Spring Bloom is a new tulip festival in the South Sound. It starts April 5 at Knutson Farms at 16406 78th St. E. near Sumner. The farm is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except for Mondays and Easter Sunday on April 20. The festival ends May 4.

Extensive unpermitted and uninspected work continued for years on the property despite the city posting a stop-work order on April 7, 2022, according to public records. The property was deemed “Noncompliant” by the city for the unpermitted work in September 2022, according to city records.

The ballot measures would merge Graham Fire & Rescue and Orting Valley Fire & Rescue into Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.

A 59-year-old Tacoma man’s scheme to buy gas for himself and others using city credit cards defrauded the city of Gig Harbor out of $52,568 over a period of about two years, according to reports from police and the Washington State Auditor’s Office.

Pierce County warns of a new bail bond scam in which fraudsters pose as officials to solicit money for fake bail payments.

A fast-food employee in Pierce County was arrested after a gun was discovered in his backpack, raising serious safety concerns.

Eric Crowl, an elected Republican precinct committee officer who’s been entrenched in a bitter fight with the party, registered the available name on March 4 through a political

A fast food worker was arrested for having a loaded stolen gun intending to shoot a coworker, with charges including attempted assault and possession of a stolen firearm.