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Good day Puyallup! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Inside the nonstop pressure on Puyallup's only emergency room
  • How a late-night Puyallup drive-by ended in a Fred Meyer lot
  • How much danger would Puyallup face if Mount Rainier erupts?

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!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Monday: Sunshine, temps: high: 66, low: 38.
  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and delightful, with a high of 67 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Good day Neighbors!
    I hope you are having a good one and staying optimistic. Lets unite, Left and Right, Jew and Christian, Muslim and Atheist to make our city a better… (Nextdoor Belwood Estates)
  • Children can become friends in ten minutes.
    Adults can know each other for two years and still say, We should get coffee sometime.Maybe adulthood makes us more cautious. We've been disappointed… (Nextdoor 176th St East)
  • The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Puyallup. Apply here.
  • Olive Garden posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Puyallup. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Puyallup here.

Ok Puyallup! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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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