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Puyallup (/ p juː ˈ æ l ə p / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is on the Puyallup River about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. The city had a population of 42,973 at the 2020 census. [6]
The Puyallup City Council passed ordinances during a council meeting Tuesday night that will create a license program for permanent supportive and transitional housing and will re-zone emergency ...
Puyallup police said Friday that three recent shootings in the city appear connected and that they have arrested five juvenile suspects. “The Puyallup Police Department Investigative Services ...
The Puyallup City Council unanimously approved a lease for a new police station Tuesday and to increase the city’s cable franchise fee. The council also approved first reading of an ordinance ...
The Key City; Poulsbo – Little Norway [17] Pullman – Lentil Capital [18] Puyallup – The Land of Generous People [19] Redmond – Bicycle Capital of the Northwest [4] Richland. The Windy Town; City Of the Bombers; Atomic City [20] Seattle. City of Flowers (adopted in the 1940s) [4] Emerald City: official since 1982 [21] Jet City: for the ...
The name "Puyallup" is an anglicization of the Lushootseed word spuyaləpabš.The name means "people of the bend (at the bottom of the river)," [2] literally s√puy=áləp=abš, from the root √puy̓, 'curve'; the suffix =alap, 'leg or hip'; and the suffix =abš, 'people', [1] and refers to the way that the Puyallup people live on the winding river. [3]
Situated in the city of Puyallup, 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle and 10 miles (16 km) east of Tacoma near Mount Rainier, the fairgrounds cover an area of 160 acres (0.65 km 2) with buildings and land valued at more than $54 million. The facilities are available for rent throughout the year, making the grounds a valuable community resource.
Plans for a new public safety building in Puyallup are still on the table. The city and Police Department will host a meeting to unveil the plan 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13, in the public library at ...