Community

Charlie’s brings together good friends, good food

Charlie’s Restaurant has been a downtown Puyallup icon since 1972. Longtime friends, and now business partners, Janice Carter and Teresa Suprak took over the operation in January 2009. Carter and Suprak have worked together on and off for 23 years. Together, they have more than 50 years in the restaurant business. When Suprak transitioned out of a Pacific Northwest restaurant chain, she approached Carter about partnering to purchase a restaurant. The women made a commitment to friendship first.   Read more...

Food processing company brings jobs to Fife

A California-based seafood processing company will bring new jobs to Fife this May.   Read more...

Delaney Ferrell does her school proud

Fife School District, and Fife High School in particular, received a great honor last weekend when Fife High sophomore Delaney Ferrell competed in the first-ever Miss High School America Pageant in Branson, Mo. In fact, the entire state of Washington was done proud, as Farrell is our state’s first Miss Washington High School, the precursor to moving on to the national pageant’s inaugural event. Read more...

Comics publishing in South Puget Sound

Creator’s Edge Press emerges out of Puyallup, onto comics scene

Nestled inside downtown Puyallup is a comic store called Comic Evolution, and inside its doors the owner and some writing friends have been stirring up ideas for a local revolution all their own. Read more...

Fife welcomes Anderson Appliance

The former site of Couch’s Furniture in Fife has been transformed into a new Anderson Appliance store. The Fife Regional Chamber of Commerce welcomed the new business with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on March 5, followed by an open house in the store’s showroom. Various members from the community, including Fife City Councilmember Rob Cerqui, were in attendance at the ceremony to help owners Gary and Terry Anderson celebrate. Read more...

Community, tribe gather to celebrate new ballroom

An impressive outpouring of support was shown for the Puyallup Tribe, as members of the business community gathered to celebrate the ribbon cutting of a new Emerald Queen Casino (EQC) Ballroom in Fife on Feb. 25. Read more...

A jewel of a clothing store

Jewell’s Premier Consignment Store in downtown Puyallup has been in business since 2006. Jewell Guaglianone, owner, designed the space with her vision of being a premier consignment store. Read more...

Businesses shoot hoops for FBLA

This year at Fife High School (FHS), more students than ever before have qualified to go to the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state competitions in Yakima this April. But to get there, they need to raise money and that’s where the community comes in. Read more...

Four Princesses bloom in Puyallup

Girls are prepared for annual Daffodil Festival

Girls representing four Puyallup/South Hill high schools made their first official appearance as Daffodil Festival royalty during the annual Princess Promenade. Held on Feb. 13 at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, the event began with the princesses being escorted into the banquet room. Read more...

Fife princess participates in Promenade

Ceremony kicks off Daffodil Festival events

Daffodil Princesses from over a dozen Pierce County high schools made their debut for the annual Princess Promenade on Feb. 13. The traditional kickoff to the season of Daffodil Festival events took place at Sharon McGavick Student Center at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Read more...