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July 8, 2020

• Cute shop, better bánh mì and creative boba in Tacoma’s Proctor District
• New Jersey Mike’s Subs opening in Puyallup, holding fundraiser for local food bank
• Tacoma bakery, closed since March, landed federal paycheck protection loan, records show
• MultiCare to build new $300 million children’s hospital in Tacoma
• Man killed in two-car collision in Tacoma on July 6 has been identified
• Tacoma-Pierce County death notices for July 8, 2020
• Police body cameras coming to Tacoma in early 2021, plans show
• Former PLU president and Tacoma activist dies at 90. ‘He was there to serve others’
• Tacoma Pride will go on, only it will be online because of COVID-19
• Nearly 555,000 Washington jobs were saved thanks to federal small business loans
• Inslee discusses unmet unemployment claims, COVID-19 surge and student visa changes
• Coronavirus updates: New program provides more access to public roadways
• Pierce County sees 48 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death; lower counts may be holiday data lag
• Pierce County to hold COVID-19 Medicare workshops
• Letters: Support Lion’s youth exchange program
• Those ‘rubber tire’ thingies on the beach? They’re signs of life
• Don Snowden’s cartoon for July 7
• Two teens arrested in Puyallup elementary school fire that caused millions in damage
• Washington State Fair has been canceled over COVID-19 concerns
• Good riddance to TPD’s ‘thin blue line’ sticker. ‘It’s about a divided society’
• Confederate memorials: An insult to families like mine
• Freedom: What we can learn from a movie
• Holiday violence: Where are the protesters now?
• We endorse: Stokesbary, Robertson a good fit for Pierce, King in Legislative Dist. 31
• Racist letter sent to Oregon politician was actually written by himself, police say
• City parks manager resigns suddenly; no reason given
• ‘Average’ home in Gig Harbor is now worth more than half a million dollars
• Home or school: It’ll be parents’ choice in the fall, Peninsula School District says
• Gas and vapor leaks keep Gig Harbor firefighters busy
• Police blotter: A feigned faint fakes out store clerks as shoplifter slips away
• Public Meetings for July 9-16
• Virus cases rise sharply in county; Gig Harbor total now 77, Key Peninsula has 11
• Two new principals find the job comes with a new challenge — a pandemic
• Part of Minter Bay closed to shellfish harvesting due to pollution
• As in March, COVID-19 shutting down NFL market may push Jadeveon Clowney back to Seahawks
• Washington state schools hit pause, push start of fall sports season back two weeks
• Mariners report 3 positive COVID-19 cases from initial intake tests
• Mariners starter Yusei Kikuchi’s work during shutdown has him ahead of curve in camp
• Mariners starter Taijuan Walker still pitching with intensity in summer camp