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Tacoma OKs deal to lease parking spaces to State Farm
Published April 24th, 2013 - 2:59AM
State Farm hasn't even arrived yet, but already the company has been good to the City of Tacoma. Under separate parking agreements approved Tuesday by the City Council, the city stands to make $4.2 million over the next five years by leasing more than 800 permits for the insurance company in three city-owned downtown garages that now largely stand vacant.
State schedules Asarco cleanup program open houses for Tacoma residents
Published March 27th, 2013 - 2:40AM
The state Department of Ecology has scheduled two open houses to inform North Tacoma residents about a new cleanup program for residential yards contaminated by the old Asarco smelter.
Apartments, shops, 6-story building planned for Tacoma's Proctor District
Published March 22nd, 2013 - 6:46AM
A long-discussed plan for a retail and apartment complex in the heart of Tacoma’s Proctor District has new life – and is causing some to worry – after a conceptual drawing appeared online.
Former Stadium High School security guard gets 4 years in prison for having sex with students
Published March 16th, 2013 - 2:14AM
A former security guard at Tacoma's Stadium High School convicted of having sex with students received a four-year prison sentence and a lecture this afternoon from Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper.
Photo Gallery: 2012 Tacoma Twilight Criterium spins through Proctor District
Published July 1st, 2012 - 7:21AM
Tacoma's Proctor District was filled Saturday with speeding cyclists and cheering crowds. The Tacoma Twilight Criterium bike race moved to Proctor after a couple of years in downtown Tacoma.
State investigating North End Tacoma dump-truck crash
Published May 9th, 2012 - 10:14AM
The state has launched an investigation after a dump truck sped down a steep North End Tacoma street last week and crashed into a tree, injuring the truck driver. The investigation, which was started Friday, will look into the accident-prevention program of the truck’s owner, Puget Paving and Construction of Lakewood. It also will delve into the work site where the crash occurred last Wednesday morning and any factors contributing to what happened.
Reflections of history shown on Historic Homes of Tacoma tour
Published May 2nd, 2012 - 3:15AM
Todd and Kimm Lothrop’s North End Tacoma home is a work in progress, they say. And what a work it is. The 5,000-square-foot, 122-year-old home is one of the stops on this weekend’s Historic Homes of Tacoma tour. Put on by the Tacoma Historical Society, the tour will take visitors through seven homes, Annie Wright School and Christ Episcopal Church.




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