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    Barbara Reid and Hancock Forest Management Assistant Forester Heather A. Watson consult a map. A section of The Divide is in the distance. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Vancouver Notch: In Mount Rainier's foothills, Barbara Reid...
    By Todd Matthews • October 21, 2015 3:09 pm

    For many years, Barbara Reid, a retired Army medical specialist currently living in Puyallup, had one peculiar thing in common…

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    Vancouver Notch: Mount Rainier foothills could soon honor the late explorer
    Vancouver Notch: Committee to consider proposal to name...
    By Todd Matthews • October 19, 2015 9:27 am

    A Pierce County resident’s proposal to name an area of the Mount Rainier foothills in honor of the late explorer…

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    The art installation consists of a trio of three-dimensional metal, laser-cut half-spheres that range in diameter between three feet, five feet, and eight feet, and feature an intricate design pattern. The pieces will be bolted to a blank facade situated between two historic buildings on Broadway. (IMAGE COURTESY JONATHAN CLARREN)
    Art installation aims to illuminate Tacoma's Theater District
    By Todd Matthews • October 16, 2015 11:30 am

    Artist Jonathan Clarren is creating an art installation for downtown Tacoma’s Theater District.

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    The Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church building in Tacoma. (COURTESY PHOTO)
    Tacoma Musical Playhouse purchases, seeks landmark status for...
    By Todd Matthews • October 8, 2015 10:51 am

    Tacoma Musical Playhouse has purchased a nearly 90-year-old church building that was shuttered earlier this year. The organization has nominated…

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    The 112-year-old Mead House has been nominated to the City of Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. Perhaps equally as interesting as the home's long history and architectural pedigree is the amount of salvaged and historically significant material that comprise the century-old residence. (PHOTO COURTESY SUSAN JOHNSON / ARTIFACTS CONSULTING)
    **UPDATE** Mead House: Council vote could make Proctor...
    By Todd Matthews • October 5, 2015 2:56 pm

    A single-family home dating back more than 100 years and located near Tacoma’s Proctor District could be added to the…

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    Spaceworks Tacoma: A conversation with program manager Heather Joy (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — September 2015
    By Todd Matthews • October 1, 2015 7:19 am

    Here are the top five stories read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during the month of…

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    Grand opening ahead for downtown Tacoma's Dunagan Brewing Co.
    Grand opening ahead for downtown Tacoma's Dunagan Brewing...
    By Todd Matthews • September 30, 2015 7:56 am

    When Dunagan Brewing Co. opens later this year, it will join a crowded downtown Tacoma brewery scene. But owner Jesse…

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    Work is under way this week to install art on a bare wall located between two historic buildings in Tacoma's Theater District. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Preparations under way for Theater District art installation
    By Todd Matthews • September 29, 2015 3:38 pm

    Work is under way this week to install art on a bare wall located between two historic buildings in Tacoma’s…

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    Local painter, illustrator, and chainsaw sculptor Bruce 'Thor' Thorsteinson was hired last year to turn a dead maple tree in Tacoma into a work of art. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Public celebration for chainsaw sculpture Saturday near Wright...
    By Todd Matthews • September 17, 2015 3:53 pm

    A public ceremony will be held this weekend to formally mark the completion and unveiling of a unique sculpture located…

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    Apartments serving homeless veterans proposed for East Side Tacoma transit center
    Apartments serving homeless veterans proposed for East Side...
    By Todd Matthews • September 8, 2015 4:46 pm

    A Pierce Transit transportation hub located on Tacoma’s East Side could soon include a major housing development for local veterans.

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    "I am a very lucky person," says Spaceworks Tacoma Program Manager Heather Joy. "I get to work with amazing artists and people who are trying to make Tacoma better." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Spaceworks Tacoma: A conversation with program manager Heather...
    By Todd Matthews • September 3, 2015 5:24 pm

    Few things rankle downtown boosters more than empty storefronts. In Tacoma, one program has made serious headway in turning these…

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    Art Chantry Speaks: The graphic design luminary on Tacoma, his new book, and why he's no artist (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — August 2015
    By Todd Matthews • September 1, 2015 8:08 am

    Here are the top five stories read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during the month of…

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    A delegation from Fuzhou, China, is in Tacoma this summer to repair the weathered and damaged Fuzhou Ting in Chinese Reconciliation Park. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Ting pavilion repairs under way at Tacoma's Chinese...
    By Todd Matthews • August 25, 2015 2:13 pm

    A delegation from Fuzhou, China, is in Tacoma this month to repair the weathered and damaged Fuzhou Ting in Chinese…

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