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Tacoma community invited to literary reading and open mic focused on Theater District

Calling all Tacoma residents, riders of public transit, and business people working in and around downtown Tacoma! We…

9 groups set to receive $3M for human services programs in Tacoma

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City of Tacoma accepting applications for Interim District 2 Council Member Feb. 15 – 22

The City Council is accepting applications from February 15 – 22 for the position of interim District 2…

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We can save our own historical legacy

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index We in the greater Tacoma area have a mixed history, and some…

Compare your size to the world’s largest Etch A Sketch in TOYTOPIA at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, February 16-June 10.Photo courtesy Stage Nine Entertainment Group.

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A big world of BIG toys: play your way down Memory Lane

What was your favorite childhood toy? A jump rope, a board game, or Space Invaders? An Easy Bake…

Plan ahead: turkey tastes better without a traffic jam

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States looking at ways to implement mileage-based transportation taxes; it’s complicated.

Governing magazine reports on ways state governments are considering putting in place a pay-per-mile system for financing transportation…

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Washington House capital budget funds STEM classrooms, senior center, Weyerhaeuser conservation in Federal Way

Local projects will soon receive state funding, thanks to capital budget negotiators striking an agreement to pass the…

Coin-Banks cryptocurrency exchange not licensed in Washington State

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Coin-Banks cryptocurrency exchange not licensed in Washington State

The State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has received a complaint from a Washington consumer against…

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College Bound Scholarship’s newest cohort of students over 30,000 strong

Over 30,000 of last year’s eighth graders signed up for the College Bound Scholarship, with a statewide average…

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25th District lawmakers to hold town hall meeting Saturday, Feb. 17

Twenty-Fifth District lawmakers will be holding a town hall meeting Saturday, Feb. 17 in the College Center Building…

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New Tech Tacoma

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Why does Tacoma exist?

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index He had never been to Tacoma and was visiting from the Midwest…

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Charles Johnson, celebrated author, cartoonist, to deliver the Swope Lecture at UPS

“The New Middle Passage: Mindfulness and Black America” 7:30 pm Feb. 13 Charles Johnson, celebrated author, short storyteller,…

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The Habit to open first Pierce County location on February 14

New restaurant will celebrate with charity events this weekend benefitting USO Northwest and Nourish Pierce County along with…