Crews have begun pulling the first of some 1,200 polluted pilings that once supported a sawmill on Tacoma’s waterfront. The site is one of “The Filthy Four,” according to the state ...

TACOMA, Wash — The Ruston waterfront in Tacoma ... A purple martin colony that's called Ruston Way home is being moved to a nearby estuary the creosote-treated pilings. Boxes and gourds for ...