Orting News

A 39-year-old Wash-ington man suffered head injuries on Friday during a motorcycle crash in Charleston.

Financial troubles will put the Daffodil Festival's traveling float in the garage for the rest of the summer, casting further doubt on the future of the annual Grand Floral Parade.

When Starbucks released its list of 600 stores to be closed in an effort to cut costs and get the chain back to that quaint coffeehouse feel, coffee lovers in Cambridge, Mass., breathed a sigh of relief as it ...

The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man who was killed Sunday in a one-car crash near Orting.

A passer-by came upon an overturned car early Sunday in the 24600 block of Orville Road East near Orting.

The NestlA© company's plans for a water plant were left high and dry when, without so much as a public hearing, the small town said its spring was off-limits. But neighbor Orting hasn't said no, yet.

Nancy Fritz of Spanaway and her grandson Aaron Harbeng, 4, of Orting, brace themselves during a mock cannon battle Sunday aboard the Lady Washington.

The City of Enumclaw has upped the ante on what it means to be a "green-friendly" community by rejecting a bid by a Nestle corporation to build a 100 million-gallon water bottle plant there.

A popular and award winning Cafe' that's home to many, will be awarded to the person with the passion in an essay contest.

Tacoma School Board members aren't ready for prime time. They won't be coming to a television channel near you anytime soon.

Debbie Townsend and granddaughter Alyssa McGinnis, 8, pick up flowers for Alyssa's mother at the Saturday Market in downtown Orting.

Pierce County Aging and Long Term Care will distribute more than $108,000 worth of vouchers to low-income seniors this month for use at area farmers' markets and roadside produce stands.

WED Learn how to begin and maintain an edible container garden; preregistration required.

Vernon Linth, a U.S. Navy veteran in his late 80s, listens while Bonnie Steinkamp plays hymns on her harp at the Washington Soldiers Home & Colony in Orting, where he has been in hospice care since last June.

Kim and Carl Scanson, the owners of Orting's Around the Corner Cafe, faced reality: Their 17-year-old daughter, Kirsty, will enter the Air Force next year, and time is precious.

Eager children make their way up huge slides in Pioneer Park. Meeker Days is on target and ready to rock and roll beginning June 20.

A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for using a pipe bomb to destroy an Orting police cruiser as revenge for a drug conviction.

Four teenagers have been arrested and will miss their graduation Saturday after they were caught on surveillance video vandalizing a handful of high schools.

Finding a solution to Sounder commuter parking needs to be a priority and a parking garage in downtown Sumner and Puyallup may not be the best long-term solution, said Puyallup Councilmember Rick Hansen.

Sound Transit chief Joni Earl told the Sumner City Council on Monday night that no options have been eliminated when it comes to providing more parking for the city's downtown commuter rail station.