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Updated: 1 day 10 hours ago Lacey family mourns loss of Fort Lewis soldierThe widow of Staff Sgt. David Textor, a Fort Lewis soldier killed this week in Iraq, said he will be remembered as a devoted father of five and a dedicated soldier.
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Soccer's lucrative side for local economySouth Sound's signature youth soccer tournament has become a force in the region's economy, contributing nearly $1 million this year, a corporate sponsor and former tournament director said Thursday.
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Union upset over investmentsThe Service Employees International Union filed a citizen initiative to the Legislature on Thursday that could limit the state's investment in major private equity companies, specifically those getting questionable tax breaks or with poor records of treating workers and the environment.
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Lakefair queen 2008: Kimberly ForgaardOlympia, meet your new Capital Lakefair queen.
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State plans to protect turf at Heritage ParkThe state would like the carnival rides to get off its lawn someday.
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E-waste recycler on track for August operationThe company that staged a heavily attended electronic waste recycling event in Olympia last weekend could have an electronic waste recycling plant operating by August, city officials said Thursday.
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Olympia City Council approves spending for work on former landfillForty years after the city closed its old landfill on prime property at Cooper Point Drive and Black Lake Boulevard, it still is trying to sell the undeveloped, environmentally contaminated land.
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One of Habitat for Humanity's four new houses gets occupantsJessalynn and Steven Willis and their two children lived in a relative's basement.
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Potential buyers vie for Olympia brewery propertySeven potential buyers have expressed interest in the old Olympia brewery, a little more than a week before the property is put up for sale officially, a commercial real estate broker said Wednesday.
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Gasoline prices cost state tax revenueRecord fuel costs are forcing people to drive less, and that is cutting into tax collections that pay for road construction statewide.
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Tools taken from construction siteThe Olympia Police Department is investigating the theft of $7,000 worth of tools from a house under construction at the end of a new street off of Springwood Avenue, a police report released Monday says.
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County adds to housing helpMore apartments and rentals for low-income families will be added to Thurston County in the next five years, according to a plan commissioners approved Monday.
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Wrongful-death suit stemming from feud now in hands of juryOLYMPIA - It's now up to the jury to decide whether Donald Skewis used unreasonable force when he shot and killed neighbor Scott Keith four years ago.
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Women arrested after kids found aloneTwo mothers were booked into Thurston County Jail after their children, ages 9 months, 10 months, 2 years and 5 years, reportedly were left alone overnight at an apartment complex on Old Pacific Highway Southeast.
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County to verify offenders' residencesThurston County expects to receive $157,000 from the state to help ensure sex offenders live where they say they do.
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Birds spark parenting memories, both good and frightfulI'm conflicted about birds. Sure, they're cute and have soft feathers that remind us of our favorite bed pillows. Who wouldn't rather wake to the sweet song of a sparrow outside the window than a nagging buzzer on the nightstand?
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Additions to St. Martin's campus promises more room for studentsThe opening of a residence building this fall means many Saint Martin's University students no longer will need to sleep three to a room or live at nearby hotels.
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