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State to release final 2008 Gas Price Study 04/15/2008
Don’t throw away that Puget Sound Energy bill notice - 03/31/2008
Artifex Business Identity Threatens Competitor - October 16, 2007
Tacoma Web Design Firm Gives Back to Community
Tacoma Web Designer Richard Anderson: Tacoma's Notorious Online Thief?
Beware of asphalt paving scams
Puyallup Police Department Launches Info-Net;
Citizens and police team up via the Internet
The Chamber of Eastern Pierce County and the Washington State Small Business Development Center jointly announce a new free benefit to Chamber members: weekly small business counseling offered by SBDC. The Chamber Office will schedule appointments Wednesdays from 9 am to 12 noon on an hourly basis at 417 E Pioneer in Puyallup. Read more...
Offensive
focus could enhance Seattle defense
Two quarterbacks and three running backs could find their way into the top 15
picks of the NFL draft. -News Tribune
Mount
Tahoma girl wins crown
Jessica DeWitt, who gave her presentation in sign language and has
a 4.0 grade point average, is picked as this year’s Daffodil
Festival Queen.
Jessica DeWitt, a senior at Mount Tahoma High School, is the 2005 Daffodil
Festival Queen. -News Tribune
More
area gardeners are choosing native plants for their yards
With hundreds of native plants to choose from, gardeners might need help identifying
some of the outstanding ones available. Anna Thurston, chairwoman of the South
Sound chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society, lists these native plants
among her favorites. -News Tribune
Tacoma’s
treasure
It’s rated second only to Mount Rainier as a local icon. Over
the years, Point Defiance Park has been home to a waterfront resort,
an amusement park
and roaming buffalo. -News Tribune
Gregoire
to trim 1,000 jobs
During last fall’s campaign, Gov. Christine Gregoire and Republican
Dino Rossi agreed that the culture of state government was broken,
but they bickered
over who was better equipped to fix it. -News Tribune
Orting
seeks commission, clarity
Orting leaders will meet tonight to replace all three members of
the city’s
civil service commission, who resigned last month after the mayor went around
them in hiring a law enforcement officer and a firefighter. -News Tribune
Schools
must teach fitness and nutrition, experts say
Renee Snyder, a second-grader at Olympia’s Lincoln Elementary
School, knows
the nutrition mantra by heart. -News Tribune
Face-lift
on the Foss
The seagulls Thursday looked so scared, they were ready to take out
insurance before landing on the rickety dock. The barnacles on the
swaying pilings looked
so frightened they had “for sale” signs on their shells. -News
Tribune
Been
cut off on the road? Hop online
Road rage and aggressive drivers have been around since the first clattering
Tin Lizzies roared up behind unsuspecting horses and spooked them out from
under their riders. -News Tribune
County
business club forms 2005 HONOREES
A new service club is celebrating its charter meeting tonight with a tribute
to 43 blacks who have made outstanding contributions in Tacoma and Pierce County.
-News Tribune
Pantages
has fabulous plans – now all it needs is $6 million
With a new fire curtain in place and inspectors sleuthing monthly for safety
problems at the Pantages Theater, supporters of the 87-year-old facility are
looking forward to completion of a $5.2 million remodeling project in the fall
of 2006. -News Tribune
‘Rude,
impatient’ judge ordered to pay for sensitivity training
A longtime South King County judge was reprimanded Friday by a state
commission for a pattern of “rude, impatient and undignified treatment” of
self-represented litigants. -News Tribune
Puyallup
Begins Update of City Shoreline Master Program
The Puyallup Planning Commission is beginning a community-wide effort to update
the City's 17-year-old shoreline master program. A community open house will
be held Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at the Puyallup City Library (324 South
Meridian). More info...
Pima Medical
Institute Hires New Campus Director
Renton, WA – Bob Panerio has been named as the Campus Director of Pima
Medical Institute’s newest campus at 555 South Renton Village Place.
He
helped Tacoma make music
If you play in the local school band or orchestra, there’s
a good chance you have T. Warren Brown to thank for your instrument.
-News Tribune
‘Return
to being Dawgs’
Tyrone Willingham wants to put the snarl back in the Dawgs. -News Tribune
Parents
want fourth ‘R’: Recess
The Tacoma Council PTA will ask Tacoma school officials to require daily recess
in addition to the current lunch play break for elementary school students.
-News Tribune
Schools,
police learn to act fast against violence
It was a typical Monday morning at Spanaway Lake High School in the Bethel
School District last week when, at about 10 a.m., Principal Greg Eisnaugle
received a call from a parent. Students might be planning to attack the school,
the father of one told Eisnaugle. -News Tribune
Hard
times in view for parks
Tacoma parks officials, working to narrow a $4 million budget gap, are on the
verge of closing the popular Manitou Community Center, the Titlow Pool and 10
wading pools. -News Tribune
Home-schooled
Before the Seattle SuperSonics played their home opener against the Atlanta Hawks
on Friday night, coach Nate McMillan issued a stern rebuke to his players.
-News Tribune
Herb
Weisbaum: Privacy Concerns With Google Search Software
Google's desktop search program can allow someone to see what web pages you've
visited or read e-mail that has already been deleted. -Komo4
How
is Mt. St. Helens doing today?
See live images on our Web Cam.
Dirty
politics hit Dorsett, Kastama
Football has referees and baseball has umpires, but there's usually no one to
call the fouls and penalize the players in politics. That's no excuse to dispense
with honesty and common decency in election season. -News Tribune
Judging
the judges
Pierce County attorneys know what they like in a judge: Someone who knows the
law and how to apply it. -News Tribune
10
years of poor planning give sprawl a home in Pierce County
Commute times are increasing, and will likely get even worse. Trees and farmland
are being paved over. Houses are sprouting up in rural areas that are supposed
to be protected from sprawl by state law. Traffic from those developments spills
onto two-lane roads. -News Tribune
Two
stars face off in race for Congress
Some analysts predicted Washington's new partisan primary might squelch the
power of name recognition in one of the hottest congressional races in the
country. -News Tribune
From
talk to action in Puyallup
Puyallup will go ahead with the final installment of its three-building civic
center project at Pioneer Park, and take a big step toward a new City Hall complex
nearby. -News Tribune
Girl
Scouts celebrate new regional offices
A sense of accomplishment and pride filled the voices of speakers at a ribbon-cutting
ceremony for the new regional Girl Scout headquarters in DuPont on Saturday.
