In a small portable on the corner of Milton’s Discovery Elementary School campus, volunteers are helping families find brightness in hard times. Racks of clothing are organized by size. Food is piled high and waiting to fill empty bellies. A woman with a smile waits to greet those who need a helping hand. Lynda Lucyk is just one of a team of volunteers for Brightening 4 Children, a local non-profit…

In a major break from traditional summer football camps, Fife High School decided to host a few other schools on its campus this year – an idea that came about as a counter measure to expensive trips to college campuses that many high-school teams have done in past years.

Simply unable to afford costs like $300 per player, or $5,000 to rent a bus, players and coaches from White River High…

Puyallup resident Jane Hartman has a profession most do not hear about often, if ever. She is an aerial architectural photographer, and she makes buildings look good from every possible angle.

Hartman has lived in the area since 1961, and came by way of Maine when her parents moved to Washington for her father’s job with AT&T in developing communication systems. Her parents eventually parted ways and Hartman and her mother…