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PMB, one of the nation’s leading healthcare real estate owners and developers across the continuum of care, announced that Pietro B.Q. Martinez, the company’s Vice President, Architecture and Construction, has earned a license to practice architecture in California and an …
Jun. 4—In Pierce County's quest for at least a 70 percent vaccination rate against COVID-19, the county will host walk-in clinics at select restaurants. The initiative has its own website: getvaxxedwa.com. It also has an extra incentive: Visitors to one of these pop-ups can enter a drawing to win two round-trip ticket vouchers on Alaska Airlines. The Washington Hospitality Association ...
Vaccination rates are falling. COVID cases are rising. Will Pierce County ever reopen? News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/8/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) May 8—Pierce County, you have a COVID vaccine problem: Not enough people are showing up to get it. The "why" to the story is complicated. There is an abundance of places to get vaccinated, but appointment slots are going unfilled. Amid steadily rising cases, the county seems to have hit what one health department representative described as the "tipping point" of supply and demand. Kayla Scrivner, immu...
M organ Sanders, a former facility engineer, first realized something was wrong when he started falling off ladders and getting dizzy driving. Then, nearly a decade ago, came the devastating diagnosis: He had a brain tumor. During the depths of the recession, he struggled to pay his bills, including his mortgage and his Spokane County property taxes. "I worked extremely hard to keep up with my taxes," Sanders says. "[But] I was a year behind. After you miss the first due date, it escalated something fierce." Go a year without paying your property taxes in Washington sta...
Kristine Sherred: Now open: Tacoma French bakery, Point Ruston coffee bar, Lakewood physical therapy clinic News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/27/2020 Kristine Sherred, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Dec. 27—A new bakery specializing in French breads and pastries, including croissants, baguettes and copious flavors of macarons, has opened in downtown Tacoma. Located at 925 Market St., next to Tacoma Comedy Club and Burger Co., Unique Bakery marks the return of chef Roger Martinho, who previously operated La Waffletz and Macaron Station inside Freighthouse Square with his wif...