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Chris Mogg, Andrew Chin share lead after 2 rounds in Ryan Moore Golf Championship

Skyline High School’s Mogg, nephew of renowned instructor and Lakes graduate Brian Mogg, shoots even-par 70 to tie Honolulu’s Andrew Chin at 2-under 138.Click to Continue »

 

Mariners notebook: Three Rainiers headed to Triple-A All-Star Game

Iwakuma appears likely to return Sunday against Athletics if his finger blister is OK.Click to Continue »

 

Senate scuffle leaves $2 billion hole in day-old $38 billion operating budget

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new $38.2 billion budget into law Tuesday evening, but by early Wednesday morning, it already had a $2 billion hole in it.Click to Continue »

 

Mission offering water and rides to Tacoma’s homeless on hot days

The Tacoma Rescue Mission has been distributing bottles of water to the homeless on hot days.Click to Continue »

 

Fire at Schnitzer Steel on Tacoma Tideflats

Tacoma Fire said crews were responding about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to a metal fire at a scrapyard at 1902 Marine View Drive.Click to Continue »

 

County building foes deliver referendum signatures to auditor

Activists who hope to vote on Pierce County’s proposed administration building will wait for signature verification over the next week.Click to Continue »

 

U.S. Supreme Court lets stand Pierce prosecutors’ loss because of ‘serious misconduct’

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Pierce County’s appeal in a murder case against Odies Walker, whose conviction in the death of an armored-car guard Kurt Husted was overturned…Click to Continue »

 

Pierce County votes to keep protecting 23,000 acres of farmland

Councilman makes final attempt to increase acreage, but he is defeated in a 4-3 vote.Click to Continue »

 

Wash. lawmakers approve drought relief

State lawmakers have approved $16 million in emergency drought relief over two years to help farmers and others struggling with water shortages.Click to Continue »

 

Opening Friday: Indo Asian Street Eatery in Tacoma’s Stadium neighborhood

Buoy Ngov and her husband Vathunyu “Yu” Nanakornphanom will open their new restaurant, Indo Asian Street Eatery, in Tacoma’s Stadium neighborhood on Friday.Click to Continue »

 

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