenna
Milton Orting Puyallup
Roy South Prairie Spanaway
Steilacoom Sumner Tacoma
University Pl University Place Vaughn
Wauna Wilkeson Ruston
Parkland Home
Map of Pierce County, Washington
Categories in Pierce County, Washington
Anderson Island Categories Ashford Categories Bonney Lake Categories Buckley Categories Camp Murray Categories Carbonado Categories Dupont Categories Eatonville Categories Edgewood Categories Elbe Categories Fife Categories Fircrest Categories Fort Lewis Categories Fox Island Categories Ft Lewis Categories Gig Harbor Categories Graham Categories Kapowsin Categories La Grande Categories Lakebay Categories Lakewood Categories Longbranch Categories McChord Afb Categories McKenna Categories Milton Categories Orting Categories Puyallup Categories Roy Categories South Prairie Categories Spanaway Categories Steilacoom Categories Sumner Categories Tacoma Categories University Pl Categories University Place Categories Vaughn Categories Wauna Categories Wilkeson Categories Ruston Categories Parkland Categories Home CategoriesNews in Pierce County, Washington
7 Pierce County districts floating levies Feb. 14
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:11:26 -0800
Seven Pierce County school districts are hoping voters show them some love in a Valentine ’s Day election that includes property tax measures to sustain school operations. One district, Franklin Pierce, is asking voters for help to upgrade outdated schools.
No economic rebound is likely in 2012, Pierce County leaders told
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:08:27 -0800
No more sudden moves. Europe, we’re looking at you. Don’t spook the economic recovery. The annual economic forecast event Friday was a chance for Pierce County leaders and business people to get a glimpse of what might happen in 2012. There were glimmers of hope – for 2013.
Bankruptcy filings drop in Pierce County
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:19:27 -0800
Pierce County personal and business bankruptcies fell in 2011 from 2010, likely a welcome bit of economic news for the county after it battled plunging home values and high unemployment for most of the year.
Local law enforcement looking for impaired drivers on Super Bowl Sunday
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:57:28 -0800
The Arlington, Marysville and Tulalip Tribal police departments will be taking part in the Target Zero Team law enforcement efforts throughout Snohomish, King and Pierce counties on Super Bowl Sunday to look for impaired drivers.
Thurston County home sales, prices fall 5 percent in 2011
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:38:04 -0800
Thurston County home sales fell 5 percent in 2011, the fifth consecutive year in which home sales have declined, according to an annual recap of the county's housing market released by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service .
Juanita V. Pierce
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:16:59 -0800
Juanita V. Pierce, 71, of Charles Town, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at her residence while under the care of her family and Hospice of the Panhandl.
Effort under way to oust moths in East Pierce County
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:51 -0800
The state Department of Agriculture wants to spray two East Pierce County sites with insecticide this spring to prevent European gypsy moths from making a permanent home.
State acts against three health care providers
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:02:50 -0800
The Washington state Department of Health took the following actions regarding Pierce County health care providers in December, according to a news release:
Snow storm live blog
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:57:16 -0800
As snow falls across the Western Washington area Wednesday, we'll keep tabs of news events as they happen here:
No cold-case cash for 2012
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:21:18 -0800
The department and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department teamed up last year to apply for a $500,000 federal grant to create a joint, cold-case unit to investigate homicides and suspicious missing person cases that have lost steam and run out of leads.Each had applied separately for the cold case grant in previous years with no success. The joint request also was denied.