Tacoma Daily Index

CASA volunteer of the year Kathy Winslow. Kathy Winslow (right) received the Ken Nelson Memorial Outstanding Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the Year award at Pierce County Juvenile Court's annual recognition luncheon last month. Full Story »

For the past 20 years, Tacoma firefighters have brought holiday cheer to the lives of thousands of Tacoma children and their families with deliveries of food, clothing and gifts just before Christmas. Full Story »

Rusty George Creative recently announced the recipients of the Rusty George Creative Grants for 2010. This graphic design and advertising firm located in downtown Tacoma has provided pro-bono and discounted services to nonprofits in Tacoma/Pierce County for almost a decade. Full Story »

City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution Dec. 15 that would authorize an agreement with the Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society, in the amount of $526,000, for animal shelter services for the year 2010. This service is vital to the City's Animal Control staff and the general public for sheltering of lost, abandoned and injured pets. Full Story »

Members of the City Council and Council members-elect are scheduled Dec. 15 to hear three minute presentations by applicants who are interested in the vacant At-Large #7 and At-Large #8 positions. Full Story »

Leasing ground floor retail space at Pacific Plaza in downtown Tacoma has been a challenge. Full Story »

Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy announced Dec. 4 she has selected Linda Gerull as director of the county's Information Technology Department. Full Story »

Pierce County's Public Works and Utilities Department is conducting a pilot project to test porous asphalt and concrete as part of a strategy to improve local water quality and drainage at Sprinker Recreation Center. Full Story »

Forza Coffee Company has announced that its Parkland Cafe will re-open on Sat., Dec 12, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. The coffee house, located at 11401 Steele Street South, was closed after four Lakewood Police officers -- Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and officers Ronald Owen, 37, Tina Griswold, 40, and Greg Richards, 42 -- were killed on Nov. 29 at 8:14 a.m. Full Story »

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the appointment of Calvin Goings as the regional administrator in Region X, to oversee the SBA's programs and services in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Full Story »

The recession in Pierce County will continue well into next year, hitting jobs, home sales, businesses, and personal income, according to two University of Puget Sound professors of economics -- Bruce Mann and Douglas Goodman -- who presented their findings this morning at the annual Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Forecast Breakfast "Discovery Leads to Recovery / Horizons 2010 Annual Economic ... Full Story »

Gov. Chris Gregoire today proposed her 2010 supplemental state budget, which would fill a $2.6 billion hole in the budget for 2009–11 through service eliminations, reductions or suspensions. As required by law, she submitted a budget based on currently available revenue. Full Story »

During a memorial Tuesday at the Tacoma Dome, Lakewood Police Department pallbearers prepare to escort a casket bearing one of four officers killed Nov. 29. The memorial included comments from Lakewood Mayor Doug Richardson, Lakewood Police Chief Bret Farrar, Gov. Chris Gregoire, and friends and family members of the fallen officers. Full Story »