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Published May 16th, 2013 - 7:37AM
A portrait of former Attorney General Rob McKenna is now hanging alongside those who preceded him as Washington state's top lawyer.
Published May 16th, 2013 - 7:38AM
Even a 90-pound mastiff can get spooked by thunderstorms.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 8:39PM
East Pierce Fire & Rescue has been nationally recognized for its efforts to prevent and treat cardiac-related diseases.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 7:30PM
Authorities investigating the disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell spent two days this week searching a rural Oregon property for her remains, Powell’s father said Wednesday.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 9:19PM
Yvonne Daabakk and her husband Kenneth weren’t exactly sure how to get their team of 22 sled dogs from Norway to Alaska, but they knew they needed help and that they weren’t leaving anyone in the family behind. It took some planning to figure out what to do with 21 Siberian huskies and one Shiba Inu upon arrival at Sea-Tac Airport Tuesday.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 8:03PM
The slow-motion process of filling an empty judicial seat in Pierce County’s largest court takes another step Wednesday, with no clear date for a final decision.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 9:10PM
A former Spanaway Lake High School student is suing the Bethel School District over a stabbing incident that occurred at a school in May 2010.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The biggest piece of an $8.78 billion transportation proposal in the Legislature – the project to finish state Routes 167 and 509 in Pierce and King counties – hasn’t garnered much criticism. The controversy has, instead, been over the taxes that would pay for it.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The city of Sumner and its residents share a desire to revitalize the city’s downtown core. For some, that means restoring a vacant city asset, the Red Apple Market building. For others, it’s working to sell and redevelop the property from the ground up.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 9:45AM
Volunteer firefighter Eric Forsythe was grocery shopping Tuesday night when he heard workers at the store talking about smoke outside.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 10:10AM
Thousands of Defense Department employees in Pierce and Thurston counties are still facing the likelihood of unpaid time off this summer, but not as much as the Pentagon initially proposed.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 7:43PM
A Tacoma doctor and a medical ethics advocacy group are petitioning the Defense Department to halt exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in which airmen use live animals for training.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 2:14PM
On a ridge above the Puyallup River Valley, the world seems to have flipped upside down. Or maybe it’s just returned to normal. Fifteen minutes from the big-box stores of Meridian Avenue, the Chase Garden offers up scenic vistas, colorful alpine plants and shady forests that provide an alternative to the asphalt oceans of nearby South Hill.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 7:29AM
A sign prominently posted on Canyon Road East, near the entrance to FPS-Encon Precast’s expanded Frederickson plant, explains in short measure why dignitaries are gathering at the plant Wednesday to celebrate. “Now hiring,” the sign declares
Published May 14th, 2013 - 5:12PM
Bree Yager, who has been in and out of foster care her whole life, is about to do something no one in her family has done – graduate from high school. The 17-year-old Clover Park senior had never considered college because of the cost, then she landed one of 50 Washington Governors’ Scholarships for Foster Youth.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:05AM
A Tacoma firefighter rendering aid to a sick person collapsed of an apparent heart attack and died Tuesday, city officials said.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 6:56PM
The city of Sumner and its residents share a desire to revitalize the city’s downtown core. For some, that means restoring a vacant city asset, the Red Apple Market building. For others, it’s working to sell and redevelop the property from the ground up.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 6:59AM
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has narrowed his list of top priorities for lawmakers to address in a special session, saying Monday that the Legislature must focus on the operating budget, a transportation-funding package and new legislation to crack down on drunken drivers.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 4:49PM
A Federal Way woman has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for a fatal crash that killed a 48-year-old University Place woman last year.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 9:03PM
Thunderstorms throughout Western Washington downed trees and cut power Monday in some parts of the South Sound.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:05AM
A Bonney Lake man killed Friday in a car crash in Sumner made national headlines in November after he and a friend went snowboarding on Mount Rainier and were stranded for two nights in blizzard-like conditions.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 6:51AM
The state has chosen a new leader for its largest mental institution.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Thirty people have applied for the Lakewood city manager job as the hunt to find the next executive of Pierce County’s second-largest city shifts into high gear.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 6:48AM
