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The Business of Balls and Strikes: A conversation with Tacoma Rainiers president Aaron Artman

When the Tacoma Rainiers take the field at Cheney Stadium this evening, it will be the continuation of…

An improved historic preservation program in Pierce County could help Midland community activist Stacy Emerson, who stands in front of a former feed terminal, one of several old buildings slated for demolition. For two years, Emerson has tried to get her own 1918 building, the oldest commercial property in Midland, on Pierce County's historic register. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Behind The Times: Nevermind the buildings. Can Pierce County restore its historic preservation program?

The fact that it's been 20 years since Pierce County took an inventory of its historic properties speaks…

"I've always been, and always will be, a baseball fan more than I am a blogger," says Justin Carleton, who runs 'No Rhubarb' -- a fan blog that follows the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. "If I stopped blogging tomorrow, I would still go to baseball games. It was just sort of a nice circumstance that I was able to find a baseball team nobody else was blogging about." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Minor League Team, Major League Fan

It's hard to believe, with temperatures still chilly, that spring training ends this week, the Seattle Mariners take…

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City commission releases recommendations for block grants, emergency services funding

Tacoma City Councilmembers are scheduled to review recommendations today that would direct federal funding for organizations that provide…

The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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One dead in Winthrop Hotel fire

Tacoma firefighters responding to a blaze in an apartment on the seventh floor of the Winthrop Hotel discovered…

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One county jail, many problems, few answers

Tacoma residents, city and county elected officials, and representatives of the area's criminal justice system last night filled…

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Tacoma City Council OKs cheaper health benefits for councilmembers

Tacoma City Council voted yesterday to approve a plan to extend health benefits and premiums enjoyed by full-…

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Old Elks Temple for sale

A developer who purchased the 93-year-old former Elks Temple in downtown Tacoma in hopes of renovating it has…

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Movement grows to place goddess of commerce statue near Tollefson Plaza

A long-time Tacoma community organizer is leading an effort to fund a statue in Tollefson Plaza downtown that…

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City Manager pursues reorganization plan at City Hall

A plan to reorganize the City Manager's office is working its way through City Hall, according to a…

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Open space or Children's Museum? Future unclear for planned Foss Waterway conservation site

Will it be the future site of the Tacoma Children's Museum? Or will it be an open space…

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City's street maintenance program posts impressive results

A comprehensive, city-wide residential street maintenance program finished its first year under-budget and repairing more streets than originally…

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On UW Tacoma's revamped campus, remembering a century-old fatal fire

There were early signs that a downtown fire 100 years ago could prove nasty. There was the highly…