Former sheriff candidate Patti Jackson appointed Tacoma’s interim police chief thenewstribune.com/news/local/cri…

This Peter Talbot about the mysterious deaths of four people in a quiet South Hill home reveals a host of details I never expected. Very creepy: thenewstribune.com/news/local/cri…

How alleged conspiracy to sell U.S. military secrets involving 2 JBLM soldiers unfolded thenewstribune.com/news/local/mil…

The Fife Police Department is investigating an incident where people impersonating ICE staked out Emish Market, a local Ukrainian grocery store. I spoke to the store's manager about how the incident affected employees/customers for Tacoma News Tribune thenewstribune.com/news/local/art…

She’s been in US for 50 years. Now Pierce County woman with green card detained by ICE thenewstribune.com/news/local/art…

THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/

Ex-Tacoma police chief got big payout to resign. City leaders won’t comment thenewstribune.com/news/local/art…

‘Harassment’ or dog walk? Why Lakewood police chief called cops on his neighbors thenewstribune.com/news/local/cri…

Tacoma police leader ‘feared coming forward’ about ex-Deputy Chief Paul Junger thenewstribune.com/news/local/art…

Pierce County Sheriff Swank to Prosecutor Robnett: ‘You are my peril’ thenewstribune.com/news/local/art…

‘Aunty Lynn is coming home.’ Pierce County woman detained by ICE to be released thenewstribune.com/news/local/art…

Two must-reads from Tacoma News Tribune's outgoing intern on how Mount Rainier's melting glaciers affect wildlife, plants, the tribes who have called it home for millennia and everyone who loves the mountain

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Last year, an ex-medical worker from Gig Harbor, and married father to 5, was charged for sneaking medication inside his girlfriend so she could miscarry. Today's he's pleaded guilty and has been sentenced. Reporting for Tacoma News Tribune thenewstribune.com/news/local/cri…

Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-…

If approved, Lakewood police's second in command - retires within a year while staying on leave and getting paid, also gets severance and this $420K payout - can't sue the city - gets this investigation the city has said next to nothing about rescinded

When I say I've lost sleep over the idea of Olympic NP — specifically the Hoh Rainforest and the Hall of Mosses — burning, it's not a joke. This is in the SE side of the park, which is drier, but it's still far too close for comfort. theolympian.com/news/state/was…

Was woman’s stabbing on Tacoma park trail attempted murder? Here’s the verdict thenewstribune.com/news/local/cri…

“Since the change in regime — in the Department of Justice and in the presidency — we had little confidence that this matter would be reviewed thoroughly, adequately and with civil rights care,” James Bible, an attorney for Manny Ellis' family said Thursday

Tacoma City Council just approved this settlement on an oral vote. Only Council Member Jamika Scott offered comments before it passed: "The fiscally responsible choice for us is not always the choice that feels good for us as council members or you all as community members."