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Live music is always the best. Live music outside is even better. Photo: Morf Morford

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Don't miss 2019's Taste of Tacoma – June 21-23

The Taste is Tacoma’s summer party at Point Defiance By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index Once summer begins…

Job opening at Pierce County Parks & Recreation

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Tell us what you think about a stage at Chambers Creek Regional Park Central Meadow

Local residents have two additional opportunities to attend an open house and provide comments on a possible stage…

Many words change meaning depending onthe context. Some words, like "redneck" "queer" or "'Murican" begin as derogatory terms and become "reclaimed" as identifiers.

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Of unicorns, 'Muricans and eye-bones

Strange times and unique challenges demand a new vocabulary By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index One way to…

Everywhere you go in and around Tacoma lately, you see projects in motion. Photo: Morf Morford

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Tacoma projects get boost from state construction budget

In odd-numbered years, the legislature passes not one but three separate budgets for our state. The operating budget…

Orca Protection Act aims to protect Pacific Northwest’s iconic whales

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The Whale Trail and State Parks host inaugural ‘Orca Day’

Event takes place June 15, at Cape Disappointment State Park The Whale Trail and Washington State Parks announce…

Tacoma affordable housing projects awarded $4.2M

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Clean maritime solutions beyond borders: New Washington-Norway industry cluster partnership signed at Nor-Shipping

The shipping industry’s ambitious targets for emission reductions towards 2050 requires cooperation across borders. Two major industry clusters…

The shading shows the topography of the Seattle Basin, with darker shading showing the deepest section. Any location with shading is a potential test site for the UW team. The upper photo shows the sensitive equipment that researchers will use to monitor background vibrations in order to map the basin’s shape and contents.- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network

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Seismologists seek space on volunteers’ floors and lawns to study Seattle area seismic risks

The Puget Sound area is vulnerable to several types of seismic risks. We might fixate on “The Really…

Metro Parks Tacoma: Open house scheduled for proposed Eastside Community Center

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Metro Parks named finalist for national Gold Medal Award

Winner of top honors in parks and recreation industry to be announced in September For the second time…

Trees, large and small, near or far, are everywhere around here. All indications point to another hot and dry summer - which means another year of fire hazards. Photo: Morf Morford

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Tourism to Mount Rainier National Park creates $68,400,000 in economic benefits

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.5 million visitors to Mount Rainier National Park in…

This is the Port of Tacoma at the end of May, 2019. Five or ten years from now, will it be greener, more productive, a source of community pride or a toxic shame.  Photo: Morf Morford

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The Port of Tacoma keeps us moving

Our Port represents us around the world. It keeps our local economy in motion and it defines us…

Tacoma affordable housing projects awarded $4.2M

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Commerce awards $1 million to support small businesses in life sciences and health IT

Washington Research Foundation awarded $800K to establish new Life Sciences Revolving Loan Fund; Greater Spokane Inc. and Life…

8 budget hearings ahead for Pierce County Council

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Caregiver film series challenges intellectual disability label

Intellectual disabilities know no boundaries. They touch the lives of people from all racial, ethnic, social, and economic…

Summer Jobs 253 recruiting Tacoma employers to host youth

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This year’s Summer Jobs 253 Program for incoming juniors and seniors kicks off on June 21

Employers expected to announce selected summer interns for first time at kick-off event This year’s Summer Jobs 253…