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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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Inmate found dead in RentonThe inmate had been arrested on Friday for traffic warrants, and was found dead of an apparent suicide on Tuesday.
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Seattle names 4 sites for new jailSeattle city leaders have identified four potential sites for a city jail if one is built here.
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The city's own series of tubesWould municipal broadband service for all residents be better and cheaper than what the free market is providing now? Seattle City Hall wants to find out.
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Transit options: More streetcars or electric trolleys?Streetcars? Why not electric trolley buses? That question popped up Tuesday as Seattle City Council members were briefed on four possible streetcar routes to extend the system now only in South Lake Union.
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Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream loversIrvine Robbins, the man who grew up in Seattle and helped build the 31-flavor craze at ice cream store Baskin-Robbins, has died at age 90
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Spokane Street Viaduct gets a green lightA Seattle City Council committee agreed Tuesday that the Spokane Street Viaduct-widening project should go ahead next year, but members want more assurances of financing for Mercer Street improvements.
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To save scenic hillside, tiny Index gets a crash course in fundraisingIt's tough to save a mountain one raffle ticket at a time. But with a $500,000 pledge, a grassroots fundraising effort to save a ridge above Index from being clearcut is gaining ground.
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Seed planted for adopting special-needs childSteve and Lori Anne Stocker are considering adopting a Chinese special-needs child.
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Israel's party turns politicalAs hundreds of Jews prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel, a small band of pro-Palestinian protesters has been hard at work to mark the occasion with coffins and tears of blood.
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Obama shows he can go the distance on long, dirty trailBarack Obama: After months on the track, a long-distance runner nears the finish line
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