Puyallup Community Voices

06/04/2026

🚨URGENT 🚨 OFS is critically low on kitten food. As we reopen this week, we are caring for 28 kittens and we have more incoming tomorrow. It has been six months since OFS put out a plea for kitten food. Our shelves are nearly empty. Wetfood is almost totally gone.

If you have ever considered donating, now is the time! It is SO easy to just pick up a single bag of food on Amazon. A bag feeds the entire cat building for three days. A box of wetfood feeds 28 kittens for two days - Super easy and always fun to help restock the shelves

📦 Amazon Wish List: https://a.co/cTsJwcf

Every can of food, every bag of food allows us say “yes” to another cat/kitten in need. Thank you for helping us care for all these babes. We could not do this work without you! And as always, if there is any kitten food leftover, you know that OFS will be supporting the local rescues. Thank you! ❤️🙌

Also, you can donate directly towards cats here:
https://www.paypal.me/onalaskasanctuary
https://venmo.com/u/onalaskafarmsanctuary
https://cash.app/$OFSRescue
Zelle: [email protected]

06/02/2026

WANTED HOMICIDE SUSPECT

Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives are attempting to locate Brandon Torres-Mesa, who is the shooter in the 17-year-old’s robbery-homicide case from May 24th, 2026, in Parkland, WA. If you see Brandon or have seen him recently, call 911. He is believed to be armed.

05/29/2026

05/28/2026

RARE PNW TORNADO RISK! A low-end but rare tornado risk exists Thursday afternoon and evening across the PNW. While the highest concern is for damaging winds and large hail, there could be a couple tornadoes across parts of Oregon and Washington. This highlighted zone is where there's the best chance for a brief, weak tornado

05/26/2026

05/25/2026

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the people who robbed a teenage boy in Parkland and then shot him to death in front of his girlfriend.

05/22/2026

Due to unusual bear activity, the Wonderland Trail is temporarily closed between Narada Falls Trail and Stevens Canyon Road.

As a reminder, If you encounter a black bear:

- Stay calm and alert.
- Do not approach the bear. If the bear is just doing bear things, keep your distance and stand quietly.
- If the bear stops, watches you, or changes direction toward you, you’re too close.
- Back away slowly while facing the bear. Never run.

If a black bear approaches or follows you:

- Stand your ground. Do not run or turn your back.
- Shout and act aggressively to scare it off, and make yourself look big by raising your arms or lifting your trekking poles into the air.
- Throw non‑food objects (like rocks or sticks) at the bear only if necessary.
- Never feed a bear or leave food behind.
- Use bear spray only as a last resort and only if the bear is within 20 yards.

If a black bear attacks you:

-Fight back. Do not play dead.

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