Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source.

By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Jul. 1--Lacey Senior Center to celebrate 5th anniversary The Lacey Senior Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary today with an open house, lunch and program. Classes and groups that meet at the center will offer visual displays from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m.

By Adam Lynn, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Mar. 17--Beginning next month, Gig Harbor-area residents cited for not paying the toll on the new Tacoma Narrows bridge won't have to cross that span to fight their tickets.

By Joseph Turner, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Jan. 13--There's a $7 billion hole in the Puget Sound area's highway plan thanks to the failure of Proposition 1 in November, but don't look for the Legislature to plug it anytime soon.

By Joseph Turner, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Nov. 14--The state should renegotiate its five-year contract with TransCore, the private company that is collecting tolls on the new Tacoma Narrows bridge, a citizen committee recommended Tuesday.