News Team | February 13, 2011
Kris Sherman, The News Tribune | 2-12-2011 Thousands of property owners in Pierce County will get their annual property tax statements in the mail beginning next week. But if you can’t wait, you can look yours up online at the Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer’s office here. The files were posted Friday afternoon by the assessor’s office, [...]
News Team | February 10, 2011
Jordan Schrader, The News Tribune | 2-10-2011 Could this end up as Pierce Transit’s Plan B? Transit advocates and Rep. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, are unveiling a bill today that would offer a series of new funding sources for buses and trains. Right now, county transit agencies can ask voters to raise their sales taxes. But [...]
News Team | February 8, 2011
Kris Sherman, The News Tribune | 2-08-2011 Pierce County voters were snubbing a request for a sales tax increase to help fund bus service. preliminary returns in today’s election show. Pierce Transit’s Proposition 1 is failing, 54 percent no to 45 percent yes, according to returns just posted on the Pierce County Auditor’s Elections web [...]
News Team | January 18, 2011
Sara Schilling, The News Tribune | 1-18-2011 The Puyallup City Council may be guaranteed some new faces in the near future. In a 6-1 vote tonight, the council gave initial approval to an ordinance that would impose 12-year term limits on council members. The new rule must be voted on once more before it takes [...]
News Team | January 17, 2011
Staff Writer, The News Tribune | 1-17-2011 People living in a 1,860-acre area of unincorporated Pierce County near Bonney Lake may have to wait a while to vote on joining the plateau city. Pierce County has invoked jurisdiction and called for a hearing of the Boundary Review Board, essentially putting the brakes on an annexation [...]
News Team | January 4, 2011
Washington State House Republicans | 1-04-2011 The House Republican Caucus today announced its committee assignments for the 2011 and 2012 legislative sessions, including ranking (lead) Republicans committees. They will be…… Read More
News Team | December 3, 2010
Jordan Schrader, TNT Political Buzz | 12-2-2010 A weeklong hand recount of ballots has confirmed it. Hans Zeiger has unseated state Rep. Dawn Morrell. The Republican won by just 30 votes. With other recounts reportedly confirming today the losses by Sen. Randy Gordon and House budget chairwoman Kelli Linville, Democrats’ majorities have been trimmed to [...]
News Team | December 2, 2010
Jordan Schrader, TNT Political Buzz | 12-2-2010 There were no surprise boxes of ballots. No surprises to speak of at all, in fact. Pierce County’s recount of a state legislative race is over. And while results won’t be released until just before they’re certified Friday, there is nothing to indicate a major shift in votes [...]
News Team | November 28, 2010
TNT events | 11-28-2010 Dedication of a memorial to Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger and officers Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens and Greg Richards at the Parkland Forza Coffee Co. shop. WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. Also Memorial – a Remembrance and food drive tomorrow….Read More
News Team | November 28, 2010
Tonya Mosley, King 5 News | 11-27-2010 PARKLAND, Wash. – Forza Coffee Shop, once a pitstop near the highway, it is now a symbol of community and honor. “It was the community that wanted us to focus on that and it was really a lot of their ideas too,” says owner Brad Carpenter in reference [...]