BELLINGHAM — Suicide stalks Indian Country, claiming more lives of native youth than those in any other population, not only in Washington, but nationally.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 2:21PM
The Boeing Co. took another step Monday in what is becoming an incremental withdrawal from the Puget Sound area, telling its informational technology workers that it plans to cut 1,500 Puget Sound area jobs over the next three years and set up IT centers in St. Louis and Charleston, S.C.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:05AM
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Some big decisions that could help decide the future of Spokane’s Fairchild Air Force Base are expected soon.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Army Sgt. John Russell was found guilty Monday of the premeditated murder of five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 10:40AM
Pierce Transit’s board voted Monday to cut 84 positions, or nearly 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, to prepare for a major service reduction at the end of September.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 7:55AM
It’s hard for any university graduate to see into the future, but when Angela Meade attended commencement at Pacific Lutheran University in 2001, she probably didn’t guess that within 12 years she’d have won dozens of elite opera competitions, sung on stages from New York’s Metropolitan to the Vienna State Opera, and performed with musicians such as Charles Dutoit, Roberto Abbado and Plácido Domingo.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 6:48AM
Everyone has a mother who worries, and Anthony Chen’s mom gets nervous when he bicycles to work from Federal Way to his office in Tacoma’s South End. Chen, 51, is an occasional bicycle commuter and the full-time director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. Last week, in honor of National Bike Month, he pedaled the 15 miles each way for the first time in 2013.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The city of Fife is exploring the regional sports tourism market and the possibility of building a multi-sport venue.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 7:42AM
As lawmakers debate how much money to spend on schools and state government, the budget proposal by House Democrats represents the high-water mark — one that even they cannot meet.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The city of Puyallup is accepting applications from citizens interested in serving on a homelessness task force.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 8:42PM
The last time the old wharf was open, its safety was in doubt. Tacoma’s venerable Old Town Dock — the former working pier on the Ruston Way waterfront dating to 1873 — had dilapidated decking and rotting piers, and lacked modern-day hand-rails.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 11:33AM
Julie Wyatt’s fifth-grade students at Pleasant Glade Elementary School weren’t surprised to hear she was named the state’s 2013 Elementary Science Teacher of the Year.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:02PM
Shelton’s Skyline Drive-In theater has successfully raised the money it needs to buy a digital projector, which means you will still be able to curl up with a blanket in the back of your truck and watch a movie under the stars.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
New band instruments and a greenhouse have been purchased, and officials are talking to architects about building a pole barn for the agriculture program at Tenino High School.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Award-winning students from the Washington State Solo & Ensemble Contest performed on stage Saturday at the Ten Grands benefit concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The 41 medal-winning musicians are from nine Western Washington schools, including some from the South Sound.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Angela Salyer of Rogers High School is the winner of the 10th Congressional District Art Competition. Her work, “Blooming in Spring,” will be on display in the U.S. Capitol for one year, alongside winning pieces from other congressional districts around the country.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Jeff Scott, engineering and physics teacher at Washington High School in the Franklin Pierce School District, was recently named teacher of the year by the McChord Field Chapter of the Air Force Association. He will advance to vie for the association’s statewide award.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Alexis Harroun from Bellarmine Prepatory School is competing this week in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Local cities and public agencies will be asked to help cover the costs of providing security and other services when the Chambers Bay Golf Course hosts the U.S. Open in two years.
Published May 12th, 2013 - 6:19AM
Like many other Stryker troops, the soldiers of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment spent four of the past 10 years at war. This is the second story in an occasional series following these soldiers at a time of rest and transition.
Published May 12th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Teachers in Tacoma Public Schools could be facing the first layoffs from their ranks in many years.
Published May 11th, 2013 - 6:43PM
A hot concrete parking lot in the middle of a shopping center might not sound like the greatest place to spend a sunny Saturday afternoon. Add 18 brewers, though, pouring samples of the Pacific Northwest’s finest craft beers, and you’d be surprised what a difference it makes.
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