Tacoma News Tribune

Gifted education experts are evaluating Tacoma School District programs aimed at highly capable elementary and middle school students. Full Story »

A former Federal Way Municipal Court supervisor who sued the city will be paid $80,000, according to a proposed settlement with the city released in a City Council packet. Full Story »

Before the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners, hydroplane racing was the big sport to follow in the Puget Sound region. Full Story »

The task for Lakewood police sounds simple enough: Continue to protect the second-largest city in Pierce County as they have since the department was founded five years ago. Full Story »

The Washington Attorney General's Office has announced it is suing California-based DIRECTV for alleged unfair sales practices. Full Story »

The north entrance to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport garage will close overnight for four nights beginning on Monday evening. Full Story »

The Federal Way School Board has hired a search firm to find a successor for Superintendent Tom Murphy, who is retiring at the end of June. Full Story »

The Tacoma Athletic Commission has donated $105,000 to Tacoma Public Schools to support middle school sports. Full Story »

The Sumner-Bonney Lake Recreation Department is offering day camp activities during winter break for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Full Story »

After a five-month search, Annie Wright School has found a new head of school. Christian Sullivan takes the helm of the private Tacoma school in July. Full Story »

Fox Island and Gig Harbor residents have ramped up their fight to keep the Nisqually Indian Tribe from taking over a former Navy facility on Carr Inlet, hoping to stall a federal land transfer past Tuesday’s deadline. Full Story »

You shouldn’t use cruise control in wet conditions – or, for that matter, icy or snowy conditions – said William Van Tassel, manager of driver training programs at the AAA national office. Full Story »

A defunct Gig Harbor-based vocational school has agreed to settle claims from hundreds of Oregon students who say the school defrauded them. Full Story »

The war followed Gillian Boice home from Iraq and into her dreams. The thrashing would begin minutes after the Army officer fell asleep. She sometimes screamed out battle orders. She often woke the next morning already exhausted. Full Story »

It may not have been a winter wonderland, but snow came to the South Sound over the weekend. And expect a few more flakes to fall today. After a break, light snow could return early this evening. Full Story »

WASHINGTON – They helped fuel a real estate and commercial development boom across Washington state, but now community banks are saddled with bad loans that are dragging down their balance sheets, causing a credit squeeze and making it hard for small businesses and farmers to get loans in an already difficult economy. Full Story »

For many combat veterans, relief from trauma-related nightmares comes in the form of a long-established blood pressure medication. Full Story »

The Stage 2 burn ban issued on December 8 for Snohomish County and December 9 for King, Kitsap and Pierce counties has been lifted, effective at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. Full Story »

A press release reported that over 1,100 cups of coffee were served at Saturday’s reopening of Forza Coffee Co. in Parkland. Full Story »

When Dr. Bret Lambert took a job as an emergency room physician at Puyallup’s Good Samaritan Hospital, hospital administrators assured him that the overtaxed emergency room was soon to see a major overhaul and expansion. Full Story »

A 35-year-old man who used his truck to ram an off-duty state park ranger in a road rage case has been sentenced to a year in prison for assault and hit and run. Full Story »

A Spokane group is trying to ease marijuana enforcement in the city. Full Story »

Seattle police say a female medical worker was raped inside a parking garage in the First Hill neighborhood near Seattle University and Swedish Medical Center. Full Story »

As flood season approaches in Washington state, veterinarians are urging residents to microchip their pets. Full Story »

A Washington State Patrol trooper was transported to the hospital after he was struck by a suspected drunk driver at approximately 10:30 p.m. Saturday night in SeaTac. Full Story »