Pierce Today

Pierce County puts $7.3 million into COVID-19 expenses, dash and body cams

By Bob Pepalis | Dec 23, 2020

Pierce County Council adjusted its two-year budget to add more than $7.3 million in public safety, health and human services.

Activists push for more police reforms in Washington after latest shooting death

By Bob Pepalis | Sep 6, 2020

The shooting death of Said Joquin on May 1 by a Lakewood Police officer who had been found liable for the death of another Black man by a jury seven years earlier has activists concerned that the police reform voters approved in 2018 as Initiative 940 has not moved forward nearly enough.