According to the announcement, 58 workers, including in Tacoma, were set to be eliminated starting Oct. 20. The move was listed as a permanent closure on ESD’s site.

That will continue to be a big driver of business and jobs in Tacoma and beyond. With University of Washington Tacoma, they’re going to grow to 10,000 students. They have room to do that.

A new training center in Eastside Tacoma offers classes in trade skills like construction and plumbing, part of Clover Park Technical College’s efforts to eliminate an “education desert” in ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Hundreds of teachers and support staff in Tacoma Public Schools are set to lose their jobs for the upcoming school year as the district grapples with a $30 million budget shortfall.