Tacoma

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.

Tacoma's once-a-decade charter review process is currently underway. Voters may see a suite of amendments on their election ballot in November.

When the free concert series 'Jazz Live at Marine View' stopped in 2020, organizer Jim Foster thought it was for good, until attendees urged him to bring it back.

Nearly four years after the death of Manny Ellis in Tacoma police custody, Mayor Victoria Woodards reflects on the city's response during an interview for The Walk Home, the award-winning podcast from KNKX and The Seattle Times.

The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is fighting in court for about 12 hours of video capturing the February 2023 incident at the privately run detention center.

A new study of kelp fossils from the coast of Washington state show that kelp forests, which host all manner of marine life, developed tens of millions of years ago.