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3 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Puneet Bsanti |Craig Sailor |Isabela Lund |Alexis Krell |Constanza Montemayor |Becca Most

This list of stories illustrates major bridge projects that are shaping Pierce County. Replacement efforts include the Spiketon Ditch Bridge on the Foothills Trail and the aging Fox Island Bridge. Funding is a challenge for large-scale projects like the Fox Island Bridge replacement, which could cost $250 million. The lahar evacuation bridge being built in Orting is meant to help residents evacuate the city following the eruption of Mount Rainier.

2 months ago | thenewstribune.com | Craig Sailor

A southbound Sounder train navigates the old trestle adjacent to the new one under construction near Tacoma Dome station. The $161 million project to replace the trestle includes signal upgrades and road improvement and will expand the number of trains and reduce delays, says Sound Transit. Photo taken in Tacoma on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Drew Perine The News Tribune archive Fewer Sounder trains to and from Tacoma are running this week due to a maintenance problem, Sound Transit says.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Craig Sailor

Fewer Sounder trains to and from Tacoma are running this week due to a maintenance problem, Sound Transit says. The S Line that runs between Seattle and Lakewood via Tacoma is down by four daily trains. The problem began last week after Amtrak personnel discovered that inspections of train cars had not been performed according to schedule, Sound Transit said in an emailed statement to The News Tribune.

2 months ago | thenewstribune.com | Craig Sailor

Through Sunday you can momentarily forget it’s winter in Washington and instead enjoy an early spring at this year’s Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in Seattle. In at least one of the show’s display gardens, you can make that spring in the tropics. Tacoma’s Emerald City Orchids has created a garden that emulates a ravine filled with hundreds of tropical plants and, of course, orchids.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Craig Sailor

Through Sunday you can momentarily forget it’s winter in Washington and instead enjoy an early spring at this year’s Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in Seattle. In at least one of the show’s display gardens, you can make that spring in the tropics. Tacoma’s Emerald City Orchids has created a garden that emulates a ravine filled with hundreds of tropical plants and, of course, orchids.