-News Tribune
Popularity
of 3D/4D ultrasound soars despite FDA's disapproval
Tauna Mattern, 27 years old and 25 weeks pregnant, lies flat while Sally Anderson
slides a device called a transducer across her stomach. -News Tribune
Sumner
cheers interchange
Three heavy trucks plowed through a strip of yellow construction tape on a new
section of highway in Sumner on Thursday, drawing applause and perhaps sighs
of relief from a crowd of residents and state and city officials. -News Tribune
Driver's
ed gets serious
Driver Kiersten Stone, 18, slams on the brakes as passenger Adrian Boscolo Hightower
braces himself during a highway survival driving course in the Tacoma Dome parking
lot Tuesday. -News Tribune
Leader
of the pack
Cruising north on Interstate 5 in a rented RV covered with signs touting her
campaign for governor, Christine Gregoire reflects on a 1994 article in which
she said she didn't consider herself a politician. -News Tribune
Groups
set out to paint the town 'Beautiful'
Jack DeLeon and his crew from Gray Lumber showed up at Kevin and Amy Slack's
home in Tacoma at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and within four hours had just about finished
painting the whole house. -News Tribune
Puyallup
council and planning commission discuss land use
In a joint meeting between the Puyallup City Council and the Planning
Commission, the majority of the talk focused around the city’s
urban growth area (UGA) and specific land within the area. -Puyallup
Herald
Taking
back their neighborhoods
Seventeen months ago, Tacoma Avenue South was plagued by open drug-dealing
and prostitutes looking for their next customer. -News Tribune
Americans
overcome Brazil
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Abby Wambach should have been beaming Saturday night as
she walked from Kaftanzoglio Stadium, her ripped jersey tucked away in an equipment
bag. -News Tribune
Crystal
Mountain expansion gets go-ahead
Crystal Mountain ski area has won U.S. Forest Service approval for a multimillion-dollar
expansion that would add a high-speed chairlift and an aerial tramway to a
summit restaurant. -News Tribune
Edgewood
to offer home-based businesses a boost
The City of Edgewood has announced its first-ever forum Aug. 12 designed specifically
for home-based businesses. -Puyallup Herald
Hanford
Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down
An alert issued for a nuclear power plant on the Hanford nuclear reservation
was canceled about 2 hours after it underwent an emergency shutdown. -Komo4
Building
a community with pony rides, races
Nine-year-old Jessica Bastrom led her three-legged dog in the pet parade at Saturday's
Spanaway Street Fair. -News Tribune
Traffic
slowdown sought
As Karen Rich stood outside her business on South Tacoma Way on a steamy summer
afternoon, she noted the speed of the passing cars. -News Tribune
Communities
work to build skate parks
The construction rush of skate parks in Pierce County in recent years hasn't
shown a sign of letting up. And it's creating partnerships and grass-roots
efforts in communities. -News Tribune
Fleeting
history
The block of 11th Street from Commerce to Broadway has a memory as dramatic
as its slope. -Newe Tribune
Peaceful
Protests Mark Start Of Governors Conference
The 22 Republican lawmakers wanted to be a party to the lawsuit challenging
state law over the definition of marriage. -Komo4
County
revamps habitat rules
Pierce County is launching an overhaul of certain land-use and environmental
policies, mainly to protect fish and wildlife in unincorporated areas ranging
from the remote - Fox Island - to the rapidly growing - South Hill. -News Tribune
A
zoo reborn
Jaya settled her 204-pound frame into a thicket of grass and gazed across the
pond in the temple ruin at her human visitors. Soon, like a huge version of
a house cat, she rose to stretch and resettle, her burnt-orange and black-striped
fur rippling as she languidly moved in the verdant foliage. Never before has
a Sumatran tiger stalked the landscape at Point
Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. -News Tribune
Dump
I.E., Some Web Security Experts Say
A pair of virus attacks exploiting Internet Explorer's vulnerabilities had
led security experts to recommend that Web surfers consider such alternatives
as (Netscape) Mozilla and Opera.
-Komo4
Economy
Growing, But Slowly
The economy added more new jobs in June, although at a slower pace than economists
had expected. -Komo4
I895
It seems there is some controversy over this Initiative. One reader had this
to say:
"A lot of people are misinformed about this initiative which will take
away many of their rights to have things like mammograms, etc. covered by their
insurance. They are promoting it as something that will make health insurance
more affordable for small business (which it should be), but not by allowing
insurances to stop covering essential services such as mammograms, mastectomies,
diabetes treatment, etc. which have been very difficult to get covered anyway."
Find out more
about this viewpoint
Puyallup
junks planned fee for emergency services
The Puyallup City Council has decided to drop for now a controversial fee that
would have created a new way to collect revenue for the city's money-draining
ambulance service. -News Tribune
Eyman
to start delivering signatures today
Anti-tax activist Tim Eyman will head to the Secretary of State's Office in
Olympia triumphantly today with about 235,000 signatures for his Initiative
892. -News Tribune
Garcia
goes to Chicago
First-year Seattle Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi knows he won't be the
most popular man around Puget Sound today after trading away starting pitcher
Freddy Garcia. -News Tribune
Paid
To Stay At Home
Nineteen DSHS workers are being paid their full salary while they are told
to stay at home and do nothing. -Komo 4
Playwrights
Festival plans one year off to regroup
Thirteen could be a lucky or unlucky age for the South Sound Playwrights Festival,
whose usual three weekends of performances of new one-act plays by local writers
are canceled for this summer. -News Tribune
Ken
Schram Commentary: We've Got One Screwed Up Legal System
The ruling that a killing assault without intent to kill can't be charged as
murder is a crock. -Komo 4
Boeing
bets health on frozen fiber
Tractor-trailers laden with frozen cargo sidle up to the southern end of The
Boeing Co.'s mammoth Pierce County plant in Frederickson and disgorge their
burden into a freezer as big as a bungalow. -News Tribune
A
Heroic Story You Probably Didn't Read About In Your History Books
It's the story about the Tuskegee Airmen and how they made history during World
War ll. -Komo 4
Seven
new/old steps to successful fund investing
Lillian of Metairie, La., sent me a 10-year-old clipping last week, a copy
of a column I wrote on how I pick mutual funds. -News Tribune
First-Class
SOTA
Tuesday, the first class of the Tacoma School of the Arts will graduate. -News
Tribune
Teeing
off for medal
If the Class 4A state golf championships come down to a chipping contest, the
smart money should be on Puyallup High's Dane Bagnell. -News Tribune
Why
gasoline is like a bottle of vodka
A picture of Tim Hamilton's face with cross hairs stenciled over it likely
resides in some oil executive's office. -News Tribune
Parks
bond issue almost a lock
Tacoma's aging parks are in need of so much safety and renovation work that
officials of Metro Parks Tacoma almost certainly will ask voters to approve
a $60 million bond issue this fall. -News Tribune
Remember
Mother Earth, grads told
Over the last three decades, the United States has made great progress in addressing
environmental degradation within its borders, a founder of the Earth Day movement
told University of Puget Sound graduates Sunday. -News Tribune
Mudflow
sirens will wail today
Pierce County today will test warning sirens that have been installed in the
Puyallup River valley to prepare for potential volcanic mudflows from Mount
Rainier. -News Tribune
Tough
luck, tough year
NEW YORK - There are games the Seattle Mariners have lost that broke their
hearts, and now they can point to one marvelous game in which they were beaten.
