The Pierce County Republican Party and Washington Alliance for Life met with fair officials on Thursday after the groups posted online that they wouldn’t participate this year.

The Pierce County GOP says they're hoping to find a resolution with the organizers of the Washington State Fair in a meeting ...

Jim Walsh, chair of the Washington State Republican Party, says officials with the Washington State Fair are “asking for a ...

The Pierce County Republican Party will have a booth at this year’s Washington State Fair after all. The fair opens in two ...

For the first time in many years, the Pierce County Republican Party will not have a booth at the Washington State Fair in ...

The Washington State Fair ranks as the third most popular state fair on social media, according to a new analysis.

The Puyallup Fair is run by a private, nonprofit organization, the Western Washington Fair Association, and does not receive state funding, he said. The fair began Sept. 7 and ends Sunday.

In 1913 it switched to the Western Washington Fair, and has been called the Puyallup Fair since 1976. Not everyone’s going to be happy with the name change, of course — at least at first.

The fair as it is known today was organized in 1939 by the Central Washington State Fair Association and has been held every year except from 1942 to 1945, during World War II.

The fair is currently scheduled for September 4-27, 2020. “We are diligently working on modifications to safely reopen our events center,” a statement on the Washington State Fair website reads.