Lakewood

Suburban cities like Lakewood, Washington, are struggling to increase the urban tree canopy. But the city is also home to an extensive stand of native oak trees, a hub for ecosystem restoration, stewardship, and outreach.

With rents rising at mobile home parks nationwide, advocates tout the cooperative model as a way to preserve one of the last affordable housing options for people with low- or fixed-incomes and to give them a greater voice in managing their parks.

J'Nai Bridges, a native of Lakewood, Wash. makes her Seattle Opera debut this weekend as Delilah in "Samson and Delilah." It's a role she first sang three years ago, but now feels more ready to take on.

Two cases in which police in Pierce County shot and killed Black men in their 20s are getting renewed attention following weeks of protest sparked by the…

Making headlines around the Northwest this morning:Pierce County Jury Convicts Lakewood Robbery MastermindMore Learned About Seattle Actor's…

Updated 9:07 p.m. Several explosions rocked a Pierce Transit facility in Lakewood late this afternoon, and officials say they suspect natural gas ignited…

An informant's tip has led authorities to find four homemade explosive devices and other weapons buried at a Puyallup site.Traffic was diverted Friday…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-931737.mp3If you've been stuck in traffic jams on I-5 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord…