Library director Amita Lonial sits in the light and brightly colored Children’s Area at the newly renovated Tacoma Public Library Main Branch in downtown Tacoma, Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, ...

Tacoma Public Library’s Wheelock branch will reopen June 5, 2025 after closing for several months for HVAC upgrades. Tacoma North End’s popular Wheelock library branch will be temporarily closed ...

TACOMA – A mural that illustrates the diverse communities and cultures who reside near the South Tacoma branch of the Tacoma Public Library recently was defaced with racist slurs and white-supremacist ...

Tacoma Public Library has invested in social-work staff to help connect people with the assistance and programs they need. The program started with one employee but has expanded with help from interns ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The South Tacoma Library is working to restore a diversity mural commissioned by a local artist after it was defaced with racist graffiti earlier this week. According to the library, ...

More than a decade has passed since two libraries in Tacoma closed due to budget cuts, leaving a gap in library access for people in the Eastside and Hilltop neighborhoods. Now, Tacoma Public Library ...

Tacoma Public Library’s Main Branch is getting an upgrade, its first in more than 30 years. The library at 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. has been in decline for a decade because of lack of parking, unwelcoming ...

The Tacoma Needle Exchange and the Dave Purchase Project are setting up three vending machines with free naloxone, known as NARCAN, in the Tacoma Moore Library this February. “The pandemic increased ...

The popular Wheelock library branch in Tacoma's North End will reopen June 5 after temporarily closing in March for upgrades to its heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system, according to ...

AFTER A RECENT visit, Jean Sherrard and I agree with the “City of Destiny’s” century-old promotion, “You’ll Like Tacoma.” We visited on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. That day was also one ...

Good news for procrastinating media borrowers: In a policy change announced Thursday, the Tacoma Public Library will permanently end its practice of collecting fines for overdue items, including books ...

The Tacoma Public Library can finally say its flagship branch has both feet in the 21st century. On Saturday, Feb. 1, it reopens after a 16-month-long renovation that brightened up the building, added ...