One quick glance at the pilings in the water along Ruston Way will tell you they’re deteriorating, but have you...
If Dave Mitzel and his 14-year-old son Brandon get their way, Never Never Land will no longer be a thing...
GRIT /grit/ noun small loose particles of stone or sand courage and resolve; strength of character; firmness of mind or...
In 1909, the “longest shoreline electric sign in the world” was lit up at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. Its 20-foot-high letters...
"Driving down I-5, feeling kinda witty/Takin' in the sunshine, lookin' at the city" begin the lyrics of a Tacoma Dome song not nearly enough people are aware even exists.
Snowmageddon 2019. Day 5, 2100: The sound of melting slush permeates Tacoma. Tires fly through sloppy piles of icy mush as citizens once thought lost for good emerge from their shelters.
If you’ve ever driven on North 30th and had a, “What the hell was that thing?” moment, you’ve surely encountered one of Steve LaBerge’s creations. An insurance agent by day, he’s a mad fiberglass artist by night.
Less than three miles from the beaches of Chambers Bay lies one of the most unfamiliar and inaccessible places in all of Washington State. This is the Alcatraz of the Puget Sound.
The image of Leonard Coatsworth’s car stuck on the swaying Tacoma Narrows Bridge known as Galloping Gertie might be one...
For starters, you're all a bunch of suckers for photos of Mt. Rainier.
In celebration of the Tacoma Dome’s recent renovation, we were invited to look through the archives at the Tacoma Dome to see what kinds of historical tidbits we could find. From David Bowie to the Backstreet Boys, Truckzilla to RV shows, the archives held all the Dome’s most cherished memories.
Every year in late Summer or early Fall an old and wise spider crawls to the top of a large oak tree in Wright Park and proclaims, Rafiki style, “It is time.” Then all the biggest hairiest spiders Tacoma has to offer find the nearest bathtub, crawl inside, and wait patiently for you to come in, turn on the light, and freak the F out.