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Covington to Get New Residential Urban Village
A new housing community is coming to Covington. Designed by Brookfield Residential and Toll Brothers, Inc., the urban village-style LakePointe community will spread across 210 acres with 1,750 homes and 1.35 million square feet of commercial space up to lease. Homes are planned to go on sale sometime in mid-2027.
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Tacoma News Tribune
After nearly 40 years in same family, venerable Tacoma bar under new ownership
The Spar, one of Tacoma’s oldest taverns that has been shepherded by the same family for nearly 40 years, has been sold to a new — still local — group of owners. They closed the bar temporarily on Sunday for a light refresh and will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m., just in time for the weekly jazz set. The shake-up comes about seven months after the death of longtime Spar matriarch Kathy Manke following a battle with cancer. She had purchased the Old Town haunt with a friend in 1988, carrying it through the decades until the late 2010s, when it was bought by her son, Kris Manke, and granddaughters Rena Manke and Adrielle Flinders with their families. According to a Facebook and Instagram post first shared Oct. 27, Manke and Flinders had discussed the future with their grandmother, whom they called GG, and “felt our chapter at The Spar was coming to an end.” “We let her know we had found the perfect owners, her longtime friends Bernie [Unwin] and Serina [Hood], the ultimate Spar flies,” they wrote. “They brought in partners Link [Elliott] and Stephen [Page], two more Spar flies, and John Farrell, a longtime
MyNorthwest.com
‘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...
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This Washington Greenhouse Has Dollar Herbs, Huge Hanging Baskets, and a Cat Napping by the Register
A cat named Stevie sometimes curls up right around the cash register. That alone might earn this Washington greenhouse a spot on your weekend list. The plants make an even stronger case. Shoppers have spotted dollar herbs and tomato starts, plus mix-and-match flats of annuals. I like how a place...
KOMO News
Boeing Field flights restricted as controllers work from temporary tower
SEATTLE — Aircraft operations at King County International Airport-Boeing Field are expected to be restricted for about a month while crews repair the air traffic control tower’s stormwater drainage system. Air traffic controllers began working from a temporary tower Wednesday, according to King County. The airport said the...
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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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WHEN COAL WAS KING: Lester Hotel & Café-Guidetti
Our last two columns highlighted the three Green River Hot Springs hotels located along 44 miles of Northern Pacific Railway between Easton to the east and Kanaskat-Palmer to the west. Two miles east of the Hot Springs lay Lester, a railroad town built to house crews and personnel who maintained tracks as well as servicing, scheduling, and running trains.