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La mejor comida latinoamericana en el condado de Pierce
Desde el nivel del mar en Gig Harbor hasta la mayor elevación del estado en Crystal Mountain, nos encanta la comida latinoamericana. Las comunidades latinas representan el 12% del… -
Tacoma Loved Soccer Before It Was Cool
Maybe you’re just now discovering soccer in the Pacific Northwest because the FIFA World Cup 2026 is heading to Seattle. Welcome! Pull up a chair and a craft brew (or soda for the… -
Tacoma Literature Festival Is the Start of Pierce County’s Reading Era
Tacoma has officially entered its bookish era, and frankly, it was about time. Not because literature needed saving, but because Pierce County’s reading scene has been getting too… -
Guía para Principiantes en el Monte Rainier
Visitar el condado de Pierce en verano te brinda el mejor clima para disfrutar una de nuestras maravillas geológicas más impresionantes: el Monte Rainier. Este volcán activo es el… -
Private + Independent Schools
Private + Independent Schools pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:06 Private + Independent Schools School Type Category Private + Independent Schools -
Early Education + Preschools
Early Education + Preschools pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:54 Early Education + Preschools School Type Category Early Education + Preschools -
Camps + Classes
Camps + Classes pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:07 Camps + Classes School Type Category Camps + Classes -
In Georgia’s Capitol, Republicans’ redistricting session to begin without maps
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is the next Southern state where Republicans are convening to redraw voting districts in ways that could diminish the political power of Black and other non… -
Interim US-Iran deal leaves the thorniest issue still to be negotiated: Tehran’s nuclear program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The interim deal between the U.S. and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address the most divisive issue between the longtime adversaries… -
Rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in Louisiana rape case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, will serve 20 years in prison for raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022… -
Federal government seeks to halt the first U.S. reparations program for Black people
The federal government on Tuesday asked a judge to halt the United States’ first reparations program that offered Black people in a small Illinois city $25,000 for 20th century ra… -
Trump administration uses hydrogen peroxide and tiny bubbles against algae in Reflecting Pool
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with its “American flag blue” bottom has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom that park serv… -
‘A pen like a little farm animal’: Jake sees protest zones outside Seattle Stadium as unnecessary
As the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Seattle, the city has set up "protest zones" outside Seattle Stadium to give demonstrators a designated space. -
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ The Washington Post wonders what is in the new Iran deal Vice President JD Vance said an agreement to end the … -
Next-gen nuclear company TerraPower plants flag in UK
TerraPower, the Bellevue, Wash.-based nuclear energy company, announced the opening of a subsidiary office in the UK as it pursues its first international deployment. Read More -
Two pizzas and a prototype: How agentic AI is rewiring Amazon’s teams and upending its traditions
Swami Sivasubramanian runs dozens of small teams building agentic AI tools and products inside Amazon Web Services. They've been using the tools themselves to quietly change how t… -
Five years in, new analysis links Seattle’s ‘JumpStart’ tax to downtown decline
A new Downtown Seattle Association report says the city's JumpStart payroll tax has helped drive jobs and office value out of downtown over its first five years, pointing to boomi… -
Coffee town meets its matcha: Robots help power ex-Axon leader’s Seattle beverage startup Vale
Luke Larson is buzzing about matcha and his plans to build Vale into a Seattle-born beverage empire — think Starbucks, but make it matcha — scaling from a handful of local cafes a… -
Having sex in space would be tricky, but having kids in space is riskier
Researchers say the mechanics of having sex in space would be easier to manage than the biology of pregnancy and fetal development in a reduced-gravity, high-radiation environment… -
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Xbox: ‘We have to turn this into a sustainable business’
Microsoft has spent years subsidizing Xbox rather than profiting from it, CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged this week, as he addressed… Read More
