Pierce County News

TACOMA, Wash. Police in Pierce County have released a surveillance video of two men, posing as officers, kidnapping and robbing two fast food workers in Graham, WA.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has issued tough new guidelines for who should be eligible to be vaccinated for swine flu, citing a critical shortage of the H1N1 vaccine in the county.Starting Monday, only pregnant women and health-care workers who have close patient contact will be the highest priorities for vaccination, said Eileen ...

Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing at least two banks in Lakewood and possibly two more in the Pierce County area.

Pierce County leaders opened a call center Nov. 5 to help provide information about the H1N1 flu response to the public.

A Sumner man was booked into Pierce County Jail after a two-car collision Friday at the intersection of state Route 410 and Mundy Loss Road.

The second public swine flu vaccine clinic in Pierce County will be held Saturday at Clover Park High School in Lakewood, county Health Department officials announced Tuesday.

The Pierce County Council will hear budget proposals from six departments today: Parks, risk management, information technology, community services and health.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 51-year-old man in connection with a serious-injury crash on Highway 410 near Buckley.

Two men who have posed as police to rob Pierce County fast-food restaurant managers apparently struck again over the weekend and may be ramping up their violence, authorities reported Monday.

Crooks who have masqueraded as police officers and kidnapped and robbed fast-food restaurant managers in the past month struck again Sunday, but this time, police say they've elevated their crimes to rape.

Two statewide ballot measures top the ticket Tuesday for Washington state voters.

TACOMA, Wash. Police say two men are posing as police officers to kidnap and rob fast food managers.

The following convicted sex offenders have recently registered to live in Pierce County.

The state is still awaiting more H1N1 vaccine but it soon will receive additional supplies of antiviral medications from national stockpiles to help children fight flu symptoms.About 5,100 bottles of Tamiflu for kids will be shipped to Washington State next week from the Strategic National Stockpile, which is sending a total of 300,000 bottles to ...

A Tacoma man was sentenced to 21 years, two months in prison Thursday after he admitted shooting a woman to death near downtown earlier this year.

News that this November's Pierce County absentee ballot will cost an estimated 61 cents to mail has prompted some to wonder whether ballots with insufficient postage will be delivered and counted.

TACOMA, Wash. - A jury has found a judge guilty of felony harassment and patronizing a prostitute, a conviction that he called "absolutely a setup." Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht had been accused of paying one man for sex and threatening to kill another man who talked about having sex with him.

Recent unseasonably high absenteeism rates at schools across Pierce Count have local health officials taking notice.

A 75-year-old woman with a oesevere dementiaa reported missing yesterday has been found in Pierce County, according to the Kitsap County Sheriffa s Office.

A 25-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison after being convicted of killing another man outside a Spanaway tavern nearly five years ago.