Summit News

The holiday season is gearing up. All over, lots of organizations have free Christmas events for kids of all ages.

Many service members returning from war have a hard time readjusting to life back home.

Murray will discuss daily stress on military families, her work in the U.S. Senate to support troops and their families, and will hear from families about what additional support they need.

EU-US Summit, Washington 3 November 2009 "EU and US leaders will meet on Tuesday 3 November in Washington DC for their yearly summit.

Most people are satisfied with blowing out candles on their birthday cake. John Childs isn't most people.

Elected officials, educators, business leaders and advocates for kids will gather Friday at the Tacoma campus of The Evergreen State College to discuss ways to increase the high school graduation rate in Pierce County.

Members of the Summit-Waller community and Franklin Pierce Schools are meeting to discuss uses for a property known officially as the Natural Science Resource Center, and unofficially as 'The Farm.' The site, nearly 10 acres at the corner of Waller Road and 96th Street East, was purchased by the district in 1970 for just more than $44,000. Pierce ...

Standing at the 2,785-foot Alpowa Summit, we wondered if Lewis and Clark were nearly blown off their feet in 1806 when they came through the hills near the Blue Mountains in southeast Washington.

Just about everyone who uses the public library, it seems, has racked up fines for overdue materials.

Max has a nose for health. His job: Keep 14-year-old Liam Kelly alive and well. The Gig Harbor-area teen lives with the sugar highs and lows of Type 1 diabetes and the real possibility he might slip into a diabetic coma while asleep.

Be careful: Bloody syrup will stain white fur. I'm guessing the Canadian consulate in Denver, at 1625 Broadway, isn't a frequent location for major protests -- but that changed yesterday, when PETA representatives chose it as the place to complain about Canadian seal harvests .

Be careful: Bloody syrup will stain white fur. I'm guessing the Canadian consulate in Denver, at 1625 Broadway, isn't a frequent location for major protests -- but that changed yesterday, when PETA representatives chose it as the place to complain about Canadian seal harvests .

A century of living is nothing to sneeze at. At the Courtyard at the Willows assisted living facility in Puyallup, several residents have lived past 100 or are rapidly approaching that milestone.

A new kind of mobile butcher and slaughterhouse is making house calls in Western Washington with the goal of bringing local meat straight to your dinner table.

Walk into your neighborhood grocery and you'll likely find local apples, local cherries or local potatoes.

A Pierce County judge ruled Friday that a brother and sister should spend at least 40 years in prison for shooting a man to death and dismembering his body 31 years ago.

With nothing to do around here but drop rocks from freeway overpasses, Tacomans have spent years mastering the skill of standing around aimlessly.

Signs many of them illegal clutter the roadside at the intersection of Canyon Road and 160th Street East south of Summit.

It's been a good month for Barbara Bitetto. On March 26, the Sumner resident was honored as one of five Unsung Heroes at the Sumner School District Community Summit, just days after she was presented with the 2009 Outstanding Adult Award by Pierce County.

Nearly 120 days after it began, the merging of the Puyallup Fire Department into Central Pierce Fire and Rescue is still an ongoing task.