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TNT Blogs
 |  | Tall Ships In preparation for Tacoma's 2008 Tall Ships festival this summer, we'll update readers on the preparations for the festival, get to know some of the ships and their crews and explore the fascinating world of tall ships.
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 |  | Indirect Kick Updates on news, views and developments of the South Sound soccer scene.
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 |  | The Green Scene You will find news and observations on Pacific Northwest golf courses and updates on local standouts.
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 |  | The Adventure Guys Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor share the inside story on outside recreation - plus post news and answer your questions.
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 |  | The Bus Stops Here Volunteer blogger Andrew Austin writes about current transportation news and discusses transportation policy in the region. He also highlights the sometimes insightful and often memorable experiences and observations gained while using public transportation.
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 |  | High School Confidential Join a group of volunteer student bloggers as they report from within the walls of local schools and discuss what's happening, and what other students are talking about.
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 |  | Political Buzz A team of experienced reporters keep you updated on what's happening in political arenas at the city, county, state and federal levels. From presidential campaign visits to who's running for city council, we've got it covered.
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 |  | Word on the Street Scott Fontaine is The News Tribune's new mobile journalist, or "mojo," as his editors like to call it. His assignment is to stay out of the office as much as possible and spend his days in the community, meeting people and finding out what's going on.
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 |  | Lights & Sirens This blog provides breaking news, updates on on-going investigations and insights into other news from the local criminal justice community. It will also answer your “What was that?” questions and provide the readers with a venue to ask us about on-going criminal justice issues and problems in their neighborhoods. The blog aims to inform, educate and, at times, entertain with weird or wacky crime news.
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 |  | Inside the newsroom TNT editors answer questions about news coverage and provide updates and analysis of ongoing news stories.
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 |  | Inside the editorial page This blog is designed to give readers a glimpse of our editorial-page operation and how we make our decisions. We’ll let you know who we’re meeting with, what they’re telling us, what events and issues we’re looking at. We’ll also pass on information and observations that may not make our print editions.
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 |  | Biz Buzz
Visit The News Tribune’s business blog for the most up-to-date news, insights and analysis of South South business.
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 |  | Open House: A Real Estate Blog Focusing on the real estate industry and its curious musings, gossip and yes, even facts and analysis. Every day, we will turn our attention on the South Sound, state and national housing and rental markets. We’ll take you to cool Web sites, write about weird real estate trends and warn about scams.
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 |  | Online in the South Sound Online editor Mark Briggs writes about cool new stuff on the Internet locally and discusses the latest and greatest on thenewstribune.com.
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 |  | Sonics Insider
News Tribune sportswriter Eric Williams takes you behind the scenes of the Seattle Sonics and the NBA. Here you will find news, notes and insights from the road.
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 |  | Seahawks Insider News Tribune sportswriter Frank Hughes and columnist Dave Boling take you inside the Seahawks with news, analysis and audio reports you won’t find anywhere else.
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 |  | Huskies Insider News Tribune sportswriter Don Ruiz covers the Huskies and the Pacific-10 Conference. His blog features breaking news, instant analysis and answers to your questions and a place to discuss the Huskies.
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 |  | Mariners Insider
You will find news, observations, anecdotes, analysis and photographs on the Mariners. The purpose is to keep readers informed, but also give them a feel for the team and its players, and a place to go to read about baseball.
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 |  | TNT Photojournalism Photojournalists from The News Tribune share their outtakes, observations and other insight from the field.
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 |  | FOB Tacoma: Military Blog Mike Gilbert has been writing about the military for The News Tribune since early 2001. This blog covers military and veterans issues in the South Puget Sound.
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 |  | 2010 Winter Olympics
From news on athletes, tickets, facilities and the border, Adventure writer Craig Hill takes you inside the ramp up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Just 175 miles north of Tacoma, the Vancouver, B.C., games will likely be the closest the Olympics ever come to the South Sound region.
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 |  | Inside Lane
Sportswriter Mindi Rice blogs about anything and everything related to motorsports — NASCAR, hydroplanes, NHRA and more. Tune in to share tidbits, talk racing and follow locals on the national scene.
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 |  | The Prep Blog Prep sports reporter Doug Pacey takes you behind the scenes and inside the locker rooms of local high school sports teams. He discusses coverage in The News Tribune and ongoing issues that relate to prep sports, both locally and around the state.
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 |  | GritCity Four young staffers hunt down and harpoon trends, sniff out nooks and crannies and gaze at Tacoma's collective navel. Come join the conversation.
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 |  | Get Growing This is a blog for the green-thumb crowd. News Tribune staff members Marce Edwards, Sue Kidd, Craig Sailor and Niki Sullivan blog about gardening around the South Sound region. You’ll also be able to connect with other South Sound gardeners.
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 |  | Bring The Noise Music reviewer Ernest Jasmin writes about the local and regional music scenes. Watch for EJ's picks of the week, his club hopping chronicles and the latest and greatest in music news and reviews.
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 |  | Gamers Journal Bill Hutchens discusses games and gaming news and trends. And occasionally touches on other industries - TV, movies, music, comics, etc. - that cross into the electronic entertainment realm. Game on!
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 |  | Ed's Diner Restaurant critic Ed Murrieta tosses together nuggets of news and bits of muse about local/regional food and restaurants.
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 |  | In Your Neighborhood
A place for neighbors. It’s a place to get up to date on what’s going on around you, to tell a story, to share an idea or a bit of yourself. South Sounders created all the content on this page and you can contribute, too.
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 |  | Fly Fishing Blog Jon Aqui will be covering his fly fishing excursions and will note things like tidal stages, time of day, hatches, flies used, etc. Destinations will be primarily Washington, but the Deschutes and other locales will find their way in, as well.
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