Tacoma’s Toughest Entrepreneurs Want You to Ski Uphill With Them
February 1, 2019Dick Kresser and Maudie Jordan rent a room in a big, old house on Hilltop, and they are a damn tough couple. Maudie has completed over a dozen ultramarathons, including multiple 100 mile runs around the Pacific Northwest. Last summer, in under 5 weeks, Dick rode his bike from Tacoma to California, then made the…
Dramatic Photos From the Point Defiance Polar Bear Plunge
January 1, 2019While the rest of us were nursing champagne hangovers from the night before, a select few lunatics gathered at the Point Defiance marina to ring in the new year by jumping into the frigid waters of the Puget Sound. With a water temperature of 52º, it takes about an hour to become hypothermic. Good thing…
Paying Last Respects for the Unclaimed Dead of Pierce County
September 15, 2018On a remarkably clear day at the end of August I watched the cremated remains of 40 people drift into the waters of Puget Sound. The cremains belonged to people who had died in Pierce County over the previous two years and whose bodies were left unclaimed. The ceremony was organized by the Pierce County…
The Cremains of 50 Pierce County Residents Remain Unclaimed in Tacoma
August 20, 2018When someone in Pierce County passes away and no one claims their body the Medical Examiner’s office arranges for them to be cremated. It is hoped a friend or family member will be found to pass the cremains on to, but it’s not always easy to track people down and in some cases family members…
(NSFW) Our Most Popular Story of All Time Is a Minivan Covered in Dicks
August 15, 2018The worst part is, it wasn’t even a story. It was just a 20 word Instagram post that auto-shared to our Facebook page. It was originally posted Saturday, August 4th and within a week it had earned 692 likes, 710 comments, over 2,000 shares, and had been seen by more than 426,000 people. But because…