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Wild Waves Theme and Water Park, located in Federal Way 20 miles south of Seattle, will close permanently on November 1, 2026. The Water park will close on September 7th. The landowner was EPI Realty Holdings owned by former Seattle Sounders player Jeff Stock, while the park is operated by Premier Parks LLC. On December 10th, 2025, they announced the 2026 season to be the 50th and final season. It started separately as Enchanted Village for the Theme park and Wild Waves for the water park. Since Covid-19, Wild Waves has had millions of dollars lost because they could not operate during that time. The cost of reopening after Covid cost them millions. After the season concludes, the rides will be taken away, some will be sold for scrap and some will be sold to other theme parks. The property will become multi millions of square footage for warehouses, like the Bridge Point Warehouses 8 blocks south of the property. It was a very fun place to spend time during the summer. Now, the closest water park will be Silverwood in Athol, Idaho 15 miles north of Coeur D' Alene. The residents of Pierce and King Counties wish that it would stay open. I, the publisher of the paper, has been going there for 4 years and is sad to see my 4th year will be the last. My father has been going there since he was a child. I wish that my 5 year old brother would be able to see the place before it goes. It was 50 years of entertainment. -- Pierce County Weekly, 8-3-2026
Coins 102 will be a sequel to Coins 101 and will be held on 11-7-2026 at 1pm at the Wheelock Library.
Coins 101 went well.
We are hosting COINS 101 to encourage people to collect coins. It is Saturday, June 6th, 2026 at 1pm at the Tacoma Library Wheelock at 3722 N 26th ST Tacoma.
The Bullion Tax Hearing was a sucess! We got a few people to come and had some interesting questions asked. The speech was read two times. Thank you to all that came! We plan to have more conferences but the date, time and location is to be determined.
Phone numbers will be changed March 9th, 2026. Our new number is 253-682-8965
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026.
The Weekly Coin Newspaper, a Pierce County newspaper about Numismatics, will be changed to the Pierce County Weekly. All advertising clients will stay the same and pricing will be the same. The email address will still be weeklycoin163@aol.com. The change is occuring because the paper will have sports section to add to the numismatic section. This will go into effect on the Febuary 13th, 2026 Edition.
1/1/2026 Olympia, WA. ESSB 5794 was signed into law on May 20, 2025. It ends a 40 year tax exemption on coins and precious metals. Washington is one of 5 states that charge taxes on precious metals. Stocks, bonds and real estate do not have sales taxes. Why single out bullion? (All investments are subject to capital gains taxes) Please contact your local Washington state legislators and ask them to repeal the precious metals tax. Washington customers will start going to Oregon or Idaho to not pay the bullion taxes. This tax could put local bullion dealers out of business. For more information please visit www.washingtoncoinandbullionassoc.org