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Fireworks highlight the end of Freedom Fair in Tacoma on July 4, 2008, during Tall Ships Tacoma. (PETER HALEYTHE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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South Sound communities are celebrating Independence Day in patriotic style with parades, festivals and, of course, fireworks. Here are some of today’s events.
PLAN YOUR WEEKEND: Check our calendar for more events
LOCAL REGULATIONS: Know when and where you can light up
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Published July 4th, 2009 - 7:44AM
Published July 4th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Federal Way city leaders are expected to abandon their do-it-yourself approach Tuesday night and move toward hiring a search firm to find a new city manager.
Published July 4th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Sizzling weather and a long holiday weekend likely will mean crowded lakes, rivers and beaches as people look for ways to cool off.
Published July 4th, 2009 - 12:05AM
SEQUIM – The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt.
Published July 4th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Lena Segelstrom held her sleeping 6-month-old daughter Friday on a concourse in the Tacoma Dome, taking a break while more than 11,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses listened to speakers talk about keeping families spiritually strong.
Published July 4th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Gov. Chris Gregoire’s administration has formally signed or settled 22 labor contracts, leaving just four to go in the new budget year that started Wednesday.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Detective Richard Voce pointed his police cruiser down a Northeast Tacoma street, in the direction of some colorful explosions of fireworks.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials have busted a large drug trafficking organization that was bringing methamphetamine and cocaine into Washington from Mexico and operating in parts of Pierce County.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Steilacoom Mayor Ron Lucas on Thursday ordered that American flags on city buildings remain at half staff through Tuesday to honor a local soldier killed last week in Afghanistan.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 8:39AM
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Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Tacoma police caught up Thursday with a man who’s been sought for more than two years in connection with a 2004 gang-motivated slaying on the East Side.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 2:12AM
Two people were killed early Thursday when the driver of a Chevrolet Blazer lost control and the vehicle rolled several times and crashed near the Orting area, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 2:12AM
An ex-Fort Lewis Army Ranger who led a bank holdup is charged with trying to kill a fellow robber behind bars.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
For weeks, Pierce County sheriff’s deputies watched the small house in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, making sure their man was there.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 2:12AM

Published July 3rd, 2009 - 2:12AM
University Place leaders are trying a different strategy to get their troubled Town Center project back on track.
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
A Pierce County Superior Court judge has extended the time prosecutors have to decide whether to seek the death penalty against the man charged with fatally shooting an armored car guard during a robbery last month.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Some fathers are at the bedside when their child is born.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
If Tara Schneider can steal a few minutes during her lunch break, she’ll rush to her Steilacoom home and fire up her webcam. On the other end are her two daughters, 3-year-old Autumn and 6-month-old Teagan, both now living in Miami.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 3:43AM
Critics of Tim Eyman’s newest tax-limiting initiative say it will add to the state’s budget shortfall in 2011 and hamper the rescue of programs being slashed now because of budget cuts.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 3:39AM
It looks as though Superior Court Judge Michael A. Hecht’s trial on charges of felony harassment and patronizing a prostitute will take place in Pierce County.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 3:18PM
Tacoma police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a 2004 gang-motivated slaying on Tacoma's East Side.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 1:24PM
A brush fire is blocking both directions of State Route 164 at Southeast 380th Place near Enumclaw, the state DOT reports.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 11:33AM
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials say they've busted another drug trafficking organization that was bringing methamphetamine and cocaine into Washington from Mexico.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
State workers are scrambling to fix a distribution problem that has crimped the flow of alcohol to customers across the state, as liquor stores and restaurants are gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 11:12AM
Emergency crews responded to a McChord Air Force base gate this morning for an accident. It was reported that the driver was taken to Tacoma General Hospital for treatment of his injuries. The truck apparently smashed into a 5,000-pound concrete barrier and moved it 20 to 25 feet.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 10:24AM
The News Tribune has confirmed that members of Tacoma Elks #174 last night approved the sale of its property at South 23rd and Union streets.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 10:10AM
Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a man accused of robbing a Fife bank on Tuesday, then halting the heist and eventually surrendering to police.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 8:44AM
Tacoma police were investigating two separate stabbing incidents Wednesday night in the city.
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 8:42AM
Two people were killed early today when their vehicle crashed into a tree in the Orting area, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department reports.

 
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