-News Tribune
Kids
can tell what works in school
Education for children should be a messy, active, joyful thing, says Sumner
author and former high school teacher Cynthia Ulrich Tobias. -News Tribune
Three
museums offer triple-play ticket bargain
Beginning June 2, the Washington State History Museum, Museum of Glass: International
Center for Contemporary Art and Tacoma Art Museum will have joint ticketing
on Wednesdays through 2004. -News Tribune
Vocation
Vacations let you take a new career for a test-drive
AMITY, Ore. - At a case or so a minute, the bottles come rattling off the filling
and corking machine at Amity Vineyards. -News Tribune
From
death's door to diamond
Of course Nolan Soete smiled. First home run of the season? You would smile,
too. Forget wearing a cool look of indifference. Soete was beaming. -News Tribune
New
ramps worsen Highway 16 headaches
How do Gig Harbor commuters like their new ramps to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
-News Tribune
Expanding
DuPont gets own library
Librarians were busy this week shelving more than 19,000 new books, DVDs and
reference materials at DuPont's first library. -News Tribune
Ladenburg's
links takes step forward
Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg's proposal to build a professional-level
golf course in University Place took a step forward Monday - but with numerous
conditions attached. -News Tribune
Free
agents eager to sign on dotted line
Washington and Washington State players unclaimed in the NFL draft over the
weekend were gobbled up Monday in a rash of free-agent signings and near-signings.
-News Tribune
Wal-Mart
concerns shared
About 100 residents packed a meeting room Wednesday to sound off on a Wal-Mart
Supercenter proposed for South Hill. -News Tribune
Orting
farms fast disappearing
Sporting a Mariners hat with "22" and his name on it, Pete
Sasaki maneuvered a lawn mower around his Japanese rock garden in
Orting on a recent sunny Tuesday.
-News Tribune
Groups
prove Hilltop home ownership is key to renewal
The former headquarters of the 23rd Street Crips was nothing but a muddy hole
surrounded by caution tape when Ora Grady Allen made up her mind to live there.
-News Tribune
Summer
camp choice could be overnight decision
Preparation is the key to a successful overnight summer camp experience for
both parents and campers, according to the American Camping Association. -News
Tribune
UPlace
tries to confront aggressive beggars
A panhandler recently approached University Place Police Chief Rob Masko, who
was out of uniform, in the Albertsons parking lot on Bridgeport Way West. -News
Tribune
Beware
of Web sites that look legitimate but might be shams
Mark Nichols runs an online gift shop and considers himself Internet savvy. Yet
like so many other Web surfers, he got duped by an e-mail scam anyway. -News
Tribune
Puyallup
might shift its ambulance tax
Puyallup might begin charging for ambulance services through sewer bills beginning
next year, rather than through property tax bills the way it does now. -News
Tribune
Princess
Diana exhibit headed to U.S.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A collection of Princess Diana's evening gowns,
family photographs and childhood treasures will be featured in an exhibit that
will make its United States debut here in October. -News Tribune
UW's
new leader inherits a school that's lost its way
They were celebrating up at the University of Washington last Friday, and it
had nothing to do with making the NCAA basketball tournament. -News Tribune
March
sadness
COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a season filled with improbability, the Washington Huskies
finally ran out of miracles Friday night with a 102-100 loss to Alabama-Birmingham
in the first round of the NCAA tournament. -News Tribune
Tacoma
stays 'gateway to Alaska'
Tacoma will remain at the center of the $3 billion-plus-a-year Alaska trade as
Horizon Lines and Danish container terminal operator Maersk have extended their
operating agreement for at least three years, through 2007. -News Tribune
Lakes
senior wins Daffodil crown
Romelynn Eleno, an 18-year-old senior from Lakes High School, is the queen
of the 2004 Daffodil Festival. -News Tribune
Smoking
battle might go to voters
During the legislative session that ended last week, a pitched battle over
enacting a statewide smoking ban ended in a stalemate. -News Tribune
Charter
schools are on the way
The state House and Senate on Wednesday handed Gov. Gary Locke and supporters
of charter schools a victory by passing a bill to allow the creation of 45
such schools in Washington over the next six years. -News Tribune
Intel's
DuPont facility on the leading edge
Intel Corp.'s DuPont campus is a quiet powerhouse in the semiconductor company's
portfolio. -News Tribune
District
weighs concept school
Clover Park school officials will consider today how to proceed with controversial
plans for a new school that would serve fifth- through 12th-graders. -News
Tribune
Work
remains downtown
Tacoma's downtown retail scene has grown up a lot in the past decade. -News Tribune
Temporary
Bates head eager to lay woes to rest
The interim president at Bates Technical College wants to move the college
beyond the grievances that consumed it amid a scandal that cost the last president
his job. -News Tribune
Beware
The Tax Scams
There are plenty out there that promise shady advice but a big return -- they're
all scams. -Komo4
City
Council tweaks priorities
Tacoma City Council members are divided over the role the environment should
play in their long-range decision-making and they might be prepared to make a
subtle shift in the city's emphasis on public safety. -News Tribune
Beware
Rapid Tax Refunds
They're essentially loans with hefty interest rates tacked on. -Komo4
Jittery
tech market could mean correction's looming
NEW YORK - The economy and corporate earnings have shown consistent signs of
improvement, but the stock market's tendency to falter easily has some wondering
if Wall Street - or at least the technology sector - might be in the early
stages of a correction. -News Tribune
The
battle of the doublewides
The property and aesthetic values of working-class neighborhoods in Tacoma and
other cities could plummet if legislation sailing through the Legislature becomes
law, critics say. -News Tribune
NW
Trek's macho moose dies suddenly
Northwest Trek's bad boy moose, who startled a group of senior citizens four
years ago when he performed a centuries-old mating ritual by ramming their
tour tram, died earlier this month, Trek officials said Friday. -News Tribune
Council
OKs police headquarters
Tacoma City Council members approved a $12.7 million contract Tuesday night
for the construction of the city's new police headquarters. -News Tribune
Boy
repays zoo for the peace it gives him
To Anthony Newlander, sharks are strong medicine. -News Tribune
Sumner
might block multifamily housing
Sumner might slap a temporary ban on new multifamily housing construction and
then try to restrict it permanently. -News Tribune
Bigger
tax bite for ed funding?
