Melissa Santos | November 12, 2009
The Daffodil Festival is renewing its call for financial help, saying it may not have enough money to put on the 2010 Daffodil Parade without more contributions.
The festival’s Grand Floral Street Parade marches through Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting each April and has been an annual tradition since the 1930s.
Festival spokeswoman Susan McGuire sent out [...]
Melissa Santos | July 9, 2009
The fire chief in Orting lost his job Thursday amid charges he misappropriated funds, misled the fire district
Melissa Santos | June 26, 2009
For Lenny Shearer, Orting
Melissa Santos | June 10, 2009
The Puyallup Tribe won't participate in policy discussions organized by the newly formed Pierce County River Revitalization Task Force, tribal officials said in a letter Thursday.
The task force of one citizen and three city council members -- one each from Sumner, Orting and Puyallup -- invited tribal officials to participate in a policy summit [...]
Melissa Santos | May 15, 2009
Orting officials approved an inattentive driving ordinance last week that prohibits people from multitasking while driving or otherwise failing to attend to the road.
But don
Melissa Santos | May 12, 2009
Kim Whitlock started to lose weight as a personal mission. But her success ended up inspiring an entire town.
The 46-year-old Orting woman has lost 166 pounds since about 2005. When Whitlock
Melissa Santos | May 5, 2009
City officials in Orting are considering an ordinance prohibiting inattentive driving, but they
Melissa Santos | May 1, 2009
The Orting School District
Melissa Santos | May 1, 2009
A long, ascending ramp that could be seen throughout the Orting Valley is among the latest proposals for a pedestrian bridge to take Orting school children out of the path of a lahar.
An engineering firm is completing initial design work for the proposed Bridge For Kids, which would guide students from four Orting schools across [...]
Melissa Santos | April 17, 2009
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