Tacoma

Thrive International is set to receive $2 million to help buy the Quality Inn hotel in Tacoma's South End neighborhood.

The top two candidates in the Aug. 5 Tacoma mayoral primary will face off in the November general election.

The Tacoma-based organization says that everything is on hold, including the futures of more than 1100 refugees who are supposed to settle here in Washington.

In 1911, 13-year-old Juhei Kono arrived in Tacoma from Japan. His memoir is the inspiration for "Voyages," a new album from Grammy Award-winning woodwind artist Ben Kono.

It's been a year since the last manufacturing plant that was partially responsible for the "aroma of Tacoma" has closed. A group of volunteers set out to document what the city smells like now for a book.

The Low Income Housing Institute will be converting the Oasis Inn in Tacoma into a mix of permanent housing, shelter units, and medical recovery rooms for unhoused people.

The Tacoma Urban League announced it has appointed a new CEO. Desireé Wilkins Finch will take over at the end of the month.

The city is projecting a $24 million shortfall in its general fund. This is the fund that pays for fire and police response, homelessness services, and other resources.

Matt Driscoll, the popular columnist and opinion editor for the Tacoma News Tribune died unexpectedly on July 22, at the age of 43.

Food is Free Washington fights food insecurity by through urban farming.