Gov. Gary Locke and a citizens group will ask voters to boost education spending
by $1 billion a year to reduce class sizes, increase college enrollment and
support other education initiatives. -News Tribune
Four
hurt in lab explosion
A beaker exploded Friday after a chemistry experiment went awry at Federal
Way High School, sending out a fireball that burned three students and a teacher.
A fourth student was treated for an anxiety attack, a school official said.
-News Tribune
Multicare
against hospital plan
Plans to build a hospital in Gig Harbor are being vigorously opposed by MultiCare
Health System of Tacoma and Harrison Hospital of Bremerton. -News Tribune
Marine
study center foreseen
Abundant salmon might swim again. Seafood might provide pharmaceuticals. Edible
Dungeness crabs might crawl once more in Commencement Bay. -News Tribune
TACOMA:
UW Tacoma business school names new director
Shahrokh Saudagaran, head of the School of Accounting at Oklahoma State University,
will be the new leader of the Milgard School of Business at the University
of Washington Tacoma. -News Tribune
Residents
say bridge won't solve problems
For years, the State Department of Transportation has been emphasizing how
much the new $849 million Tacoma Narrows bridge will ease the daily traffic
crunch on Highway 16. -News Tribune
Celebrating
all that's Auburn
Auburn showed off its diversity Sunday at its annual celebration of itself, Uniquely
Auburn. -News Tribune
City
preserves historic tribal observatory
A large, flat-topped stone that ancestors of the Puyallup Indians probably
used as an observatory once sat in a hilly meadow fringed by forest, just south
of Bonney Lake. -News Tribune
Judge
overturns smoking ban: Senate committee hears arguments on statewide
ban
Opponents of a proposed statewide smoking ban - like those who successfully
challenged the one in Pierce County - told lawmakers Thursday that such a prohibition
would give tribal casinos an unfair advantage. -News Tribune
Tacoma
pet fees might climb
It's about to get more expensive to license Fido and Fluffy if you live in
Tacoma. -News Tribune
Big
dedication at UWT Buildings mark end of era
Thursday's dedication of two new academic buildings at the University of Washington
Tacoma marked the end of an era for a campus that has played a pivotal role in
revitalizing downtown. -News Tribune
Smoking
ban still the law
A Pierce County Superior Court commissioner on Thursday refused to suspend the
countywide smoking ban, saying there wasn't enough proof that bars, restaurants,
minicasinos and other businesses were losing money because of the week-old prohibition.
-News Tribune
Which schools are closing?
The weather has caused many local schools to either open late or not open at
all Monday. Find out which schools by going to: www.schoolreport.org or www.pugetinfo.net
Salmon
grant might be lost
A nearly $50,000 grant to create new winter habitat for juvenile salmon along
the Puyallup River south of Sumner is in jeopardy. -News Tribune
Designer
brings his New York state of mind to Narrows
NEW YORK - Engineer Joe Viola grew up around New York City and spent most of
his career rehabilitating its famous bridges. Yet, for the past few years,
Viola's working mind has focused on the Tacoma Narrows.
Phoenix
college to set up campus
The University of Phoenix will open a new campus in downtown Tacoma early next
month. -News Tribune
BRIEFS
- PUYALLUP: Biology teachers win grant for African elephant study
Biology teachers from the Puyallup School District have won a $4,000 grant from
the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. A project proposal by teachers
Rocquel Stanley and Leslie Miller was selected from a nationwide pool of applicants.
It's called The Elephant Project, a science education partnership with the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that will allow Puyallup High School students
to analyze the DNA from a confiscated piece of ivory tusk and match it to a family
of African elephants. Students also will study conservation of African elephants
and legal issues of ivory trade. -News Tribune
Mad
cow disease found in state
WASHINGTON - A Holstein cow slaughtered in south-central Washington state earlier
this month was infected with mad cow disease, marking the first time that the
dreaded illness that devastated the beef industry in Britain has been detected
in America, officials said Tuesday. -News Tribune
GIG
HARBOR: Hospital plan to be discussed at Jan. 29 public hearing
A state public hearing on a proposed 112-bed hospital for north Gig Harbor is
set for Jan. 29. -News Tribune
BRIEFS
- PUYALLUP: 700 children receive gifts from school district effort
About 700 children received holiday gifts early this month, courtesy of students,
staff and community members associated with the Puyallup School District during
the 17th annual Puyallup Giftmakers program. Giftmakers helps needy school
district families each December. Students contributed new and handmade toys,
stocking suffers, books and stuffed animals. Local businesses such as McDonalds,
Wal-Mart, Target, Mervyns, Grannies Attic and area service clubs also contributed.
-News Tribune
Road
plans face tax or ax
The Legislature, which raised the state gas tax by a nickel earlier this year,
might be asked to boost it by another penny a gallon to make up for money lost
in the tax rollbacks of Initiative 776. -News Tribune
Taking
flight not so easy
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - After all that, Orville and Wilbur had better luck
a hundred years ago. -News Tribune
Puyallup
students' spirits soar at event
A Puyallup high school teacher and 13 students traveled across country to Kill
Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, N.C. to celebrate Wednesday's 100th anniversary
of their passion - human flight. -News Tribune
Investigation
by State Patrol could be costly
The Tacoma City Council reluctantly agreed Tuesday to pay the Washington State
Patrol up to $200,000 in overtime, travel and other costs to conduct an internal
investigation of 32 city employees. -News Tribune
Faith
center continues bid to build in FWay
Building a 4,500-seat mega-church and Christian school in Federal Way would
significantly increase traffic, adding more than 2,000 vehicles when people
leave Sunday services. -News Tribune
Parks
and recreation pioneer built lasting community programs
Tom Cross, a pioneer of recreational athletics in Tacoma and Pierce County, died
Tuesday at age 83. -News Tribune
Impromptu
sock drive for homeless shows Tacoma at its best
On Wednesday, Rod and Judy Wilson read that Tacoma's homeless men and women
need socks. -News Tribune
County
boosts, adds fees
Get ready to pay higher fees if you tee up at Lake Spanaway Golf Course, go
ice skating at Sprinker Recreation Center, travel abroad or plan to launch
your own business next year. -News Tribune
Flu
bug biting early and often in South Sound, across nation
It's probably not on your Christmas list, but there's a good chance you might
get it anyway. -News Tribune
Business
growth keeps Bonney Lake finances sound
Bonney Lake, once a small town that struggled to make ends meet, now boasts
a growing commercial area and a $49 million budget. -News Tribune
Washington
wilderness bill passes U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate passed a bill Monday night to protect 106,000
acres northeast of Seattle as wilderness. -News Tribune
Cold
snap brings heavy snow, rain
A sneaky cold front surged into the region before dawn Wednesday, dumping snow
in some areas and heavy rain in others. -News Tribune
Fight
over sewers in Puyallup
The developer of a 101-unit housing subdivision on South Hill is suing Puyallup
over its power to impose development requirements on projects outside the city
limits. -News Tribune
Hurry
up and wait on I-776 refunds
Some car and truck owners will get refunds on the vehicle taxes they paid over
the past year, but exactly when and how much have yet to be decided. -News Tribune
Bonney
Lake plan pits greenery against growth
Pierce County might face a legal battle over issues of suburban sprawl and
protection of farmland as it tries to wrap up a review of its comprehensive
growth plan. -News Tribune
A
simple game of SIMON propels Puyallup teenager to national event
One day last month, Mitchell Myler of South Hill was killing time at a toy
store in the Auburn SuperMall, waiting for his father's girlfriend and her
children to get done with shopping. -News Tribune
Tacoma's
new Bronze Age
Steve Kanick, an artist at the fine arts foundry the Bronze Works at South 25th
and South Fawcett streets in Tacoma, works on 1 of a series of 86 reproductions
of the sculpture 'Go'n Golf'n' the foundry is producing for artist Walt Horton
of Eagle, Colo. The Bronze Works and artist Jeff Oens' studio, located above
it, are on a tour of 16 artists' studios and workplaces called 'Art at Work.'
