If you're the executor of an estate, you will need to file an estate tax return. On the whole, the value of assets is determined by their fair market value, not how much someone paid for them.

Members of the Costco Teamsters union staged a practice picket at the retailer’s warehouse in Sumner last Tuesday. Around 85% of the union’s 18,000 workers voted to authorize a strike if they ...

Eventually, I will become the executrix over the portion of her estate that will require probate. Unfortunately, this aunt has been a bit of a lightning rod in my family because of a dispute ...

The spring refill of Lake Tapps, seen here in May 2014, will be delayed this year.

Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank vowed to crack down on human trafficking, said he would ensure his department is well staffed and promised to be transparent with the public Jan. 15 at a formal ...

But real estate interests have lobbied hard against any development ... Already, there are two million homes in high and very-high-risk wildfire zones in the state. Los Angeles County has the most ...

Heather Moss, former director of Pierce County Human Services Greg Cook Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families Under the new Pierce County Executive, the Human Services ...