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July 1, 2020

• Another blow to summer as COVID-19 forces cancellation of Tacoma’s favorite food festival
• Neighbor to neighbor: Alma Mater stays busy cooking for homeless young adults
• ‘Thin blue line’ stickers removed from all Tacoma police cars after citizen complaints
• There’s a new muskoxen calf at the zoo. He needs a name. That’s where you come in
• Pedestrian improvements coming to this Parkland intersection near PLU
• Tacoma-Pierce County death notices for July 1, 2020
• It’s only a snapshot, but annual count shows more homeless people in Pierce County
• Tacoma native and Vietnam vet stuck in Da Nang by pandemic tries to help bike safety
• Coronavirus updates: Inslee announces distribution of $365 million in federal funds
• Washington state reports 611 new COVID-19 cases
• 34 new COVID-19 cases in Pierce County and one new death
• Wear a mask, soldier. General tells JBLM community to follow Gov. Inslee’s mask order
• Need a job? FedEx hiring hundreds in Tacoma area
• Revulsion over lost Black lives provides a moment of seismic change for all of us
• Don Snowden’s cartoon for July 2
• Letters: Jesse Young defended against ‘smear’ and chastised for ‘abuse of power’
• 2 teens killed in rollover crash in Puyallup are identified
• County’s homeless crisis is far worse than the dire new Point In Time count suggests
• Motorcyclists crash on sand dune, then get run over by an ATV, Oregon cops say
• Antonio Brown posts workout with Seahawks’ Russell Wilson. More questions than answers
• NFL teams considering flying day of for road games. But that wouldn’t work for Seahawks
• Report: NFL to cut 2 of 4 preseason games; Seahawks no longer playing Raiders, Vikings
• Fire reports: Abandoned oil drums on roadside lead to hazmat response
• Public Meetings for July 2-9
• Police blotter: Hunch leads to car prowl suspects with stolen debit card
• Peninsula pandemic briefing: An uptick in cases in both Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula
• Hey, wait. Where’s the Maritime Festival? Wear that mask and hope for August, Chamber says
• Scaled-down kayak plan would make over existing pier; kayakers are on board
• Time for shrimp, crab fishing in Hood Canal and local waters
• Gig Harbor food bank plans new home, 376 feet away from the old one
• Peninsula musicians ‘Band Together’ to help faltering small businesses
• A fine day, and the mountain was out, as Gig Harbor climbers are honored
• We endorse: Bronoske for Washington Legislative Dist. 28. He’ll give Lakewood a voice
• Police study: What a waste of Tacoma tax dollars
• Name change: Racist Wilson unsuited for Tacoma school
• Climate change: We can’t let ourselves be distracted