The event is free and open to the public today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday
from noon to 4 p.m. For information go to www.cityoftacoma.org/arts.
-News Tribune
Seattle
at forefront of brain-driven cities luring talented young people
In a Darwinian fight for survival, American cities are scheming to steal each
other's young. They want ambitious young people with graduate degrees in such
fields as genome science, bio-informatics and entrepreneurial management. -News
Tribune
Lakewood
eases dog fines
Lakewood has eased up on penalties for off-leash scofflaws and eventually might
provide a fenced area where owners can run their dogs free of leashes - as
well as fines. -News Tribune
PIERCE
COUNTY: Fee on auto license tabs no longer being collected
Pierce County has stopped collecting a $15 auto license tab fee in the wake of
a state Supreme Court decision. -News Tribune
Big
plans for higher ed
A proposed blueprint for the future of higher education in Washington would
increase the number of graduates by 20 percent and allow two-year branch campuses
such as the University of Washington Tacoma to evolve into four-year schools.
-News Tribune
Watchdog
calls mailer a mistake
The state's campaign watchdog says Pierce County erred when it targeted voters
with a mailer that addresses a proposed sales-tax increase on next Tuesday's
ballot. -News Tribune
Unfair targeting of certain individuals by a Public Agency should
be against the law. The $20,000 spent on the mailer could have been used
to help fix whatever deficit they think they may have.
The
wind in the billows
While other people took refuge inside during Tuesday's storm, Bob Paradise
of Gig Harbor heard the report over his $10 weather radio and decided wind
surfing conditions on Henderson Bay near the Purdy spit were perfect. -News
Tribune
Northwest's
fire season wasn't as bad as expected
EUGENE, Ore. - The Northwest is ending the year with fewer and smaller wildfires
than usual. -News Tribune
Bonney
Lake mayor on ballot
While commuters began to clog Interstate 5 with their headlights still on, Bonney
Lake Mayor Bob Young arrived at a Fife restaurant Friday morning for a meeting
with Pierce County's executive and other mayors. -News Tribune
'Fix
Your Commute' lets readers solve transportation puzzle
In July, the Washington Legislature boosted the state gas tax by 5 cents a
gallon to help pay for a $4.2 billion plan to reduce traffic congestion around
the state. -News Tribune
Ready
to learn: Smart tips for parents and students
There is a consensus among educators that parents should limit how much television
young people watch. -News Tribune
City
backs off pay parking
The Tacoma City Council bowed to public pressure Tuesday and agreed to postpone
a vote on a resolution that would have set the stage for the return of parking
meters downtown. -News Tribune
EDGEWOOD:
Expert to present ideas for planning streets, town
The City of Edgewood will hold a public meeting Wednesday night to explore how
to plan and design better streets, neighborhoods and a town center. -News Tribune
Audit
finds holes in students' cash count
Tacoma schools will conduct more staff training and tighten up cash collection
procedures after a state audit found the district could not account for thousands
of dollars from student body activities. -News Tribune
TACOMA:
Fire stations to host open houses Saturday
The Tacoma Fire Department will open eight fire stations on Saturday to residents
who want to tour a station or talk with firefighters about safety issues. -News
Tribune
Appreciate
Tacoma for jewel it is, say mayors
Tacoma is a wonderful city that ought to celebrate its diversity,
embrace its role as a regional economic power and get over its "Rodney Dangerfield
complex," four of the city's mayors agreed Sunday. -News Tribune
Walking
the talk on hunger
Nearly 1,200 runners, walkers and volunteers gathered Sunday in Tacoma's Jefferson
Park for the 23rd annual Pierce County Hunger Walk. -News Tribune
Sewer
project faces overruns
What started as a $10.3 million sewer project in rapidly growing Fife now faces
a 50 to 65 percent overrun. And all city ratepayers may pick up much of the extra
cost. -News Tribune
Puyallup
squeezes budget
Next year, Puyallup residents will have more online access to city records,
will need fewer office visits to obtain permits and will see more police officers
on the street, if the City Council adopts the 2004 budget as proposed. -News
Tribune
Concert
at the Castle a start - more to come
Stadium High School Concert Band members might not have gotten the best turnout
for Saturday's Concert at the Castle fund-raiser, but at least the stage is
set for future events. -News Tribune
255
students find new schools
A total of 255 Tacoma students have transferred out of struggling elementary
and middle schools and into other Tacoma schools with higher test scores under
a new federal law. -News Tribune
Council
joins quest to preserve old bridge
Tacoma's nine City Council members and a group of determined residents embarked
this week on a sort of bureaucratic treasure hunt in quest of money to save
the Murray Morgan bridge. -News Tribune
Contractor
chosen for next Zoo construction project
Neeser Construction Inc. of Des Moines, Wash., has been chosen for
the next building phase of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
Fall's
off to a flying start
Tuesday was the first day of fall, but the South Sound ignored that and went
ahead with summer. -News Tribune
Roller
coaster 'fender bender' puts 5 in hospitals
Five people were taken to local hospitals for evaluation Sunday after a roller
coaster accident at the Puyallup Fair, officials said. -News Tribune
It's
strong-mayor vs. manager at TCC debate
Supporters of Tacoma's council-manager form of government squared off Saturday
to debate proponents of a strong-mayor form of government at a debate sponsored
by the League of Women Voters. -News Tribune
Fair
unveils major expansion
As this year's Puyallup Fair draws to a close, officials already are gearing
up for a major fairgrounds upgrade to open in two years. -News Tribune
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Hang
on to husbands, keep an eye on employees - THE SALMON ARE RUNNING
Fishermen line up elbow to elbow Monday along a favorite area of the Puyallup
River just downstream from Melroy Bridge to attempt to catch the late summer
run of pink, silver and king salmon. -News Tribune
South
Hill's 1st public park opens
It's about time. -News Tribune
Bridge
builder gives up on barges off Fox Island
The Washington State Department of Transportation and the company building
the new Tacoma Narrows bridge have given up on a plan to park construction
barges in Hale Passage, off the north shore of Fox Island. -News Tribune
This
stunt has its ups and downs
These days, it seems there's a world record for everything. -News Tribune
Keeping
fear carefree at the Fair
Dale Hubachek's day starts at 8 a.m., four hours before the roller coaster
opens at the Puyallup Fair. -News Tribue
Going
for broke for a good cause
You don't have to be Tiger Woods or Annika Sorenstam to win a trophy at the
Puyallup Fair's Putting Challenge. -News Tribune
Development
plans on hold
Plans to build up to 575 apartments and condominiums near Tacoma's Snake Lake
are being reconsidered after a divided Tacoma Planning Commission voted not to
hold hearings on land-use changes sought by the developer. -News Tribune
Puyallup
might pass tax break on utilities
Most residents in Puyallup will see smaller gas and electricity bills next year
if the City Council adopts proposed changes in utility tax rates. But it would
mean an increase for the largest consumers, who now pay a smaller share. -News
Tribune
Local
events commemorate 9/11
The second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will be observed
with reflection, meditation and performances at three downtown Tacoma museums.
