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1 week ago | 
bellinghamherald.com | Isha Trivedi |Peter Talbot
Unconfirmed ICE sightings in Tacoma sparked social media anxiety and school concern. City officials and schools reported no confirmed ICE activity or detentions. Community leaders urge better communication plans amid growing deportation fears.
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Isha Trivedi |Peter Talbot
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomUnconfirmed ICE sightings in Tacoma sparked social media anxiety and school concern. City officials and schools reported no confirmed ICE activity or detentions. Community leaders urge better communication plans amid growing deportation fears.
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Isha Trivedi |Peter Talbot
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Isha Trivedi |Becca Most
This collection of stories explores recent upgrades and new playground installations across Pierce County parks. A $900,000 playground in Puyallup with climbing boulders and a barn theme aims to celebrate the city's agricultural past. Meanwhile, Chief Leschi Park in DuPont is getting a $400,000 playground upgrade. In Tacoma, schoolyards at Whitman and Mann elementary schools got new play equipment that is open to the public after school, increasing public access to green spaces.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Isha Trivedi |Becca Most
Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarizationThis collection of stories explores recent upgrades and new playground installations across Pierce County parks. A $900,000 playground in Puyallup with climbing boulders and a barn theme aims to celebrate the city's agricultural past. Meanwhile, Chief Leschi Park in DuPont is getting a $400,000 playground upgrade.
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Isha Trivedi |Debbie Cockrell
People gather and wave anti-Trump signs during a No Kings” protest at People’s Park on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Tacoma, Wash. Brian Hayes [email protected] Thousands of protesters turned out at rallies in and around Tacoma on Saturday, in response to President Donald Trump’s military parade on the same day in Washington, D.C..
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Genevieve Belmaker |Isha Trivedi
This collection of stories describes laws about animals in Washington state, including recent changes to regulations about pets and wildlife. For example, the state of Washington has enacted a ban on feeding certain wild animals to address the spread of illness. Washington also restricted the use of certain animals in traveling circuses to address animal welfare concerns.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Becca Most |Isha Trivedi
Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarizationTacoma Public Schools is facing a $30 million budget deficit that has led to wide staff cuts and warnings about possible insolvency. This list of stories illustrates how the district eliminated jobs for more than 100 provisional staff. State funding has covered only about two-thirds of salary and benefits costs, while costs continue to rise. Staff and parents have criticized cuts to classroom and support workers.
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1 month ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Isha Trivedi |Kristine Sherred |Becca Most
This list of stories illustrates recent changes to the businesses on Antique Row in Tacoma. Sunny’s plant and gift shop acted as a launch point for artists until its closure. The new Art Eye Choke thrift store and mending studio repurposes old items and offers ways for artists and shoppers to connect. Café Bostwick, now under new ownership, provides a community coffee spot with local foods. Lumikha Space welcomes beginners and families with low-cost craft workshops.
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1 month ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Becca Most |Isha Trivedi |Shea Johnson |Isabela Lund |Julia Park |Alexis Krell
This collection of reporting illustrates the breadth of challenges Washington state faces in adequately funding its public education system, revealing how resources shape student opportunities and outcomes. Declining federal contracts disrupted Tacoma's math study project, halting efforts to analyze high school algebra enrollment patterns.
