Tacoma's container volumes improve in April

Container volumes through the Port of Tacoma increased 4.3 percent in April compared with April 2011, though volumes are down 0.4 percent year to date.

2012.05.18 01:42 PM

Around the Sound 05/18/2012

2012.05.18 01:02 PM

Kent project secures grant to build wildlife habitat

Amy Schillinger has secured a $2,400 grant through King County's “Wild Spaces in City Places” program for a project to increase wildlife snags at Kent’s Green River Natural Resources Area. Schillinger partnered with Rainier Audubon Society and the city to write the successful grant to build, install and monitor six artificial “snags” with volunteer help.

2012.05.17 04:24 PM

Panera coming to South Hill Mall

Panera Bread plans to open a bakery-cafe at South Hill Mall in Puyallup this fall.

2012.05.17 03:55 PM

Letter carriers drive nets more than 300K pounds of food

Hungry families and individuals in Pierce County will have more food in their cupboards this spring, thanks to residents who placed bags of food by their mailboxes May 12. Emergency Food Network received 316,209 pounds of food from communities throughout the county.

2012.05.17 03:50 PM