Orting High School is a recipient of the 2011 Washington Achievement Award. The school received Special Recognition in the following categories: Extended Graduation Rate, Improvement, and Closing the Achievement Gaps.

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education created the Washington Achievement Award to ...

Stage 1 burn ban issued for Pierce County at 4 p.m. today

To protect public health from rising air pollution levels, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is issuing a Stage 1 burn ban in Pierce County, effective at 4 p.m. today. This ban is in effect until further notice.

High pressure ...

You can't help but feel an intense amount of community pride these days living in Orting.  We're now on the other side of one of the oddest weather events in our City's history, 'The Big Prune', and what seemed at the time to be an amazingly devastated area, is now ...

The first Sorting in Orting has been schedule for March 4th.  Despite strong interest in the 3-man sorting event in the heart of Pierce County, the recent storms have forced a delay.

The new design to manage the trail course and run off water has created some excess water in the ...