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The Spar Tavern Changes Hands in Old Town Tacoma
The Spar Tavern, at 2121 N. 30th Street in Tacoma’s Old Town, has changed ownership. A Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board application lists Spar Pub Old Town as the new business name. The family behind the business announced the November 1 transition on social media, saying it had...
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Major refugee aid group in Tacoma and Spokane is ending amid financial hits
A Washington-based nonprofit that worked to help asylum-seeking refugees will no longer exist at the end of the year. Thrive International, which was founded in Spokane in 2021 and later expanded its work to Western Washington in Tacoma, formally announced this month it is ending operations as a result of its receivership case, filed in March of this year in Pierce County Superior Court. Thrive provided transitional housing for refugee and immigrant families. In the Nov. 4 announcement, Thrive stated that the receiver, Shelly Crocker, had “determined to pursue the dissolution of the organization following a thorough review of its financial and operational circumstances.” The announcement also noted that all residents living at Thrive’s residential sites were in the process of being “transitioned into safe, stable, and appropriate housing arrangements.” Crocker, in an interview Thursday with The News Tribune, said that 83 Tacoma families would be rehoused across Pierce County and some in South King County. “We have plans for all of them,” she added. A series of financial hits added up ultimately to the latest action. The main factor that triggered the receivership, according to court documents and Crocker, was litigation in Spokane over rent and insurance payments involving
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With Nearly Two-Thirds of Tacoma Homes Built Before 1980, Local Plumbing Company Warns of Seasonal Plumbing Risks
Pierce County Plumbing technician performing underground sewer line installation at a home in Tacoma, WA. Pierce County Plumbing offers free home inspections and hose bib covers to help homeowners protect aging plumbing systems ahead of winter. TACOMA , WA, UNITED STATES, November 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With nearly two-thirds of...
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‘Even local government in WA is being polarized’: Former Burien mayor links Tacoma housing debate to party pressure
Tacoma’s Safe Homes for All initiative would expand tenant protections, increase penalties for rental-law violations, and establish additional licensing and enforcement requirements. The proposal appeared on the Nov. 3 ballot as Initiative Measure No. 1, building on tenant protections voters approved in 2023. The initiative led in early election...
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‘Last place you want to go is government housing’: Curley warns about Tacoma’s direction after tenant measure vote
Tacoma voters backed a sweeping tenant rights measure on Election Night. KIRO host John Curley said the people who wrote it see it as a first step toward something he thinks renters should be wary of: government-owned housing. Curley, host of “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio, reacted a...