As part of a project that likely will need voter-approved funding, Sumner-area residents are being asked what they want from a new branch library in the city.

The last four digits of the Social Security numbers of 463,000 registered voters in Pierce County accidentally wound up in the wrong hands.

Voters in three school districts in Pierce County and one King County school district are being asked to approve school funding measures in a special election in February.

The “economic climate” gets the blame from the developer for ending an agreement with Pierce County to build a resort at the county’s Chambers Bay Golf Course.