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- Brothers shot at Tacoma hookah lounge
Thursday - 07/16/2015 - 02:07 PMOne man is in critical condition and the other in stable condition after being shot in a drive-by shooting on South 96th Street.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Inslee signs $16 billion transportation package
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 07:54 PMWith the State Route 520 Bridge construction behind him, Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bills making up a $16 billion transportation package on Wednesday at the University of Washington.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New South Sound food trucks: HamHock Jones and the Frying Dutchman
Thursday - 07/16/2015 - 09:00 AMSince June, I’ve hunted down two new food trucks serving from Milton to Lakewood. One is a fried fish truck with a secondary specialty in fish tacos. The other is…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Employee fired after donations taken from Tacoma Art Museum
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 08:38 PMThe Tacoma Art Museum has fired one of its employees after discovering cash was taken from donation container.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Crews evacuate 20 homes as Bonney Lake hillside burns
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 07:57 PMCrews evacuated about 20 Bonney Lake homes Wednesday as a brush fire burned up a hillside and put them in danger, police said.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Curse continues for Tacoma Museum of Glass water sculpture
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 06:24 PMThe beleaguered Water Forest on the Tacoma waterfront is broken again and might end up being removed for good.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge: Cop killer Maurice Clemmons’ associate not due cash
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 05:26 PMDespite overturned convictions, a member of the so-called Clemmons Seven does not qualify for relief under the state’s Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act, a Pierce County judge has ruled.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two attempted child lurings reported in Puyallup
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 03:03 PMTwo attempted child lurings have been reported in Puyallup in the last two weeks, police said Wednesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Search launched in Washington for missing Minnesota plane
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 12:02 PMA search has been launched in northern Washington state for a single-engine plane that was due to arrive on Orcas Island on Saturday but never arrived.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Businesses in the South Sound
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 11:00 AMComputer network services in Gig Harbor and mobile massage therapy in the greater Seattle and Tacoma area.Click to Continue »
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- E.T. the walrus in ‘guarded but grave’ condition
Thursday - 07/16/2015 - 11:24 AMThe popular Pacific walrus at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is undergoing surgery Thursday for an infected abscess.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Finding Middle-Earth on Orcas Island
Thursday - 07/16/2015 - 03:00 AMA visit to Orcas Island yields Middle-Earth right here in Washington, complete with hobbit houses, local beer, forests, caves and even trolls.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - M’s hitters laud hitting coach for positivity, simple approach
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 09:19 PMZunino, Ackley, Miller buying into Edgar Martinez as Mariners new hitting coach.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Matt Driscoll: The city’s minimum wage proposal is a credit to activists, but questions remain
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 08:41 PMWhat happened inside council chambers Tuesday night, after four grueling hours of messy local democracy, is a testament to how far 15 Now Tacoma has pushed and prodded the minimum…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Olympia’s Heritage Bank to open new office in downtown Seattle
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 06:45 PMOlympia-based Heritage Financial Corp., parent of Heritage Bank, announced Wednesday (July 15) that it will open an office in downtown Seattle at 1420 5th Ave, Suite 3600.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Legislature’s special session costs top $440,000
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 05:51 PMNearly half a year of lawmakers hanging around Olympia doesn’t come free. The Washington state Legislature racked up more than $440,000 in lawmaker per diem and travel costs during its…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Washington State Patrol picks first African-American female captain
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 04:11 PMMonica Alexander made Washington state history Tuesday when she became the first female African-American captain in the Washington State Patrol.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Washington officials warn about marijuana exposure to kids
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 02:32 PMPublic health officials in Washington say they're increasingly concerned about children accidentally ingesting marijuana.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Now open: Original House of Donuts in downtown Tacoma
Tuesday - 07/14/2015 - 07:25 PMThe downtown Tacoma outpost of Lakewood’s Original House of Donuts opened last week at the corner of South Ninth Street and St. Helens Avenue.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Teen survivor arrives home; searchers find wreckage
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 04:37 AMA teenager who survived a small plane crash, then managed to find her way off a rugged Washington state mountainside finally made it home to Bellingham, just as word came…Click to Continue »
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- State Supreme Court: Washington farmworkers entitled to break pay
Thursday - 07/16/2015 - 12:54 PMThe Washington Supreme Court says farmworkers who are paid by how much they pick are entitled to separate, additional pay for their rest breaks.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Empire,’ ‘Mad Men,’ Letterman vie for Emmy nominations
Thursday - 07/16/2015 - 02:38 AMNominees in top categories are to be announced Thursday morning by Uzo Aduba, an Emmy winner last year for her “Orange is the New Black” role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes”Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fife bank robber sought by police
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 11:16 PMPolice are looking for a man who robbed a Fife bank Tuesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pierce County executive vetoes comprehensive plan over land-use changes
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 07:51 PMPierce County Executive Pat McCarthy rejects the county’s comprehensive plan over proposed new land designations in Frederickson and Midland.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tacoma woman missing since early Saturday
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 08:10 PMFamily and friends are worried about a Tacoma woman who went missing over the weekend.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: Shooting unusual for University Place neighborhood
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 05:03 PMUniversity Place police are befuddled by a shootout that happened in a nice neighborhood Tuesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman drowns in Spanaway Lake
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 04:55 PMA 38-year-old Fife woman drowned Tuesday while swimming in Spanaway Lake.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This beer’s for all the fallen soldiers
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 02:50 PMWoman orders a Corona with lime for her dead brother, and the beer transforms into a local memorial for fallen soldiers.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Forest Service to get input before reopening ice caves
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 01:12 PMThe U.S. Forest Service says it will get input from scientists and the public before reopening the Big Four Ice Caves after a California woman was killed when the cave…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Blast at aerospace plant leads to major damage, 5 injuries
Wednesday - 07/15/2015 - 01:31 AMAuthorities say a "very significant" explosion rocked an aerospace plant in northeast Washington, toppling large pieces of machinery, lifting an entire floor off its foundation and seriously injuring five people.Click to Continue »
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