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Two lanes of eastbound Narrows Bridge to close overnight Friday
It’s the eastbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge’s turn to close a couple lanes. Washington State Department of Transportation will close the right two lanes of the newer bridge from 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, until 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The toll booth plaza and the ramps from 24th and 36th streets to eastbound Highway 16 also will close.
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2026 High School District Volleyball tournament preview
High school volleyball district tournaments are set to begin and here are the local matchups between teams before the state tournament. 3A West Central District games are at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma with games in the main and auxiliary gyms. The 4A tournament is going between the old and new Bethel High School in Graham.
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Man dies from injuries in Kent crash Nov. 1 along I-5
A driver could be facing a vehicular homicide charge after a passenger in his vehicle died from injuries suffered in a Nov. 1 crash along Interstate 5 in Kent. Sterling Smith, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, died from his injuries, according to an updated press memo Nov. 8 from the Washington State Patrol (WSP). An earlier press memo listed the passenger who was critically injured as a 25-year-old Kent man, but that name was later corrected by WSP to Sterling Smith, of Atlanta.
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PSE Seeks Tacoma LNG Permit Tweaks, Puyallup Tribe Cries Foul on Safety Review
Puget Sound Energy has asked the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency to revise several terms in the air permit for its Tacoma Tideflats LNG facility. The requested edits concern the tank’s listed capacity, a gas-storage temperature condition, sulfur reporting and the accounting of boil-off gas. PSE says they would not change the facility’s operations; the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is urging the agency to examine the changes before deciding whether to approve them.
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61st Auburn Veterans Parade receives regional site designation
During a stormy weekend, the clouds parted Saturday during the commencement of the 61st annual Veterans Parade and Observance in downtown Auburn. A staple event in the city’s history, this year’s Veterans Parade, which took place the morning of Nov. 7, was designated by the Veterans Day National Committee and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a Regional Site for the 2026 celebration of Veterans Day.
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Tacoma News Tribune
Tacoma's beloved yarn store and hidden gem turns 48. Look inside
Hidden in an alley shop in downtown Tacoma, colorful skeins of yarn sat in organized rows, stacked floor to ceiling as employees in hand-knit sweaters guided customers through the vast selection. Fibers Etc. , now the only yarn store in the City of Destiny, celebrates 48 years open this year. You can still find beloved 86-year-old owner and founder Roberta Lowes teaching weaving classes and patiently helping fiber artists with their projects at 2511 S. Hood St., on the edge of the Dome District. Lowes co-founded the shop in the late 1970s and has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic and high tariffs. Nearly a half-century later, Fibers Etc. remains a fixture for knitters, crocheters, weavers, sewists and others who get lost in the variety of buttons, patterns, tools, books, fabric and natural yarn, which range in color, composition and style. Twice a week the store closes to offer “help clinics,” where experienced staff offer guidance and tips to people struggling with their projects. It began in 1978 when Lowes and two other handweavers with the Tacoma Weavers Guild met over coffee and decided Tacoma needed a supply store, as the closest one was in Seattle, Lowes said. The trio opened Fibers
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Superintendent Spotlight: Joel Kachmarek, Tacoma Country and Golf Club
For more than three decades, Joel Kachmarek’s career has been closely connected to Tacoma Country and Golf Club. He first joined the club as Assistant Superintendent in 1993 and, except for a brief stop at Kitsap Golf and Country Club, has spent nearly his entire professional life there. In May 1999, he returned as Golf Course Superintendent, a position he has now held for more than 27 years.
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Burien rapper Travis Thompson talks storytelling, sobriety and the city that made him
I first caught Travis Thompson in 2017 during his set at Upstream, the music festival founded by the late Paul Allen. He’d just released his "Ambaum" mixtape, a nod to Burien, where he grew up and spent much of his life. Though he was still relatively young, he already knew how to connect with a crowd. I’ve seen him perform about a half a dozen times since, most recently at Bumbershoot, and he's still got that ability to connect.
kentreporter.com
Voters approve Kent School District operating levy
Voters have approved the Educational Programs and Operations Levy for the Kent School District. The proposition has 53.75% (30,177 votes) in favor and 45.25% (25,964 votes) against, according to results released Nov. 9 by King County Elections. The election will be certified Dec. 3 by the Washington Secretary of State office.
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Tacoma Card Shop Burglars Used a 2006-07 Ram Heavy Duty, and Police Want the Truck
It isn’t the Pokémon cards that might break this case open. It’s the pickup the burglars used to get to them. Tacoma police and Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County are asking the public to help identify the truck used in two commercial burglaries at Knutsen’s Sports Cards on 6th Avenue. The Crime Stoppers listing files it as a commercial burglary under Tacoma Police case 26-306-00255. The most recent break-in was early Monday, Nov. 2. Police say that in both burglaries, the thieves backed a pickup through the store’s rear metal doors, not through a wall, and drove off with trading cards. The owner puts the loss at roughly $50,000, mostly sealed Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering product.
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‘Orchestra of construction’: the necessary evil for Dupont’s new deckover
Connecticut Avenue businesses have been impacted by ongoing construction, but they are hopeful for the new streetscape and deckover outside their front doors. Dupont’s streetscape and deckover project promises new opportunities for neighborhood businesses when its completed next year, but those opportunities come with a short-term price: noise and disruption.