Members of Tacoma’s Downtown Merchants Group yesterday viewed the latest version of a four-year-old project aimed to create wayfinding signs…
In late-1960, a 36-year-old Tacoma advertising salesman named Marshall B. Skidmore took a career risk: he decided to go into…
It’s another election year, and Tacoma City Councilmember Julie Anderson is enjoying some of the comfort that comes from incumbency:…
If Tacoma City Council candidate Robert “The Traveler” Hill had his way, you would run for political office. Your friends…
A group of property owners began to cast their votes yesterday on whether to move forward with a $14 million…
The first thing Tacoma City Council candidate Reverend Ronnie Allen Warren mentions is we’ve met. Last March, in the Hilltop…
Tacoma City Council candidate Lauren Walker’s connection to the Hilltop neighborhood dates back to 1990, when she and her husband,…
One recent afternoon, Hilltop resident Jack Pleasant dropped a glossy photo album on his kitchen table, opened its cover, and…
In the Whitman neighborhood, a grassroots movement illustrates the challenges and benefits to seeking historic district designation
Right up until the filing deadline two weeks ago, it appeared incumbent Tacoma City Councilmember Spiro Manthou would run unopposed….
For Whitman area resident Pat McGregor, history looms everywhere in his neighborhood. It’s evident in the 67 residential homes that…
Three weeks after findings of a feasibility study examining whether to restore a heritage streetcar system in Tacoma were released,…
With the nation’s 4th of July celebration around the corner, Tacoma City Council is considering an ordinance that would add…
