I-5 project near Lewis-McChord wins $15 million federal grant

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  Federal grants worth more than $6 million are going out to agencies trying to protect the Puget Sound from pollution.

• No cold-case cash for 2012

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  The department and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department teamed up last year to apply for a $500,000 federal grant to create a joint, cold-case unit to investigate homicides and suspicious missing person cases that have lost steam and run out of leads. Each had applied separately for the cold case grant in previous years with no success. The joint request also was denied.

• No cold-case cash in 2012 for Tacoma Police

  No cold-case cash in 2012 for Tacoma Police

  The third time wasn’t a charm for the Tacoma Police Department. The department and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department teamed up last year to apply for a $500,000 federal grant to create a joint, cold-case unit to investigate homicides and suspicious missing person cases that have lost steam and run out of leads.

• Grants aid backcountry access

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• $1.3M grant to benefit Hanford workers who were laid off

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  The largest portion of the money will be used for retraining former Hanford workers who lost their jobs as federal economic stimulus spending at the nuclear reservation came to an end.

  "This grant will serve as a safety net for workers and their families during these challenging economic times," Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement. Murray and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., sent a letter to Hilda Solis, the secretary of labor, in February, requesting consideration of a state application for the grant.