55-year-old Tacoma City Council member Catherine Ushka (District 4), who served as deputy mayor, died after a battle with cervical cancer.

Tacoma City Council member Catherine Ushka, who represented District 4, has died at the age of 55 after a battle with cervical cancer. Ushka was appointed deputy mayor in 2022 and had previously served on the Tacoma Public Schools Board of Directors for eight years. The City of Tacoma expressed profound sadness at the loss, and Mayor Victoria Woodards paid tribute to Ushka's works seen and unseen in the community.