Fircrest News

John Bailey was on his way out of the Lakewood post office on Friday when he learned that Karen and Sharon Lawson were retiring.

GREEN BEANS. Shannan Hughes and The Greener Bean Coffee Company owner Courtney Lockey take a break from serving customers.

Royce Pollard, left, Tim Leavitt are candidates for Vancouver mayor. Vancouver mayoral candidate Tim Leavitt said Wednesday his campaign office has received "numerous reports" of door-to-door canvassers who posed as Leavitt campaign workers, misrepresented his positions on issues, and exhibited "menacing and harassing behavior." Leavitt's campaign ...

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing a Tacoma credit union and a bank in Fircrest.

People ages 45 to 54 are most likely to be victims of identity theft, a 2006 Federal Trade Commission study showed.

The pastor of Fircrest's Liberty Baptist Church has pleaded guilty to making obscene phone calls to female baristas at a coffee stand near his church.

Fircrest police are asking for help to identify a bank robber who hit the First Citizens Bank on Monday in the 1900 block of 64th Avenue West.Police say the man entered the bank, walked up to the teller and presented a note saying he was armed, then demanded cash.

It may not go down in history as the great Fircrest walkout of 2009, but the hasty exit of three City Council members Tuesday night was still causing a buzz Wednesday in the city of 6,300 people.

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

Anderson's students "travel in a grapevine." MORE PHOTOS Fact Box Local belly dancing classes Classes to learn how to belly dance abound.

Forget the movie stereotype of voluptuous 20-year-olds in skimpy chiffon outfits belly dancing to please a harem full of men in the desert.

Fircrest, the island-of-a-city that fought off Wal-Mart, must make another choice that could forever change its character.

Should a coffee shop in the Fircrest's commercial core be allowed to operate a drive-through? Comments JOIN THE DISCUSSION We welcome comments.

Pierce County reports it arrested 35 people in a DUI emphasis patrol last Saturday night.

When the sun goes down in the city's South Park neighborhood, you don't usually hear many people outside.

On Tuesday, hundreds of neighborhoods all across the nation will celebrate National Night Out.

When the sun goes down in the city's South Park neighborhood, you don't usually hear many people outside.

Hundreds of Pierce County residents are preparing to spend an evening outside to get to know their neighbors and combat crime.

A former school principal will return to the classroom as a teacher for the 2009-10 school year under a settlement with the Tacoma School District.

Now this is a step in the right direction. It only proves what us advocates have been saying for decades.