-News Tribune
Sales
tax raise goes to council -News Tribune
Have you been keeping up on this? Here are the important parts:
A hundred new police and sheriff's deputies might patrol
Pierce County if voters approve a 0.2 percentage point sales tax
increase recommended by a County Council committee... ...highest
sales tax rate in the state... Why can't Pierce County
even budget their money as well as King County? There is NO way our
sales tax should be higher than King County.
some are saying... "NO MORE TAXES! NO MORE BONDS! Accountability
is the answer!"
Bigger
tax increase may get on ballot
Two weeks ago, the Pierce County Council was headed toward asking voters for
a 0.2 percentage point sales tax increase to pay for more cops, prosecutors and
judges.
-News Tribune
Rodeo
captivates young and old
It wasn't the dirt, the bulls or the cowboys that made George Underwood fall
in love with rodeos. -News Tribune
Candidates
want to bring back good ol' days
Restoration is the theme among candidates running for Tacoma City Council in
District 3. -News Tribune
Commuter
buses, trains gain ridership, routes
More commuters are hopping on buses and trains to make the trek
from Tacoma to Seattle as Sound Transit continues to add more routes,
according to the agency's
latest ridership figures.
-News tribune
Milton
mayor fires city's police chief
Milton Mayor Katrina Asay fired Police Chief Steve McKeen on Thursday.
-News Tribune
Long
day riles Asarco neighbors
Construction workers at the site of Asarco's former Ruston smelter plan to
work as late as 11 p.m. - even on weekends - to complete more than $5 million
in Superfund cleanup work this year.
-News Tribune
Council
takes a beating from candidates
There is a lot of fixing to be done in Tacoma, according to a crowded field of
City Council hopefuls - everything from street lights and libraries to a police
department rocked by the David Brame scandal.
-News Tribune
A
mechanical feast; Classic cars, planes an enticing mix
Jan and Ron LaVergne of Roy hopped on their Harley-Davidson Sunday afternoon
without a destination.
-News Tribune
Burn
ban extended to beaches, campfires
Pierce County upgraded its burn ban Friday to outlaw all open fires.
-News Tribune
OLYMPIA:
State holds session Monday on competitive contracting
Washington state's Department of General Administration will hold an initial
rule-making session on competitive contracting reform on Monday from 8:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. in the General Administration Auditorium on the Capitol Campus.
-News Tribune
Stores
hurt as rail goes in; tunnel helps some
Sound Transit is spending an extra $851,066 to build a small tunnel between
Bay Street and Portland Avenue in an attempt to aid Tacoma businesses hurt
by construction.
-News Tribune
Bethel
pins hopes for pool on donors
Bethel school officials are looking for money to build an enclosed Olympic-sized
pool and recreation center - but hope to make it happen without hitting up
taxpayers.
-News Tribune
Neighbors
promote safety while enjoying festivities
One of the most effective ways to protect your neighborhood is to know your
neighbors. This is the strategy that National Night Out has tried to promote
for the past 20 years. South Sound neighborhoods will be joining others in
all 50 states to celebrate the day Tuesday.
-News Tribune
Airport
plan seen as win-win
Pierce County leaders would receive advice on how to run Pierce County Airport
under a plan to create an oversight commission with an equal number of South
Hill residents and airport business representatives.
-News Tribune
Another
push for council-manager
Tacoma residents won't be alone if they vote on a proposal to change their form
of government this fall. So will Bonney Lake residents, although they would be
voting to move in the opposite direction.
-News Tribune
A
hot time in July We're havin' a heat wave
Children sweltering in the 90-degree heat Monday afternoon clustered
around the Arctic Outpost, an ice cream and soda hut at the Point
Defiance Zoo and Aquarium.
-News Tribune
Property
valuations can be challenged until Aug. 18
Pierce County property owners have until Aug. 18 to challenge changes in residential
property valuation made by the county Assessor-Treasurer's Office.
-News Tribune
$3
million grant for rail a 'big score'
Tacoma's efforts to operate a tourist train to Mount Rainier are
picking up steam with the help of a $3 million state grant.
-News Tribune
Newest
chapter in words on wheels
Gertie and Bluebell have a new partner. -News Tribune
Look for Bookmobile starting July 25 in our
Event Calendar for when and where the new Bookmobile will be!
TACOMA:
Summer Sounds series includes free concerts, films
Metro Parks Tacoma invites neighbors to enjoy its Summer Sounds series of concerts
and movies in the parks. -News Tribune
See our Events Calendar for dates,
times, and lineup!
Free CPR classes will be offered by Fire Department
Tacoma, Fife and Fircrest residents can take advantage of free cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) classes offered by the Tacoma Fire Department.
Look for "Free CPR" in our Events Calendar
starting July 24 for dates and times.
Parks
survey seeks feedback by pencil, online, in-person
A take-home survey from Metro Parks Tacoma designed to gather opinion from
people who would rather play in a park than testify at a public meeting is
available now in city libraries and on the Internet.
