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    Month: September 2008
    Usually considered the world’s largest furniture retailer, Ikea employs over 139,000 people across the world with total assets of over $50 billion. Ikea has been operating locally since 2008.(IMAGE COURTESY BURSON-MARSTELLER / IKEA)
    IKEA distribution center opens Sept. 17 in Federickson
    September 15, 2008 12:00 am

    Home furnishing retailer IKEA will officially inaugurate its Northwest Distribution Center near Tacoma with a ceremony Weds., Sept. 17 at…

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    State will try four-day work-week to cut energy use
    State will try four-day work-week to cut energy...
    September 12, 2008 12:00 am

    Gov. Chris Gregoire this week directed selected state agencies to experiment with a four-day workweek and to put into place…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    County-City Building east plaza renovation begins
    September 12, 2008 12:00 am

    Work will begin Sept. 15 on a $538,000 project to renovate the County-City Building’s East Entry Plaza. The project, scheduled…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Election Spotlight: Pierce County Executive
    By Todd Matthews • September 11, 2008 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Daily Index, Exit 133, and KXOT-FM 91.7 have collaborated on a project to interview each of the four…

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    Sound Transit ridership continues climb
    Sound Transit ridership continues climb
    September 10, 2008 12:00 am

    Sound Transit reported yesterday the average July weekday transit ridership was up 25 percent over July 2007 — including a…

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    State sales tax exemption in store for hybrid vehicles
    State sales tax exemption in store for hybrid...
    September 10, 2008 12:00 am

    Purchases of new clean alternative fuel vehicles and hybrids that get at least 40 miles per gallon highway will be…

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    Tacoma Fire Dept. ceremony will remember 9/11
    Tacoma Fire Dept. ceremony will remember 9/11
    September 10, 2008 12:00 am

    On Sept. 11, the Tacoma Fire Department will honor the heroes and victims of 9/11 at a public ceremony held…

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    Classic car show Sept. 20
    Classic car show Sept. 20
    September 10, 2008 12:00 am

    Pierce County Parks & Recreation will be holding the 6th annual Northwest Cars & Trucks Magazine’s Classic Car Show at…

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    Architectural historian Caroline T. Swope on the porch of her 100-year-old Colonial Revival home in Tacoma's North End. The home has played an important role in Tacoma history. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Reaching The Register: An interview with historic preservationist...
    By Todd Matthews • September 9, 2008 12:00 am

    When local property owners embark on a process to put their heritage properties on the City of Tacoma’s register of…

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    Tacoma Daily Index's historical archives to appear online via Google
    Tacoma Daily Index's historical archives to appear online...
    September 8, 2008 12:00 am

    The entire historic archive of the Tacoma Daily Index will be made freely available online.

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Will Tacoma's Wedge neighborhood go historic?
    By Todd Matthews • September 5, 2008 12:00 am

    It’s a part of Tacoma that boasts more than five dozen homes dating back 80 years and more. It’s also…

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    The Tacoma Rainiers battle the Portland Beavers during a recent home game at Cheney Stadium. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    The Business of Balls and Strikes: Can the...
    By Todd Matthews • September 4, 2008 12:00 am

    For Schlegel Sports, the Dallas, Tex.-based sports management team that purchased the Tacoma Rainiers in 2006 and wrapped up its…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    Lace up for Bank to Bay Sept. 7
    September 3, 2008 12:00 am

    KeyBank and the City of Tacoma will host the ninth annual Bank to Bay 10K Run, 5K Run/Walk and 1K…

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