DuPont News

Lakewood officials are absolutely right to challenge the state's proposed Point Defiance bypass project that would send Amtrak passenger trains hurtling through the city at 79 mph.

A large part of the agenda at the last televised city council meeting here in DuPont Washington was consumed by the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the 1994 agreement and its impact to the potential mine expansion.

The Home Town Clipper is recognizing members of the community through their annual Good Deeds list.

Beginning Monday, Fort Lewis will close an 8,000 square-foot section of North Gate Road S.W., also known as Huggins Meyers Road S.W., for repair and resurfacing.

In a Veterans Day ceremony that gave a glimpse of a Fort Lewis unit rarely seen publicly, hundreds of soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group gathered Wednesday to honor their two most recent fallen comrades.

From snowstorms and floods to earthquakes and lahars, East Pierce County residents appear interested in educating themselves about pre-disaster preparations.

Soldiers in mechanic Good Adam's squad could use laundry soap and boxer briefs. They'd love protein bars, Heath bars and vitamins, he writes on www.anysoldier.com , a site of wish lists from deployed soldiers.

DuPONT Patricia Graves, 48, has been named area executive for First Citizens Bank, charged with overseeing its commercial, business, retail banking and other operations in the state.

The Thurston County Sheriff tells KIRO 7 that the gunman in three frightening shotgun robberies in Thurston and Pierce counties is under arrest.

As it has been stated before at a council meeting, you better keep a full tank of gas in your car here in DuPont.

Will Washington state extend or roll back the civil rights of same-sex partners that were granted by the Legislature this year? That is the question Referendum 71 asks voters in the Nov.

Wind Chill: 41 F DuPont Washington Works is investing money into several environmental projects in Wood County.

An employee of DuPont Washington Works recently developed symptoms determined to be a mild case of swine flu.

While federal officials point to signals that the recession may be ending, there seems to be some good news on the local economic front as well.

DuPONT Venture Financial Group's board of directors say they will evaluate options for winding down the company and also plan to contact creditors about distributing remaining assets, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week.

A couple of months shy of her ninth birthday, Caitlin Stoskopf landed in foster care.

The best news to derive from Friday's announced failure and sale of DuPont-based Venture Bank came in the form of a report from a Seattle TV and radio station.

A 21-year-old Spanaway man died Saturday night while swimming with his brother and a friend in Puget Sound near DuPont.

Last Tuesday, the DuPont City Council sat through a presentation by the Pierce County Lodging Association.

Law enforcement officers arrested 361 suspected drunken drivers in Pierce County during a recent three-week enforcement campaign.