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Latest Recession Victim: Landmark Tacoma home?

A Tacoma homeowner citing economic hardship is scheduled today to ask the City of Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission…

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Tacoma Public Works: Frost Park repairs nearly completed

Repairs to the fountain at Larry Frost Memorial Park in downtown Tacoma are slated to be completed next…

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New Link light rail stations open Thursday

After a two-month delay, the new Link light rail stations near South 11th Street and Commerce Street will…

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — August 2011

Here are the top 10 stories / pages read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index's Web site…

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Tacoma City Council OKs Center for Urban Waters parking lot

The cutting-edge, $22 million, eco-friendly Center for Urban Waters on the east side of Thea Foss Waterway --…

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FEMA awards $1.2M toward Tacoma fire station renovation

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded nearly $1.2 million to the City of Tacoma for the…

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A 'goddess' awaits her moment in the spotlight

Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze Goddess of Commerce statue will publicly unveil the object on Weds.,…

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Tacoma City Council scheduled to vote today on Center for Urban Waters parking lot

Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote later today on a resolution that would turn a vacant, city-owned…

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DaVita eyes Pacific Plaza for new downtown Tacoma medical clinic

Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution that would allow downtown's largest employer, DaVita,…

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Center for Urban Waters parking lot proposal spurs more discussion

Tacoma City Council's Environment and Public Works committee had more questions than answers Wednesday surrounding an issue related…

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Tacoma considers additional parking for eco-friendly Center for Urban Waters

Tacoma City Council is currently considering a plan to turn a vacant, city-owned piece of land on the…

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

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A Building on the Brink: Add nuisance report, falling debris to Winthrop's woes

A public nuisance order issued earlier this year by the City of Tacoma due to debris falling from…

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Griselda 'Babe' Lehrer (left) and artist Marilyn Mahoney (right) stand next to the Goddess of Commerce statue; The statue is currently in storage in a building along Opera Alley; supporters say it will be publicly unveiled on Weds., Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. at a permanent site near the intersections of South Sixth Avenue, St. Helens Avenue, and South Baker Street, in the so-called Triangle Business District and Theater District. (PHOTOS COURTESY TACOMA THEATER DISTRICT ASSOCIATION)

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Home at last for Goddess of Commerce statue?

Tacoma's itinerant Goddess of Commerce appears to have finally found a permanent home. Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall,…