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Fort Lewis soldiers put on a show during Pride WeekPride Week at Fort Lewis traditionally involves soldiers cleaning the post and removing debris from training areas. Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commanding general of Fort Lewis and I Corps, expanded this year’s event to celebrate what soldiers have done and can do together.
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Lakewood to spend more than $7 million to clean up PondersLakewood is taking what one councilman calls a momentous step to reshape a notoriously high-crime area.
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Ice cream pioneer Irvine Robbins got start in TacomaThe trail of his ice cream leads from a single store in downtown Tacoma, circa 1927, to more than 5,000 stores in 34 countries today.
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Online child pornography proves downfall for 80-year-old Gig Harbor manAn 80-year-old Gig Harbor man who had never been in trouble with the law is now a registered sex offender for downloading child porn. By many measures Wayne Madland is a model citizen. He’s a World War II veteran, an attentive grandfather and a prodigious blood donor.
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Fort Lewis Army reserve soldier dies in training in CanadaA Fort Lewis-based Army reservist died Monday during a training exercise in Alberta, Canada, the Reserve headquarters in Seattle announced Tuesday.
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Federal Way man charged in girlfriends stabbing deathKing County prosecutors have charged a Federal Way man with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend just hours after she had him served with an anti-harassment order Saturday and told him to pack up and leave her home.
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Sumner transfers building to nonprofit community agencyThe Sumner City Council agreed Monday night to turn over a building to a nonprofit community agency that has leased it from the city since 1986.
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RUSTON: Proposed gambling tax increase to be discussed at study sessionThe Ruston Town Council postponed voting on a proposed gambling tax increase Monday, Mayor Michael Transue said. Council members plan to discuss the issue at a study session later this month, Transue said.
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AUBURN: Second day of interviews today for schools superintendentThe Auburn School Board continues two days of interviews today for the six preliminary candidates for the district’s superintendent job.
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Man sought in robbery at Tacoma bankTacoma police were searching for a man suspected in a takeover-style robbery of the U.S. Bank branch at James Center on Tuesday morning.
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Area soldier on ‘Deal or No Deal’No fair asking Ken Kobes of Sumner what his soldier son Joe liked best about appearing on NBC’s “Deal or No Deal.”
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Tacoma, county libraries join forcesthenewstribune.com
Posted online at 12:12 p.m. Friday Beginning July 1, library users in Tacoma and most of Pierce County will be able to check out material or use online services from either system.
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‘Therapy for damaged wetlands’ Sure isn’t a beautification projectThe large, gnarled tree stumps that dot the shore of Spanaway Lake are an eyesore to nearby resident Tom Richards.
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Bomber not tied to homicidethenewstribune.com posted online at 7:38 a.m. Friday A man killed earlier this week in an explosion that destroyed a South Hill-area home was not involved with a homicide at a Seattle construction site, Seattle police reported.
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Typical winter weather – wait, isn’t it spring?Winter just doesn’t seem to want to let go.
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Come Monday, onramp to toss car-pool-onlythenewstribune.com
Posted online at 1:01 p.m. Friday
The car-pool restriction on a Highway 16 onramp in Tacoma is about to be lifted.
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No Georgia trip for murder suspectThere will be no out-of-state business trips this month for a Pierce County murder suspect who’s out on bail, a judge ruled Friday.
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From rowing across the pond to camping by the billabongsthenewstribune.com
Posted online at 10:56 a.m. Friday It took 94 days – 25 more than he needed to row across the North Atlantic in 2006 – but University of Puget Sound graduate Jordan Hanssen completed another epic adventure Friday.
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Lonergan says hell stay in race for Pierce County executiveTacoma City Councilman Mike Lonergan has decided to continue his campaign for Pierce County executive despite failing to win the local Republican Party’s endorsement.
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Fire commissioner guilty of assault on colleagueA Key Peninsula fire commissioner who bloodied his colleague with a coffee mug last year was found guilty of fourth-degree assault following a two-week jury trial that concluded last week.
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