The Tacoma children’s hospital is moving into a new, six-story building this month. The $479 million facility is expected to expand access to health care in the South Sound.

Thea Foss made an indelible mark on the Tacoma waterfront in 1889 when she started a tug company that still exists today. But efforts to remember her were slow to come.

Activists are gathering signatures for a ballot initiative that could strengthen enforcement of renter protections, in a follow-up to the 2023 “Tenant’s Bill of Rights."

The Tacoma News Tribune has exposed new details of an independent investigation into Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department's director of public health, Chantell Harmon Reed.

Tacoma is seeking to improve connections across the city with repairs to sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and other improvements to arterials.

State Department of Health officials tried to inspect most recently on March 20, according to the agency. The GEO Group, which runs the detention center, turned them away.

Elected officials in Tacoma are urging Sound Transit not to abandon a planned light rail extension to the Tacoma Dome.

Pierce County’s first-ever homeless shelter access hub recently secured funding to continue its services for at least two years.

The Museum of Glass in Tacoma is undertaking a $25 million renovation. But first, it has to move a lot of expensive, extremely fragile glass.

Like many cities around Puget Sound, Tacoma faces issues such as housing and a sluggish downtown recovery. Mayor Anders Ibsen told KNKX how he plans to address them.