In 1925, the nation watched as medicine was raced by dogsled to Nome, Alaska, to stop a diphtheria epidemic. In the months ...

Symphony Tacoma opens its 80th season on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at the Pantages Theater, and this season, audiences will ...

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The Rotary Club of Tacoma #8 will welcome Adrianne Haslet for a special luncheon program on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at La Quinta Inn & Suites in Tacoma. Haslet is […] ...

George Francis Train. Photo courtesy of Washington State History Museum. Anyone who knows anything about Tacoma knows that it is best described as “quirky.” It’s a place where the boss wears jeans and ...

Step back in time a few decades after you enter the Hob Nob Restaurant, a historical Tacoma eatery with top-of-the-morning breakfasts. Built in 1929, the building is on the National Register of ...

Anyone who has walked around Tacoma for any bit of time has noticed that the City of Destiny has its fair share of monuments, plaques, artistic eye catchers and historical markers. They dot the city.

The house where music legend Bing Crosby was born can be found on Tacoma’s historic J street. Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library. While house hunting back in 2002, Michael and Kelley Flamoe ...

The strange story of Jake Bird is as good as it gets if you are looking for a chilling story about Tacoma’s crime history, yet it’s a story rarely known outside circles of true crime geeks. Bird’s ...

Flannel? Check. Hot apple cider? Check. Kiddos bouncing with excitement? Double-check! Yes, there’s a seasonal spring in even the tiniest steps now that fall has officially arrived in Peirce County, ...

The Tacoma of today is a lifetime away from the gangland it was in the 1980s. But those dark days 30 years ago leave long shadows that still exist. Communities around the nation were suffering from ...

An odd sport from a bygone era once drew crowds to Puget Sound shores decades ago. It then vanished to become just another weird footnote of local history alongside the mysterious tunnels and Tacoma’s ...