Frank Herbert makes sense for park's name
The recently opened Waterwalk, part of the Point Ruston residential and retail development, will let walkers and bikers reach the border of Point Defiance. The district hopes to open a temporary walkway along the bluff to the boat house by September. Once completed, the city will finally have a single shoreline path from Foss Waterway to Owen Beach.
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Protest calls for separate oversight of recreational, medicinal pot
The agency overseeing Washington’s new recreational marijuana market might also be tasked with crafting new regulations for medical cannabis in the state — an idea that drew opposition Wednesday from demonstrators at the state Capitol.
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Pierce County executive team proposes new building
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Deputy Pierce County Executive Kevin Phelps withdrew Wednesday as a finalist for the Lakewood city manager job, leaving Mountlake Terrace City Manager John Caulfield as the lone candidate to run daily operations for Pierce County’s second-largest city.
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