TACOMA, Wash. — A dog and three cats that were abandoned are now receiving care at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. The animals were severely neglected, and arrived at the humane society ...

A garbage bin, a recycling bin and a food and yard waste bin sit by the sidewalk. City of Tacoma New Year’s is a time for celebrating the end of the year and looking ahead at what’s to come. In Tacoma ...

The two men found dead at a Tacoma recycling plant back in April have been determined to have died from drug overdoses. The Tacoma News Tribune reports that was the determination from the Pierce ...

More than three years ago, the city of Tacoma ended curbside-glass recycling in favor of satellite drop-off stations. The city recently announced another, albeit temporary, change to its ...

A new plan for Tacoma's trash has some neighbors raising a stink -- the city is considering only picking up garbage every other week. For nearly 20 years, curbside recycling has been an option for ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The city of Tacoma is no longer recycling glass, at least for now. The change happened more than three weeks ago. The city posted online on Sept. 24 informing residents of the ...

Tacoma police have confirmed that they have found not one but two bodies at the Waste Management recycling plant in Tacoma. The first man’s body was found on April 12, and the second on April 15.

Tacoma is homing in on improving streets. On Monday, for instance, the city launched the week-long campaign dubbed “Pothole Palooza” to broadcast its efforts toward repairing less-than-pristine roads.

An explosion in the back of a garbage truck left the vehicle smoldering in Tacoma on Wednesday. Firefighters were dispatched at 8:57 a.m. to the 3900 block of South 74th Street for a garbage truck on ...

The pilot program is over. Now it’s the real deal in Tacoma. Every other week garbage collection begins March 11. The city has been testing the idea for nearly two years, and now it’s going to roll it ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The deaths of two men whose bodies were found at a Tacoma recycling center in April were drug-related, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office. The deaths of Zack ...