-News Tribune
For More information, go to Metro
Parks (www.metroparkstacoma.org) and click on 'Park It'.
Lake's
fortunes have kept on rising
Every Friday morning during the summer, Paul Boyle and four of his brothers
would get into a boat and row out on a nearly deserted lake in Spanaway, each
holding a fishing pole.
-News Tribune
Tacoma
School Board to vote on budget
Tacoma School Board members are expected to adopt a budget for next school
year that will fill a revenue shortfall of $7.67 million.
-News Tribune
Tacoma
libraries may close on Mondays
Tacoma library trustees are considering a plan to close the downtown flagship
facility and six branch libraries on Mondays beginning this fall to save about
$800,000.
-News Tribune
Gig
Harbor weighs Costco plans
Gig Harbor is getting closer to deciding whether it will become a regional shopping
mecca, complete with a Costco store.
-News Tribune
Unlike
Galloping Gertie, new bridge will fend off wind
Rapid currents are the big challenge for engineers designing the foundations
of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge.
-News Tribune
Sumner
takes year off from curfew law
The Sumner City Council decided to temporarily shelve its juvenile curfew law
June 23 after the state Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in January.
-News Tribune
Farmer's Markets
Going Strong
The Farmer's Markets around Pierce County are going strong this year. Go to
the Event Calendar for dates and location
of the one nearest you.
Sign
up now to hang up less as do-not-call list begins
Promising the gift of silence for people bedeviled by telemarketers, the government
will launch a national do-not-call list today intended to block phone sales
pitches from nearly all sources.
-News Tribune
The Do Not Call list is located at: www.donotcall.gov.
You can also call 888-382-1222 to be added to the list.
Only
the cat is happy in Roy's interim City Hall
Nearly a year after a blaze gutted Roy City Hall, the historic building still
looks the way it did the day after the fire.
-News Tribune
Strong-mayor
group turns in more signatures
Members of the Time for Change petition drive delivered an additional 4,500
signatures to the city clerk's office Monday, in an effort to change Tacoma's
council-manager government to the strong-mayor form.
-News Tribune
ATTENTION
COMMUTERS
Tired of waiting in traffic and frustrated about not being able
to do anything
about it? Here's your chance. "Fix Your Commute" is a project that
features an interactive online tool that's designed to give commuters a better
understanding of the region's traffic problems.
-News tribune
Lakewood
pursues community center idea
A proposal to convert an empty grocery store into a community center could
soon create a place for Lakewood residents to gather, celebrate and learn.
-News Tribune
'Safeway
won the battle'
It's all over for Orting grocery. Waves of growth will wash out a community
fixture in Orting.
-News Tribune
County
offer may save Spanaway skateboard park
An effort by a residents' group to build a skateboard park at Sprinker Recreation
Center in Spanaway may yet come true, even though the group hasn't raised enough
money and time is running out.
-News Tribune
A
doggone good day
It's still spring, so it's not the dog days of summer. But don't
tell that to Charles Collins' dogs, who were angling for another
romp around Pioneer
Park in Steilacoom on Tuesday.
-News Tribune
Nonprofit
band strikes members as fun
By their own admission they aren't widely known, although they have been around
for five years.
-News Tribune
Highway
162 high on list for improvements
An East Pierce County highway may be the next project to join a tax plan aimed
at relieving traffic congestion in Central Puget Sound.
-News Tribune
Crowds
arrive early Saturday for annual race
Drivers who want to avoid snarled traffic and crowds of joggers during Saturday's
annual Sound to Narrows race should steer clear of Point Defiance and approach
roads such as Pearl and Vassault streets.
-News tribune
Parks
advocates give White House D-minus
Advocates for Mount Rainier and other national parks gave the Bush administration
a D-minus overall midterm grade Wednesday, claiming the president's policies
have sapped employee morale while failing to clear a maintenance backlog and
preserve the environment.
-News Tribune
Tax
fighter threatens to roll back property tax
Tax rebel Tim Eyman, furious with the Legislature and Gov. Gary Locke for
passing a $4 billion transportation tax package, said Sunday he will strike
back with an initiative to roll back property taxes.
-News Tribune
New
exhibition honors 5 black judges serving in Pierce County
Tacoma's African American History Museum honored five Washington judges Saturday
afternoon.
-News Tribune
Tribe
lifts Mary Bridge to goal
A $500,000 donation from Puyallup Tribe of Indians members surprised those
present Tuesday at the groundbreaking for an expansion at Mary Bridge Children's
Hospital and Health Center.
-News Tribune
High
court takes fluoride suit
The Washington State Supreme Court will decide whether the Tacoma-Pierce County
Board of Health can force local water purveyors to put fluoride in their drinking
water.
-News Tribune
weekend
winners: Special Olympics at Fort Lewis
More than 2,300 athletes from across the state participated in the 31st annual
Special Olympics Summer Games at Fort Lewis this weekend. About 500 soldiers
were among the 2,500 people who volunteered their time to help produce the
event for the developmentally disabled.
-News Tribune
Deadline
looms for Lake Tapps
A group trying to save Lake Tapps will ask the federal government to grant
it an additional six months to come up with a solution to prevent the reservoir
from drying up.
-News Tribune
Earthquake
gives area a start, but no damage
A minor earthquake centered about seven miles southwest of Bremerton
briefly shook homes throughout much of Western Washington Thursday
evening.
-News Tribune
Steilacoom
district wants Clover Park parcel
A citizens advisory committee recommends the Steilacoom Historical School District
build a high school in DuPont to alleviate crowding.
-News Tribune
City
officials lose yet another chance to repair damaged image
Opportunities keep presenting themselves to the City of Tacoma, opportunities
that if taken might begin to rebuild confidence among residents and taxpayers.
-News Tribune
TACOMA:
Chihuly Bridge of Glass wins Best Special Project award
The Federal Highway Administration and the Washington State Department of Transportation
have named Tacoma's Chihuly Bridge of Glass the Best Special Project of 2003
as part of their joint awards of excellence.
-News Tribune
PUYALLUP:
Public library design lauded for historic ties, public access
Puyallup Public Library has received a design award from the state Department
of Community, Trade and Economic Development.
-News Tribune
Should
Lottery run new slots?
The Washington Lottery - not the state Gambling Commission - would run 18,000
electronic slot machines in bars, bowling alleys and bingo halls across the
state through a central computer system under a plan unveiled Tuesday in Olympia.
-News Tribune
High
court takes appeal on bridge bidding process
The Washington State Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on a lawsuit
filed by a group that objects to the state charging tolls to pay for a second
Tacoma Narrows bridge.
-News Tribune
Orting
seeks new home for police, fire
The Orting City Council will ask its voters in November to approve a $3.25 million
bond issue to pay for a new public safety building.
