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Photo Proof Tacoma Looks Damn Good at Night

After the sun sets, and long after most of us are resting at home, photographer Danny Crelling is out on the streets. In part, because that's the time he can eke out away from his day job and three young children, and in part because Tacoma by night is really fucking beautiful. Read More

Here’s What Tacoma Looks Like to the Students of Mt. Tahoma High School

Tacoma has a population of roughly 200,000. That means roughly 200,000 different opinions of what this city actually looks like and the view of a high school student is unique among those. Read More

110 Years Later, You’ll Still Like Tacoma

In 1909, the “longest shoreline electric sign in the world” was lit up at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. Its 20-foot-high letters... Read More

Last Minute Gift Ideas for Well Meaning People

The holidays are a time for family togetherness, ambiguous religious symbolism, and crippling stress over gift giving. Sure, you could just go out and buy everyone the perfect gift, but store-bought presents are just so mainstream, you know? Read More

Dramatic Photos From the Point Defiance Polar Bear Plunge

While 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. Read More

Tacoma’s Toughest Entrepreneurs Want You to Ski Uphill With Them

Dick 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. Read More

Paying Last Respects for the Unclaimed Dead of Pierce County

On 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. Read More

5 Hand-Picked Tacoma Podcast Episodes To Give a Listen To

Think of this as your handy guide to getting started in the Tacoma podcast scene. Rather than direct you to pages all willy nilly, we've asked podcast network Channel 253 to curate not only a list of great podcasts, but the very best episodes they've heard from each. Read More

Gaytron the Imploder: Tacoma’s Eclectic Electric Neon Man

Have you ever met a mad scientist? I have. His name is Galen Turner and he builds neon signs at his workshop in Hilltop. Read More

An Inside Look at Foster Care and Adoption in Tacoma

For me, the word ‘orphan’ makes me think of a young Dickens character roaming the streets of 18th century London in tattered clothes. I always found that image rather romantic as a kid and would pretend to be a poor orphan who would inevitably be adopted by some form of royalty. Read More

A Rare Look Inside the Coolest Vacant Tacoma Building You’ve Never Noticed

Sitting a block down from one of Tacoma’s busiest intersections at Sprague and 7th Ave. sits a 105 year old building that, for the last decade, has sat vacant and largely ignored by passersby. Read More

The Cremains of 50 Pierce County Residents Remain Unclaimed in Tacoma

When someone in Pierce County passes away and no one claims their body the Medical Examiner’s office arranges for them to be cremated. Read More

They Say Tacoma is Sketchy AF…

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The Real Story Behind Tacoma’s Nickname, Grit City

How About That Lightning, Tacoma?

Who Makes the Best Donuts in Tacoma? A Nearly-Scientific Analysis

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