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Best Latin American Food in Pierce County
From the sea level of Gig Harbor to the highest elevation in Washington at Crystal Mountain, we love our Latin American food! Latiné populations make up 12% of Pierce County, and …
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Epic Mt. Rainier Mountain Hikes
There are the hikes you take with your dog and a mug of coffee to greet the day, and then there are the hikes that have you grappling with the limitations of hiking shoe comfort a… -
Bookstores in Pierce County: A Guide to New, Used, and Rare Finds (Updated April 2026)
Pierce County’s bookstores come in all shapes and sizes: from polished new spaces where fresh-off-the-press books sit waiting like well-behaved debutantes, to tucked-away shops wh… -
Online Programs
Online Programs pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:14 Online Programs School Type Category Online Programs -
Educational Resources
Educational Resources pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:59 Educational Resources School Type Category Educational Resources -
World Language Programs
World Language Programs pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:51 World Language Programs School Type Category World Language Programs -
Family Resources Directory
Family Resources Directory pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 10:30 Camps + Classes Early Education + Preschools Educational Resources Faith-Based Programs Montessori Online Programs Privat… -
A look at presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public June 19
NEW YORK (AP) — Whenever historian Geoffrey Ward visits the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to do research, he finds himself caught up in the spirit of FDR h… -
‘I didn’t get caught’: Gee says he can’t be a hypocrite on WA ruling that two DUIs can get gun rights taken away
The Washington Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold a law allowing gun rights to be suspended after a second DUI within seven years. -
Westbound SR 18 closed due to fatal crash after motorcyclist runs into back of semi-truck
Westbound SR 18 is closed due to a fatal collision after a motorcyclist ran into the back of a semi-truck. -
Evacuation orders issued for Spokane residents due to wildfire
Spokane residents near the Upriver fire are being urged to evacuate. -
World Cup what to know: Ronaldo looks to make history by scoring in 6th World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo, your turn. The 41-year-old is set to enter the World Cup on Wednesday when Portugal meets Congo after impressive performances by the tournament’s other top star… -
Rex Heuermann to be sentenced in New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killings
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island architect who lived a secret life as New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer is being sentenced Wednesday after admitting in court that he murder…
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Why startup vet Robbie Cape chose insurance — a tough VC, a trillion-dollar market and the money
The Seattle tech entrepreneur revealed on Tuesday that he's building a new startup to reimagine the insurance industry, launching The Instrument with backing from Pioneer Square L… -
SpaceX leapfrogs Amazon and briefly tops Microsoft in market value on Cursor acquisition news
Shares of SpaceX surged Tuesday, pushing the Elon Musk-led company above Amazon and into a neck-and-neck race with Microsoft for the title of the world's fourth-most valuable publ… -
Startup led by Microsoft veterans debuts the first real-time carbon tracker for AI workloads
A new tool from Seattle-based startup Neuralwatt calculates the exact AI carbon footprint tracker metrics for individual prompts in real time to curb data center emissions. Read M… -
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic Fable concerns prior to U.S. order forcing models offline
Andy Jassy was reportedly among the tech leaders who flagged security risks in Anthropic's newest AI models to senior Trump administration officials — an awkward turn for Amazon, … -
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 7, 2026
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 7, 2026. Read More -
What a longtime Google AI leader told UW computer science students at their graduation
Jeff Dean, Google's chief scientist and a UW alum, returned to campus Friday with an optimistic but clear-eyed message about AI for Allen School graduates — many of them headed in… -
Tech Moves: Microsoft exec departs Azure; Xealth gets first CRO; Slalom names Pacific NW leader
Microsoft technical fellow and Azure Core CTO Marcus Fontura is departing; Xealth named its first CRO; and Slalom recruited a PNW lead from Accenture. Read More
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Ultimate Visitor's Guide: Greater Tacoma Convention Center
