Good day Puyallup! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
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Also on today's calendar: Canyon Terrace 31st Annual Craft & Gift Sale and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. How the staff at Good Samaritan, one of WA's busiest ERs, stays afloat (seattletimes.com) — At Puyallup's Good Samaritan Hospital, the only hospital in town, emergency room nurses, techs, and doctors are juggling far more patients than the department was built to handle, often filling hallways with beds. Staff describe new fast-track systems, long waits, and rising demand as primary care access shrinks, underscoring how heavily Puyallup and nearby Pierce County communities rely on this crowded ER for urgent care.
2. Pierce County sergeant unhurt after patrol car hit by fleeing drive-by shooting suspects (komonews.com) — Late Friday night in Puyallup, a suspect vehicle fleeing after an alleged drive-by shooting ran a red light at 160th Street East and Meridian, T-boning a Pierce County sergeant's patrol car and disabling it, though the sergeant was unhurt. Deputies later found the suspect vehicle at a local Fred Meyer, detained multiple people without incident, and recovered a firearm, with investigators still sorting out how many were involved and their ages.
3. What Happens If Mount Rainier Erupts (worldatlas.com) — Puyallup sits in river valleys that federal hazard maps show could be hit by fast-moving lahars from a Mount Rainier eruption in as little as an hour. The piece explains how mudflows, ash, and long-term river changes could disrupt local neighborhoods, roads, and bridges, and stresses why residents in mapped lahar zones should know evacuation routes now.
4. CPR survivors take center stage at 2026 Washington Heart and Stroke Walk (heart.org) — A Puyallup woman's survival from cardiac arrest is spotlighted in this year's Washington Heart and Stroke Walk, underscoring how crucial bystander CPR can be. Events in Tacoma, Seattle, and Spokane drew thousands, raised over $1.4 million, and encouraged Washington residents to learn hands-only CPR and support future Heart Walks that fund research and community training.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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