Community libraries across Washington are receiving state grants to help them preserve and celebrate their rural heritage and history. The…
The Pierce County Auditor’s Office will be holding a Passport and Marriage Fair Sat., Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to…
!["The nice thing about a [passenger] train is you can see what the country looks like -- you can look right out into people's backyards," says historian, author, and retired railroad employee Jim Fredrickson, who has amassed a collection of passenger train memorabilia. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)](https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070208_passenger_train1_web.jpg)
In the early-1940s, as a teenager at Stadium High School, Jim Fredrickson was a common fixture near Union Station in…
The first test containers to enter the country as part of the program are due in Tacoma March 25.