Perhaps you are one of the 100,000+ annual visitors to the Greater Tacoma Convention Center! No surprise there: the GTCC has been repeatedly named a top Convention Center in North… -
Tacoma Amaba el Fútbol Antes de que Estuviera de Moda
Tal vez estás descubriendo el fútbol en el noroeste del Pacífico ahora que la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026 llegará a Seattle. Bienvenido, toma asiento y una cerveza artesanal. ¡Ta…
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Los mejores cafés en Tacoma y el sur de Puget Sound
Los cafés han evolucionado. Su propósito principal sigue siendo el mismo (cafeína y todo lo que la acompaña), pero ahora esperamos que nuestras cafeterías del Noroeste del Pacífic… -
NWAIS Schools
NWAIS Schools pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:10 NWAIS Schools School Type Category NWAIS Schools -
Faith-Based Programs
Faith-Based Programs pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:56 Faith-Based Programs School Type Category Faith-Based Programs -
Montessori
Montessori pattyl Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:50 Montessori School Type Category Montessori -
Shares are mixed and oil trades below $80 on optimism over interim US-Iran war deal
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed and oil was trading below $80 a barrel on Wednesday as markets watched for details on the interim agreement between the U.S. and Iran to e… -
Trump to wrap G7 summit facing skepticism at home and jitters overseas over his plan to end Iran war
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up talks with world leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday where he’s been trying to sell his tentative… -
Argentina is defending its World Cup title, and its fans are more obsessed than ever
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As reigning champions Argentina returned to the World Cup stage Tuesday, there was no drive too long and no ticket too pricey for its most fervent fans. Th… -
US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors in the eastern Pacific Ocean
The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing one man and leaving two survivors, as the Trump administration contin… -
Teen believed to be on mushrooms crashes through closed garage door, flees, then returns to the scene
A 19-year-old driver is facing multiple potential charges after reportedly crashing a car through a closed garage door in unincorporated Bremerton. -
Suspect in Blaine U.S. Border Patrol-involved shooting has a criminal history, First Assistant U.S. Attorney says
A shooting in Blaine involving U.S. Border Patrol agents took place Tuesday morning, KIRO 7 confirmed with the Blaine Police Department. -
Crews rush to rescue people after small plane crashes on Texas highway
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Crews rushed to pull out people from a small plane Tuesday night that crashed in the middle of a highway in southern Texas, as flames burst from the aircraft.…
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Egypt and Belgium tied, but drones grab a World Cup win over Seattle with lighted scoreboard
Visit Seattle calls the lighted display the first-ever drone scoreboard, and the destination marketing organization plans the activation for five more matches that will be played … -
Helion secures world’s first regulatory licenses for fusion power plant being built in Washington
Helion Energy announced Tuesday that it’s the first company in the world to receive regulatory licenses for a fusion power… Read More -
UW Allen School honors Ridwell and Focused Space co-founders with 2026 alumni awards
Two University of Washington alumni who built companies out of everyday frustrations — hard-to-recycle household waste and the struggle to focus while working alone — have been re… -
Report: Seattle using AI to route certain 911 calls — without caller knowledge or public review
Denmark-based Corti's AI has been listening to all Seattle 911 medical calls and prompting dispatchers to route certain patients to a nurse-staffed Texas call center rather than s… -
Etzioni on AI: Backlash against AI-generated text mirrors the anti-GMO movement
The anti-AI-content movement will likely go where the anti-GMO movement went: a loud opening act, a long taper, and a quiet ending in which the product is everywhere. Read More -
Following through in Cleveland: A GeekWire trip report, plus data center ‘theater’ and the SpaceX IPO
John Cook and Charles Fitzgerald call into the podcast from an abandoned Westinghouse factory in Cleveland to debrief on a Rust Belt city's comeback and what Seattle can learn fro… -
Oregon data center battery maker ZincFive to go public via SPAC deal valued at $600 million
Oregon-based nickel-zinc battery manufacturer ZincFive is headed to the Nasdaq via a $600M SPAC merger with SparkLabs Group to fund increased manufacturing to meet growing demand.…