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Recipe: A fall-forward fruit crisp

This luscious fruit crisp is a perfect dessert for an early fall evening.

Family grateful for firefighters helping rescue bird

Late one night when I was covering our birds’ cage so they could sleep I saw that Appolina had crawled and pushed herself into a set of rings on a candle holder that was in the cage as a toy.

Mount Rainier Business Alliance seeks media project proposals

The Mount Rainier Business Alliance is seeking qualifications for a media creation project to market the Upper Nisqually Valley as a premier four-season destination.

Annual 9/11 event in Eatonville Sept. 14

There is an event in Eatonville coming up. The 9/11 event has been held every year since the terrorist attacks in remembrance of the lives lost on that day.

Erik Danielson awarded Teacher of the Year

Erik Danielson, the Physical Education (PE) teacher at Eatonville Middle School, has been awarded the prestigious Teacher of the Year award by Geneal Palmer and the Ohop Grange.

November ballot will include 'warning labels' for initiatives

The battle over what will be printed on ballots for four statewide initiatives has ended, at least for this election season.

Secretary Hobbs warns voters about 2024 election misinformation

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs urges Washington’s voters to be wary of dubious election information, including deepfakes and other misinformation, that have already been spotted during the 2024 elections cycle.

Recipe: A salad centerpiece

While you might call this salad a side dish, it deserves to be the main attraction.

Savvy Senior: Does Medicare cover cataract surgery?

How does Medicare cover cataract surgery? My eye doctor recently told me I’ve developed cataracts and should consider making plans for surgery in the next year or so.

Application period open for historic preservation grants

The 2025 Pierce County Historic Preservation Grant Program is accepting applications now through Sept. 30 at 5 p.m.

County expands water services

On Aug. 6, the Pierce County Council approved an ordinance to expand the county’s Water Utility, aiming to better serve residents and meet future water needs.

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park releases nearly 400 endangered frogs back into the wild

Nearly 400 endangered northern leopard frogs raised at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park are now back in the wild at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County.

New school year brings changes for WA schools under Biden Title IX Final Rule

With the new school year right around the corner, Washington’s 295 public school districts are busy trying to figure out how to comply with the recently implemented Final Rule changes to Title IX, created by the Biden administration.

Recipe: Summer rolls, Italian style

Late summer yields a bounty of summer vegetables. Eggplant rollatini is a light and bright gratin that will put any excess eggplant to use.

Washington state ‘increasingly at risk’ for rolling blackouts

A proposed battery energy storage system under consideration in Skagit County by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council would, if ultimately approved by Gov. Jay Inslee, be able to provide 200,000 homes with electricity for up to four hours.