Features + Enterprise
- Here's why dream of commercial fishing dock remains unfulfilled in Gig Harbor (Tacoma News Tribune, July 2025)
- She was hit by school bus, left dying in Tacoma street. Here’s how a tragedy unfolded (Tacoma News Tribune, Dec. 2024)
- Nets on the Narrows? What it would take to put suicide prevention nets on the bridges (Tacoma News Tribune, Sept. 2024)
- Is beloved Pierce County golf course in danger of ‘hostile takeover’? It has problems (Tacoma News Tribune, Aug. 2024)
- first of three stories about a golf course in the Gig Harbor area that sparked an ongoing dispute between the local park district and a private party over ownership and responsibility for course improvements
- County audit details grim conditions at Capitol Hill youth jail (Cascade PBS News, June 2024)
- Inside Seattle’s burgeoning community of literary translators (Cascade PBS News, May 2024)
Local Government
- Traffic complaint? You can send it straight to sergeants in this Pierce Co. city (Tacoma News Tribune, July 2025)
- He stole $52K in gas from a Pierce County city in two years. Here’s how the scheme worked (Tacoma News Tribune, April 2025)
- Will this Pierce County city get license plate cameras? Privacy is part of the debate (Tacoma News Tribune, March 2025)
- Do Good to Go! toll passes expire? Here’s why WSDOT says some of them stop working (Tacoma News Tribune, March 2025)
Education
- This Tacoma private school got $200K to keep doors open, but its future remains uncertain (Tacoma News Tribune, March 2025)
- First in a series following a private school grappling with years of accumulated debt and providing readers with answers about what led to the deficit, what's next for the school and how the uncertainty is impacting families.
- Concerns are building about bullying in Peninsula schools. Parents started a nonprofit (Tacoma News Tribune, July 2024)
- Bullying has been a persistent concern raised by students and parents in the Peninsula School District for years. Over the last twelve months, I've spoken with anti-bullying advocates and parents and followed school leaders' efforts to address the problem. Issues have ranged from student cyberbullying to attacking a teacher online, and the district recently released the results of a task force that looked for solutions.
- Seattle Public Schools postpones next step in school closures (Cascade PBS News, June 2024)
- FAFSA rollout delays highlight WA barriers to higher education (Cascade PBS News, April 2024)
Business + Development
- Could a new tax incentive get the Village at Harbor Hill across the finish line? (Tacoma News Tribune, June 2025) Co-byline: Debbie Cockrell
- New doughnut cafe in Pierce County may soon have a wine bar and charcuterie (Tacoma News Tribune, June 2025)
- Rats on the Ave: How businesses, government and community members are maintaining food safety (The Daily of the University of Washington, Dec. 2023)
- U-District high-rises strain students’ budgets as Seattle grows (The Daily of the University of Washington, Oct. 2023)
Breaking + Spot News
- Tacoma, Gig Harbor join protests dotting the country Saturday against Trump and Musk (Tacoma News Tribune, April 2025)
- Sinking yacht hauled away from this Pierce County bay. What we know (Tacoma News Tribune, July 2025)
- Update: Four trapped by high tide near viewpoint at Point Defiance Park rescued (Tacoma News Tribune, July 2025)
- Protesters Face Off at UW Palestine Encampment After Charlie Kirk Speaking Event Brings Hundreds to Campus (South Seattle Emerald, May 2024)