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    Study aims to improve Tacoma Tideflats transportation
    Study aims to improve Tacoma Tideflats transportation
    October 14, 2011 12:00 am

    State and local transportation departments have a new tool to prioritize and seek funding for road and rail improvements in…

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    Jennifer Kilmer. (COURTESY PHOTO)
    Kilmer named Wash. State History Museum Director
    August 23, 2011 12:00 am

    Jennifer Kilmer has been selected by the Washington State Historical Society board of trustees to succeed David Nicandri as its…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Port of Tacoma exports autos to Asia
    December 29, 2008 12:00 am

    A major auto manufacturer that has been importing vehicles through the Port of Tacoma since 1982 has recently changed directions…

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    $2.3 million donation kicks off University of Puget Sound scholarship program
    $2.3 million donation kicks off University of Puget...
    December 12, 2007 12:00 am

    The Lillis Foundation has made a $2.3 million dollar gift to the University of Puget Sound to establish the Lillis…

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    Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma.  Skidmore, who owned the city's legal newspaper for 37 years, passed away on July 23. (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY)
    Tacoma's Record Keeper
    By Todd Matthews • August 23, 2007 12:00 am

    In late-1960, a 36-year-old Tacoma advertising salesman named Marshall B. Skidmore took a career risk: he decided to go into…

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    The Kaiser Aluminum smelter site. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Port makes final preparations for Kaiser smokestack demolition
    By Todd Matthews • June 29, 2006 12:00 am

    Three. Two. One. BOOM! That will be the sequence of events Sunday morning at 8am as the Port of Tacoma…

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    Port of Tacoma News
    Port of Tacoma News
    January 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Port of Tacoma commissioners will meet Jan. 12 to hear an update on its Economic Development line of business, which…

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    Governor Christine Gregoire was in Tacoma yesterday to sign a bill allowing the completion of the Heavy Haul Industrial Corridor within the Port of Tacoma.  According to the Port, the bill allows companies that “transload” cargo from rail boxcars into sealed ocean-going containers to legally operate on designated roads in the Port area.  Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma is pictured at right. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Port's ‘heavy haul’ thruway moves forward: Governor's signature...
    May 10, 2005 12:00 am

    Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire yesterday signed House Bill 1181, allowing the completion of the Heavy Haul Industrial Corridor within…

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    HomeStreet, TCC hiring announcements
    HomeStreet, TCC hiring announcements
    October 21, 2004 12:00 am

    *Linda Griffin has moved to HomeStreet Bank’s Tacoma branch team as a mortgage loan officer. Griffin has 10 years of…

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    Burn ban effective July 10
    Burn ban effective July 10
    July 8, 2004 12:00 am

    Dry, warm weather is the reason for the Pierce County prohibition.

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    Port of Tacoma poised to continue expansion
    Port of Tacoma poised to continue expansion
    By Brett Davis • May 12, 2004 12:00 am

    Port Executive Director Andrea Riniker highlights the port’s successes and speaks on plans for the future at Friday’s World Trade…

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    Port of Tacoma prints 2003 Annual Report
    Port of Tacoma prints 2003 Annual Report
    May 6, 2004 12:00 am

    Get details on the port’s record year.

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    2003 a record year for the Port of Tacoma
    2003 a record year for the Port of...
    February 10, 2004 12:00 am

    It continues as the leading seaport in the Pacific Northwest.

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