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Whether you're playing tour guide or exploring your own city, here are eight things you may not know about Pike Place Market.

If you have walked, biked or driven through downtown Tacoma lately, you might have noticed that storefronts, windows and sides of buildings are a little brighter. That’s thanks to the annual Tacoma Light Trail, a free winter art festival with 50 exhibits scattered across the city.

Visitors to Tacoma's Eastside Community Center might notice some new artwork: a mural created to memorialize children from the community who died from gun violence. Full of bright yellows and vibrant blues and greens, "In Loving Memory" shows children dancing and playing.

Rosemary Ponnekanti says she dreamed up the Tacoma Light Trail as a way to bring light into the community when it needed it the most. That’s just as true this year as it was in 2020, as the pandemic continues to breed isolation and uncertainty.

During World War II, more than 7,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in a prison camp in Puyallup. Now, a sculpture reflecting that history will stand outside the Puyallup library.

Author's note: I was reluctant to venture outside in the middle of the night with the rain coming down in sheets, knowing I’d be traipsing through muddy…

If you’re traveling around Tacoma this month, you might see something that makes you smile. On the roof of the First Methodist Church, there’s a giant…

The Bellingham Herald reports a 400,000-pound 'acid ball' is moving to its new home on the Bellingham waterfront. The artifact is a remnant of an old pulp…

In this social media age, sharing your innermost feelings online is expected. But, Seattle artist Xavier Lopez decided to encourage something different…

In Bellingham, a giant work of art will link the city’s industrial past with the future of its waterfront, a place where pulp and paper mills once…