University Place News

A Pierce County jury on Wednesday awarded $32,500 in damages to a woman who claimed her rights were violated when a sheriff's sergeant allowed her estranged husband - a sheriff's detective - to enter her home to collect some personal belongings five years ago.

Robert Ray of University Place was in dire need of a computer. So in August he signed up with a company called Blue Hippo.

Good news for dog owners who've wanted an off-leash area in University Place. Your wait is over.

Doris Jairala has been a Pierce Transit rider for five years, relying on the Route 53 bus almost every day to get to housekeeping jobs.

Times Staff Writer steve.campbell@htimes.com New A/C units part of 'face-lift' for school; $20M across system When schools close for summer, maintenance crews kick into overdrive.

Dinner arrives for waterside customers at Harbor Lights on Ruston Way in Tacoma.

Eight units of a University Place apartment building were destroyed or damaged by fire Monday morning.

A Mercer Island man drove off the road heading southbound on West Mercer Way on May 31.

The future of the house at the Curran Apple Orchard in University Place won't involve a wrecking ball, at least not soon.

PATRIOTIC DUTY. Sheryl Anderson and Martha Beech of the post's ladies auxiliary hold the largest flag at the ceremony, while Commander Elmer Clark holds the smallest.

No doubt some of the more than 5,000 participants who turned out for the 37th annual Sound to Narrows road race in Tacoma on Saturday were focused on breaking records.

Alex Nielsen of University Place is one of two American students who will represent his country at an event in Italy next month connected to the G-8 Summit of the world's most powerful leaders.

Here's an exclusive look at a suspected bank robber's two-wheeled getaway. Pierce County detectives say this video shows the suspect biking to the Chase Bank near 69th and 19th Street West in University Place.

There is a housing authority in the University Place/Lakewood/Tacoma area. It is more south, but it's also a nicer area than Fife or Federal Way.

The outfit calls itself Families Unlimited Network, FUN for short. I call it smart.

After three days at sea, 30 students and teachers from four area high schools returned as both sailors and scientists - and a little sunburned.

On a sunny late July day, 10 months before the golf course at Chambers Bay opened for play, a tanker truck armed with a high-pressure hose sprayed green fescue hydroseed mulch along the sixth fairway.

Drum Intermediate School in University Place invites community members to attend its ninth annual "Night of the Notables" event on Thursday.

After a week of unseasonably hot weather, Saturday morning was cool and overcast, with just enough drizzle to remind you this is the Northwest, not South Florida.

Police continued to search Tuesday night for two robbers sought after an armored car driver was shot and killed inside the Lakewood Wal-Mart store, sending customers and employees diving for safety while thieves fled with a bag of cash.