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    Free Wi-Fi on Amtrak Cascade trains starts Feb. 1
    Free Wi-Fi on Amtrak Cascade trains starts Feb....
    January 31, 2011 12:00 am

    Amtrak Cascades travelers will get what they have asked for when free Wi-Fi service becomes available today on all Amtrak…

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    (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review — Cascadia RIP
    By Todd Matthews • December 22, 2010 12:00 am

    Welcome to what was supposed to be Cascadia, the vision of developer Patrick Kuo, president and CEO of Cascadia Development…

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    SCENES FROM CASCADIA: The failed vision of one developer to build the largest master-planned community in Pierce County. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Paradise Lost: Surveying the ruins of a $75M...
    By Todd Matthews • October 1, 2010 12:00 am

    Twenty years ago, a developer purchased 4,200 acres of land near Bonney Lake and set out to build Cascadia –…

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    Katie Chase and Susan Johnson, architectural historians at Artifacts Consulting in Tacoma, are currently working on a survey of historic properties and sites in Pierce County. "This might be the first time the county's history is down in one document," says Chase. "I don't want to miss anything." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Pierce County's History Detectives
    By Todd Matthews • October 15, 2009 12:00 am

    On a bright and cloudless Tuesday morning in October, Susan Johnson and Katie Chase, two architectural historians, walked down a…

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    Whitman area residents Pat McGregor and Dave Stafursky hope they can turn their neighborhood into an historic district. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Status Seekers: In the Whitman neighborhood, a grassroots...
    By Todd Matthews • July 3, 2007 12:00 am

    In the Whitman neighborhood, a grassroots movement illustrates the challenges and benefits to seeking historic district designation

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    Homage to old faithful: Microsoft “Notepad”
    Homage to old faithful: Microsoft “Notepad”
    By Rob Greenlee • February 4, 2005 12:00 am

    What would a geek do without Microsoft’s legendary Notepad application that comes built into the Windows operating system? Yes, it…

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    Business Expo Diary: Innovative and unconventional businesses highlight Tacoma’s annual trade convention
    Business Expo Diary: Innovative and unconventional businesses highlight...
    By Todd Matthews • October 14, 2004 12:00 am

    Reggie Frederick doesn’t resemble your typical businessman. The traditional suit and tie are absent. A laptop computer or Palm Pilot…

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    How to survive data death: Hard drive failure and recovery
    How to survive data death: Hard drive failure...
    By Dana Greenlee • June 18, 2004 12:00 am

    A conversation with John Christopher of DriveSavers.com.

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