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They need to be in jail.

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12/20/2025

So sad and totally avoidable 😡

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) confirms the tragic loss of Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting #720, who was killed Friday evening after being struck by a vehicle in Tacoma.

Trooper Guting was standing outside of her patrol car investigating a two-vehicle collision when she was struck just before 7:30 p.m. on southbound State Route 509 near milepost 2, south of the Port of Tacoma. Individuals on scene rendered aid, but the trooper ultimately succumbed to her injuries. The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) is taking over the investigation of the incident.

Trooper Guting, 29, began her career with the WSP as a trooper cadet in January 2024. She graduated with the 119th Trooper Basic Training Class, commissioning that same year on Oct. 30th. In that time, served in WSP District 1 in Tacoma.

Tara’s loss is deeply felt within the WSP family, and especially by her husband, Timothy, who himself serves as a Deputy State Fire Marshal at the WSP Fire Training Academy in North Bend.

Tara Guting was born on July 19, 1996, to Russell and Cheryl Hirata in Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended Mililani High School in Mililani, Hawaii, and graduated on May 25, 2014. She began a career of service by enlisting in the Army National Guard on Oct. 22, 2014, where she served honorably as a Signal Intelligence Analyst until Oct, 21, 2022. Her dedication to service and commitment to her duties were evident throughout her eight-year military career.

She married Timothy on Aug. 21, 2019, at the Fire Training Academy.

She answered her final call Friday night, marking the 34th time in WSP’s 105-year history that the agency lost one of its own in line of duty.

“My heartfelt condolences go out to Timothy, Tara’s extended family, her friends, her academy classmates, to District 1 Captain Gundermann, and his entire team,” said WSP Chief John R. Batiste. “We will never forget Badge #720 – Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting.

“The sky has poured rain on us all for the past two weeks… And with this loss, now tears flood our souls.”

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09/17/2025

Bumble needs me.

Melissa here, begging for help.

This is literally what’s running through my head as I write.

Every day I wake up and I look at the numbers and wonder - how do I keep pushing through?

I look again. We need payroll.
Keep checking the accounts. We need to cover vet bills, Bravecto, food, the lights, insurance, repairs.

All day… the everyday expenses it takes to keep 170 huskies safe and cared for plays through my mind.
On repeat. The list of needs grows.

How do I tell Jenni, who has been fighting with Meta for so long to get the money you already donated, that it’s still not here?
Big corporations don’t care about a little rescue in Oklahoma.

And now I’m looking at payroll and wondering how we keep going.

How do I tell the employees who pour their hearts into these huskies every single day that I don’t know how I’m paying them this week?

If I lay them off, who makes sure every husky is fed, cleaned up after, and given the care they need? Something will get left out, and that’s just not an option.

Then here is Bumble. Looking at me. She needs me.

She has scar tissue in her lungs. If she gets too excited or pushes herself too hard, it can turn dangerous fast.
She needs frequent check-ins and steady attention.

Before I sleep, I have to check again:
How’s the accounts looking? What do we need before tomorrow starts? What about next week?

We already run on what most would call a skeleton crew.
Ten people total. Seven on a normal day. Just enough to cover days off for the crew.

That’s it.

Ten people holding the line for 170 huskies.
From 7 a.m. until late into the night. Every day.

I need my crew here:
• Annabelle needs to check on the medical cases.
• Carter needs to get adoptables seen so they can find homes.
• The cleaning crew keeps everything safe and healthy so I can work with the ones who need me most.

But without support, I can’t keep them here.
If they go, the huskies are the ones who lose.

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