-News Tribune
House
passes new-taxes budget
Speeders, smokers, drinkers and gum chewers would help the state out of its
fiscal mess under a budget proposal passed Saturday night by the state House
of Representatives.
-News Tribune
Has the state stooped so low that they will now take candy money from children?
-Daffodil Valley Times Staff
South
Hill antisprawl plan still will evolve
It may seem odd that after nearly three years, $300,000 and seven "yes" votes,
the antisprawl land-use plan for South Hill still isn't done.
-News Tribune
Volunteers
show their park appreciation
Leave it to volunteers to turn tiresome tasks into a once-a-year treat.
-News Tribune
Police
chief dies after shooting wife, himself
With his young children nearby, Tacoma Police Chief David Brame shot his wife
on Saturday, and then shot himself.
-News Tribune
A
museum's metamorphosis
Tacoma Art Museum's tale of breathtaking growth and charismatic grass-roots leadership
begins a new chapter this week.
South
Hill tries to find itself
South Hill was Pierce County's fastest-growing unincorporated area in the 1990s,
and it shows.
-News Tribune
State
plans to upgrade Highway 161
The state has begun a study of road improvements over the next 20 years on
state Highway 161 between Graham and the Eatonville area.
-News Tribune
Guards,
county trade fire over new jail
Pierce County opened its new $54 million jail last weekend after a nine-month
delay, but a dispute is growing over safety issues at the 1,008-bed facility.
-News Tribune
Lawyer
must serve suspension
A Tacoma lawyer who publicly discussed a client's secret information to expose
a corrupt judge will serve a six-month suspension, the Washington State Supreme
Court ruled Thursday.
-News Tribune
BONNEY
LAKE: Policeman who shot dog won't be prosecuted
Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a Tacoma police officer
who shot a neighbor's dog in Bonney Lake last year.
At
74, Jim Whittaker to return to Everest
Four decades after becoming the first American to stand on top of the world,
Jim Whittaker is heading back to Mount Everest.
-News Tribune
Fair
seeks more space to do the Puyallup
Washington's biggest fair may get bigger.
-News Tribune
Slots
winner told it was just practice
MARYSVILLE - A
Marysville woman was euphoric after winning a $12,000 prize at a Tulalip
Casino slot machine - then angry when she was told it was a mistake.
-News Tribune
Chris
Lewis shows his heart is as big as his father's
If you're the type to turn up at a parade without doing your homework, the dad
and three kids waving cheerily from the classic car at the head of the Daffodil
Parade on Saturday might have puzzled you.
-News Tribune
A
day of fun, far from war
It's probably possible to get farther from the war in Iraq than the Puyallup
Spring Fair, but not by much.
-News Tribune
A
colorful, comforting ritual
Tradition marched through Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting Saturday in a
kaleidoscope of color, sound, blooming flowers and smiles.
-News Tribune
Student
smokers get a choice
A year ago, Melissa Taylor was spending more than half of her monthly waitress's
income on cigarettes.
-News Tribune
Tacoma's
West End
South Sound icons and sense of community
Ask any South Sound resident to name the jewels of the region, and they'll likely
list its signature landmark and its largest playground - the 52-year-old Tacoma
Narrows Bridge and the 700-acre Point Defiance Park - among them.
-News Tribune
Historic
site restored with rosy local stone
All over Washington, there are eagle chimeras and Gothic window frames and a
mighty dome carved of Wilkeson sandstone.
-News Tribune
IN
AND AROUND: EAST SIDE - Downtown not only area experiencing
reawakening
Despite all the attention to the new face of downtown Tacoma, the city's East
Side neighborhood may be making an even more significant turnaround.
-News Tribune
New
zoo exhibits will rotate animals
Construction of a $6.2 million zoo project that will let keepers
rotate animals amid different exhibits - giving predators the scent
of their prey - will begin
later this month at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
-News Tribune
County
considers 410 alternative
Pierce County has begun studying where it should build a new
highway to connect traffic from the growing areas south of Bonney
Lake to Highway 162 between Orting
and Sumner.
-News Tribune
Cross-base
highway wins in House, maybe not in Senate
Pierce County legislators scored a victory Wednesday when the state House voted
unanimously to give the planned highway between Fredrickson and Lakewood a
higher priority for state funding.
-News Tribune
It's
About Time: Mountains To Get Clobbered With Snow
Strong winds off the ocean combined with low snow levels mean the Olympics
and Cascades could get over 2 feet of snow by Thursday.
-Komo 4
More
houses in Parkland, Spanaway?
More houses would be packed into parts of the Parkland, Spanaway and Midland
areas under an order issued Tuesday by the Pierce County Council.
-News Tribune
Judge
rejects teacher's guilty plea
A Spanaway
Junior High School teacher accused of molesting a student tried to plead
guilty to three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor Tuesday, but a
judge wouldn't let him because he wasn't taking responsibility for the
crimes.
-News Tribune
IN
AND AROUND: CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD
Diverse area keeps focus on revitalization
Tacoma's roots trace to the settlement of the diverse Central neighborhood.
-News Tribune
Taking
It Off For Peace
Naked artists form peace sign in anti-war protest.
-KOMO 4
Zoo
to rededicate elephant house to famous resident
A Point Defiance elephant barn that helped usher in a new era of animal management
when it opened 11 years ago will be rededicated Sunday in memory of Cindy, Tacoma's
ornery but beloved pachyderm.
-News Tribune
We're
No. 1: State's broken tax system exposed
Up here in the Great Northwest, we like to think of ourselves as special.
That's what we tell ourselves, anyway.
-News Tribune
Puyallup
may hold bond election for new schools
Two years after voters turned them down, Puyallup school officials are
considering whether to again ask taxpayers to approve building new schools.
-News Tribune
IN
AND AROUND: WILKESON
Former mining center reflects on colorful past
Older houses in Wilkeson don't have basements.
-News Tribune
IN
AND AROUND: WILKESON
Former mining center reflects on colorful past
Older houses in Wilkeson don't have basements.
-News Tribune
IN
AND AROUND: RUSTON - To its residents, 1 square mile of Americana
Pete Tallman jokes that his father, born and raised in Ruston, "never
left except maybe to go to Gig Harbor."
-News Tribune
Coalition
pushes for electronic slots
More than a thousand people representing minicasinos and other entertainment
venues rallied in Olympia on Tuesday in hopes of persuading the Legislature
to expand the use of electronic slot machines beyond tribal casinos.
-News Tribune
IN
AND AROUND: SOUTH PRAIRIE - Tiny South Prairie struggles with changes
in population
South Prairie became South Sound's smallest community after the City of
Roy annexed two large housing developments last year.
-News Tribune |