Last year the council voted to approve a 6% raise for the sheriff, effective Jan. 1, 2024, and an additional 3% raise ...

Pierce County Council Chair Ryan Mello, a Democrat, has won the race for the Pierce County executive position. He bested Rep.

There will be another ballot update with results at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Current council chair and Democrat Ryan Mello is ahead ...

Supporters and opponents of a proposal to slash public defender caseloads in Washington made their closing arguments to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. For two hours, justices listened to ...

Pierce County is handing out raises approved by the County Council to top elected officials even before they begin their jobs ...

Quarter 1 Honor Roll Note: + denotes students with gpa above 4.0 Criteria for BHS Honor Roll: Students must have a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher for grades earned at Baldwin High School in the ...

The results of the election will not be certified by the county auditor until Nov. 26, but Swank had 50.89 percent of the ...

Ayala will replace former Pierce County Council Chair Ryan Mello for the District 4 position. Mello is running for the Pierce ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Missy Ryan writes about national security and defense for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2014 and has written about the Pentagon and the State Department. She has reported from Iraq ...