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Tacoma poised to sell MLK library branch for $700K

The City of Tacoma is poised to sell the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Branch of the…

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Public art part of $2M Old Town Dock rehab

When the $2 million renovation of Old Town Dock is completed next year, it will include a variety…

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City approves plan to boost rail service for new Pierce County manufacturer

A proposed partnership between the City of Tacoma and the State of Washington that could help provide rail…

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Comic Book Ink owner to close shop

The owner of a comic book store that has served Tacoma and Lakewood for nearly a decade announced…

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF TACOMA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TANYA ANDREWS / FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS

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Children's Museum of Tacoma fundraiser aims to keep admission free

The Children's Museum of Tacoma announced Friday it will host a dinner and auction to raise money for…

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Tacoma partnership boosts rail service for new Pierce County manufacturer

A partnership between the City of Tacoma and the State of Washington could help provide rail service to…

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Heritage grant could pay for Chinese Reconciliation Park improvements

The City of Tacoma has submitted a grant application to the Washington State Historical Society to help pay…

Albers Mill Lofts in downtown Tacoma. (PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY)

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Historic Albers Mill Lofts sold for $1.4M at auction

You can now count a historic building in downtown Tacoma as one of the latest victims of a…

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Tacoma City Council approves contract amendment for fire station rehab

Tacoma City Council Tuesday approved a purchase resolution that directs additional money toward the $4.1 million renovation of…

A massive tenant improvement project is under way at 1114 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma in preparation for Pacific Office Automation, which will re-locate from Fife this summer. (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Pacific Office Automation plans summer move from Fife to downtown Tacoma

A massive tenant improvement project is under way in preparation for downtown Tacoma's newest corporate tenant. According to…

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Contract amendment vote ahead for $4.1M fire station rehab

Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a purchase resolution that would direct additional money toward…

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A $4.1M fire station rehab, but where are the fire fighters?

When the $4.1 million renovation of Fire Station No. 5 is completed, there will be plenty of reasons…

TOP: Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son, Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. Skidmore, who passed away on July 23, 2007, at the age of 83, owned the Index for 37 years (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY); ABOVE RIGHT: When our newspaper opened its doors in 1890, it did so inside a five-story stone-and-brick building located at 1110-1116 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. The building was demolished in 1931 to make way for a parking garage (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS / HISTORIC PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA PUBLIC LIBRARY); Forget iPads and laptops. An advertisement for a new electric typewriter ran in the Tacoma Daily Index on Oct. 8, 1964.(PHOTOS VIA TACOMA DAILY INDEX)

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122 Years Young: A milestone moment for the city's newspaper of record

Today is a milestone moment in Tacoma Daily Index's history: the newspaper is 122 years old. The newspaper…