‘It’s about time’: Much anticipated new Pierce County high school finally breaks ground

The crest of Mt. Rainier poked out of the clouds Tuesday evening as more than 100 students, families and local officials gathered in front of an empty field behind Rainier View Church in Graham, the future site of the much-anticipated new Bethel High School. After much fanfare from the Bethel High School pep band, school officials and students ceremoniously dug their shovels into the dirt where a larger, technologically-savvy building will open in fall 2026. In the next two years a new two-story, 285,000-square- foot building will stand at this...