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Author Shain Shapiro argues that small-to-medium-size music venues contribute to the vibrancy of cities and should be thought of as talent incubators.
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The paper mill most blamed for the "aroma of Tacoma" is closing down. Many Tacomans see it as the end of an era. But what’s next for the former factory town?
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The Washington State Arts Commission board recently voted to certify three new "Creative Districts," including Anacortes and Bremerton, and to fund organizations connecting veteran communities with arts programming.
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The Puyallup Tribe is celebrating the launch of its partnership with Kenmore Air, a new venture to diversify its economic development. Scenic seaplane flights start Friday with air tours of Commencement Bay in South Puget Sound, from a new terminal in Tacoma.
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Seattle is working overtime to bring its downtown back. The loss of tourists and office workers the past year and a half left the area struggling. The…
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Leaders of Pierce County and nine of its cities lined up inside a cavernous data center Tuesday and came just short of making a direct appeal for…
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State Farm Insurance is clearing out of Tacoma by the end of the year, the company said Thursday, meaning some 1,400 jobs will leave the city's downtown…
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Tacoma's city council this week approved a property tax break of about $250,000 a year for a developer of market-rate apartments that are expected to rent…
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Why would Amazon build its second headquarters just 30 miles from its first headquarters in Seattle? If you ask leaders in Tacoma, it's because their city…
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A small non-profit group is trying to preserve some of Belltown’s unique character. It has just closed comments on a community visioning project for the…