Puget Sound Energy currently has plans to build a liquid natural gas, or LNG, facility at the Port of Tacoma. The facility would use the LNG for area gas utility customers and to fuel commercial vessels at the Port of Tacoma. If given the green light for the project, the $310 million facility would be … [Read more…]
Tacoma is host to many interesting and useful organizations that exist solely to help the community. A recent addition to the city is the Tacoma Tool Library. Ryan Tompkins recently interviewed board chair Sharayah Kinney about the Tool Library, how it came to be, and what they have to offer.
Tacoma’s annual Pride Week goes from July 8th to the 16th in 2016. One of the central events of the week is Out In The Park, an afternoon festival with music, drag shows, food trucks, vendors, sponsors, and community groups. Taking place downtown, the event spanned from 7th street to 9th Street on Pacific Avenue … [Read more…]
Low power FM radio stations are popping up all over the United States right now. In the Salish Sea, there are thirteen stations on their way to the airwaves. Getting one of these stations on the air is no small task. Groups that have been granted permits to build a station by the Federal Communications … [Read more…]
Exploring the Tacoma Catholic Worker Compound The Tacoma Catholic Workers have a compound that takes up the better part of a city block. Moved by their faith and dedication to social justice, the workers do what they can to help build up the community they are a part of. I have been fortunate enough to … [Read more…]
Late on January 28th, 2016, Jackie Salyers and Kenneth Wright Jr sat in Jackie’s car. When police spotted Wright, wanted on multiple charges, they approached the vehicle to apprehend him. From here it is hard to figure out what happened. According to the police, it was at this time that Jackie, a Puyallup woman with … [Read more…]