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Pride Week at Fort Lewis puts soldiers to the testPride Week traditionally has involved soldiers cleaning the post and removing debris from training areas.
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Olympia cuts draw a crowdMore than 200 people many of whom appeared to be students made suggestions about where to cut the Olympia School District budget during a meeting Tuesday night.
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2 plead not guilty in riot at EvergreenTwo people charged with first-degree malicious mischief and riot in connection with a Feb. 15 post-concert riot at The Evergreen State College entered not-guilty pleas during their arraignments Tuesday.
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North Street work starts MondaySurveyors are marking sewer lines, curbs and gutters along North Street this week in preparation for Monday's start of a yearlong, $2.48 million reconstruction project.
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Entrepreneur enters race for governorA Seattle entrepreneur with a background in the hotel industry is running for governor as an independent, joining a big-money contest Tuesday already on its way to setting campaign-spending records.
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Ally of King brings message of nonviolence to OlympiaActivism that erupts in violence stems from the same culture that has resulted in wars and violent entertainment, the Rev. James Lawson told the packed house at Temple Beth Hatfiloh on Monday night.
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Teachers change future plansTeachers in North Thurston Public Schools who received layoff notices last week are weighing their options and hoping for the best May 20, when voters will decide whether to approve a two-year, $48.9 million renewal maintenance and operations levy.
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Saltwater pool draws crowd of supportersMore than 50 people pleaded Monday with Thurston County officials to save the Discover Aquatics indoor saltwater swimming pool from being turned into a medical office building.
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Call of the road passes through buses, spaceWhen he let go of my hand and hopped a metro bus at Seattle's Pike Place Market, I realized he was the kind of guy who wouldn't stick around. I charged after the bus, anyway, wondering why I hadn't seen it coming. There were clues, after all, that I was no longer the center of his universe.
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County Democrats back Obama"She's still standing up. She'll stand up for you," Sigafoos told the convention. She added in an interview that she thinks Clinton "is the candidate who can truly get us out of the war" in Iraq.
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Gregoire responds to claims that she broke promisesGov. Chris Gregoire defended tax increases she signed into law on cigarettes, liquor and estates in 2005, saying Saturday that Republican election opponent Dino Rossi raised taxes to balance a budget two years before.
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Lacey's family event reels in youth, parents to anglingHundreds of children showed up for the Kids' Klassic Family Fish-in along Long's Pond on Saturday, despite snow and unseasonably cold weather.
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Shows focus on area storesTwo in-store concerts at downtown record stores marked the first Record Store Day, a nationwide effort to focus on local independent record stores.
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Tribe to take possession of artTUMWATER A 10-ton granite rock with ancient Squaxin tribal petroglyphs on it will be moved Wednesday from the perch it has occupied for 45 years in Tumwater.
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Public agendas for the week of April 20Here's what city councils and other governing bodies plan in coming days:
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Feds unveil details of meth caseA U.S. District Court affidavit unsealed Thursday details how the federal government built a case against the Barragan Drug Trafficking Organization, a group that reportedly smuggled more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States every month, including in Lacey and Olympia.
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Sex case suspects headed to courtFour women who were arrested Wednesday on prostitution-related charges have court appearances scheduled for later in April and in June, a Tumwater Municipal Court official said.
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Two suspected of stealing power linesA 45-year-old Winlock man was arrested Thursday morning after reports of wire theft near Vader, a Lewis County Sheriff's Office news release said.
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